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Zuckerberg spills beans on what the ideal elements of a startup should be, says mistakes are bound to happen

Mark Zuckerberg 's  Townhall  also saw questions on the startup culture in India and what is takes to start a new venture and build a separate entity. To this, Facebook founder said, "Building a company is a hard task but if you decide to start a company and begin hiring, you lose flexibility. The idea is to first start building something that you really care about and once you are confident it can turn into something good, that's when you start hiring. That will allow you the flexibility to growth and build the way you want to." Talking about elements of an ideal startup, he said, "You need to care. Focus on what you want to do and the impact of what you want to change."  He also spoke about challenges and mistakes. "No matter what you do, you will make mistakes. Even I made them. Mistakes in hiring, mistakes while setting up the company, the product, anything that can be done wrong, I have committed those mistakes. I was a c