The Facebook Effect
The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That Is Connecting the World is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications.
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| Author | David Kirkpatrick |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Technology |
| Published | June 8th 2010 |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Pages | 384 |
| ISBN | 1-439-10211-2 |
The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications.
The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.
Synopsis
In The Facebook Effect, David Kirkpatrick narrates a history of how Facebook went from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users, and how Mark Zuckerberg stayed focused on growth even when it meant to raise money from investors selling the company equity.
Chapters
- Prolog
- The Beginnings
- Palo Alto
- Social Networks and the Internet
- Autumn 2004
- Investors
- A company is growing
- Autumn 20045
- The CEO
- 2006
- Privacy - You have one identity
- The Platform
- 15 Billion Dollars
- Earn Money
- Facebook and the world
- Societal Impact
- Facebook's development
- The Future
- Epilogue
External links
- Harkin, James, "Review: The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick", The Observer, Sunday 18 July 2010
- Arrington, Michael, "Review: Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect Is A Wonderfully Biased History Of Facebook", Techcrunch, Jun 24, 2010
- nugget reviews, Mark Zuckerberg’s truth: Why do we choose Facebook? [1]
- "The Facebook Effect" preview at Google Books
- [2]
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7518289-the-facebook-effect#bookDetails
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