The Learning Leader Show With Ryan Hawk · 2026-08-16 · 53 min · 9,128 words

701: Mark Pincus (Founder of Zynga) - Why We All Need a Coach, Maintaining High Standards, The Book of Life, Aggressive Ambition, and Why Your Instincts Are Almost Always Right

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Welcome to The Learning Leaders Show, presented by Insight Global. I am your host. Ryan Hawk. Thank you so much for being here. Go to learningleader.com for show notes of this.

And all podcast episodes go to Learning leader Dot com now. On to the night's featured leader. Mark

Pincus founded Zinga. 2007 and built it into a twelve point seven billion dollar social gaming empire. He is a serial founder who sold his first company in seven months. for 38 million bucks. He made an early seed investment.

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