Mark Zuckerberg wasn’t afraid to risk a $2 billion investment in Oculus that didn’t pay off What are you afraid of? March 26, 2018 5 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. In 2014, Mark Zuckerberg invested $2 billion in the startup virtual reality (VR) platform, Oculus. Observers, including the media, expected that Facebook would reap the same high ROI it had recorded on Instagram and Whatsapp. However,the company’s investment resulted in a downturn of fortune. Related: How Men and Women Take Risks Differently in Business In fact, CNBC called Facebook’s $2 billion investment in VR “one of Mark Zuckerberg’s rare mistakes.” And the … Continue reading 3 Things You May Not Have Heard About Taking Risks