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Making Facebook THE Social Network

by sara on October 5, 2010

This is our third post on startup lessons from David Fincher’s new film about the founding of Facebook, The Social Network. We’ve already seen that business ideas aren’t protected, and that startups, especially, need to be clear on partnership agreements, and whether partners are actually a good idea. Today, the important lesson is about actually [...]

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Partnerships, Sweat Equity, and The Social Network

by sara on October 4, 2010

This is our second post on startup lessons from the movie The Social Network, about the founding of Facebook. The movie did well over its opening weekend, reportedly bringing in $23 million, at the high end of studio estimates. But is it true to life? Laura Sydell, a correspondent for NPR, saw the movie with [...]

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Startup lessons from The Social Network movie

by sara on October 1, 2010

David Fincher’s new film, The Social Network, could be subtitled “The Unauthorized Biography of a Startup.” Based on the book ‘The Accidental Billionaires’ by Ben Mezrich, The Social Network tells the story of Facebook’s founding and rise to fame through the lens of the lawsuits that arose around it almost from the beginning. While critics [...]

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