Zuckerberg and Obama discuss startups, 'nerd cool' and Brexit at conference

The president called startups 'the upside of an interconnected world' when he joined founders at Stanford University for an entrepreneurship conference Friday

To hear Barack Obama tell it, if the UK's vote to leave the European Union represents the fears and disruption that come with globalization, startups represent the promise and growth.

The president on Friday joined a T-shirt-clad Mark Zuckerberg and several young startup founders on stage at Stanford University for a White House entrepreneurship conference. The administration has been holding such events to persuade young people overseas to join startups instead of extremist groups.