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Really shows the incredible privilege and connections he had, so early in his life, that catapulted FB over all the other budding social networks. It's always
by sukilot 12y ago
Really shows the incredible privilege and connections he had, so early in his life, that catapulted FB over all the other budding social networks.
It's always about who you know to give your work wings (which is apt, since his project was a social network)
- softdev12 12y agoIf you really go back and do some digging into the roots of facebook, you'll be amazed at how much press he got early on. He supposedly offered to do computer support work for the Harvard Crimson and in return he got press connections. Even before he launched thefacebook, he was getting write ups with facemash.
- melling 12y agoDon't people always say that you need to spend as much time promoting your product as building it?
- stretchwithme 12y agoDistribution is as important as product.
- felipel 12y agoYeah, that's why there are so many Christians right now.
- stretchwithme 12y agoTotally. They aren't digging it out of the ground.
- HeyLaughingBoy 12y agoMore!
- orbifold 12y agoI think it really helped that they attached themselves to the "elite status" of ivy league universities / Harvard at the beginning. Those have worldwide recognition, so that when they eventually expanded beyond .edu, it still had some of the Brand value of those institutions attached to it, "the smart/cool/rich students of ivy league universities use it, so it must be good", something like that.
- onewaystreet 12y agoHim being on CNBC had nothing to do with privilege, Facebook had 100,000 users at this point (also, what about the other guy that was interviewed? His startup failed. So much for his privilege).
- pcurve 12y agoTrue, and you need inordinate amount of luck too. Stars have to line up just perfectly. There were other viable social networks that were much more engaging than FB at the time, but FB worked quickly to capitalize on their traction and momentum. Have to give them credit for that.
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- dang 12y ago> Really shows the incredible privilege and connections he had What possible grounds could you have for claiming that? The video I watched showed nothing of that kind. I'd say what it showed was the incredible focus and product sense he had.