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Effective philanthropy requires a lot of time and creativity - the same kind of focus and skills that building a business requires.

I have often spoken about the importance of intentionality in philanthropy: that it has to stir the soul. This is true whether you are feeding the homeless, mentoring a child or working on climate change.

Philanthropy is often seen as society's risk capital. That means the onus is on philanthropists, nonprofit leaders and social entrepreneurs to innovate. But philanthropic innovation is not just about creating something new. It also means applying new thinking to old problems, processes and systems.

Philanthropy is the thing that I am really excited about, and having success means I can do more.

You cannot mandate philanthropy. It has to come from within, and when it does, it is deeply satisfying.

Philanthropy and social change work are at their best when they are driven by your values and connected to what you care about most.

In the same way that you're driven in your business to keep innovating - Facebook is a wonderful example of constant innovation - think about doing that in philanthropy.

Increasingly, I'm inspired by entrepreneurs who run nonprofit organizations that fund themselves, or for-profit organizations that achieve social missions while turning a profit.

My theme for philanthropy is the same approach I used with technology: to find a need and fill it.

Entrepreneurs are like visionaries. One of the ways they run forward is by viewing the thing they're doing as something that's going to be the whole world.