Imagine that, instead of paying a contractor to pull a team together and keep them on track, you paid an electrician for every outlet he recommends, a plumber for every faucet, and a carpenter for every cabinet.

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Rather than quickly ushering the redesigned profile page onto the website, Mr. Zuckerberg decided to pull together a team of designers and engineers from other projects to get it right.

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His game changing decision can also be measured by the effects it has had on other players.. Superstar Dwight Howard has already followed a similar path by forcing a trade to the Kobe Bryant-led Los Angeles Lakers from the New York Knicks, attempting to pull together a team to rival the Heat.

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