Movie Social Network Review
SOCIAL NETWORK: A MOVIE REVIEW
(Life of Mark Zuckerberg)
INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY:
The movie “Social Network” tells about the story of Mark Zuckerberg, a computer programming genius and undergraduate student of Harvard University, and charts the creation of the phenomenally successful online social networking service “facebook”.
DISCUSSION:
On the fall night of 2003, Mark began working on a new idea and codes the programme called “FaceMash”. In one night, the network that he created collapsed the Harvard server that resulted to his six months of probation.
He was asked to enter into an agreement to develop “Harvard Connection”, a social networking website specifically for Harvard students by the Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra.
With the financing from his friend Eduardo Saverin, he decided instead to develop his own website “thefacebook” without telling the twins and Narendra. By the spring of 2004, thefacebook grows in popularity, and it expands to other schools in the Northeastern United States. Eventually, the Winklevoss twins decided to take Mark to court.
Saverin wanted to sell ad space to generate revenue, while Zuckerberg didn't want as the ads would make the site lose its "cool" factor, which made it popular. Meanwhile, entrepreneur and co-founder of Napster, Sean Parker joins Mark's venture, gradually taking over Eduardo's position. Parker suggests that they drop "The" from Thefacebook to make it simply "Facebook".
When Eduardo is tricked into reducing his share of the company from a third to less than a tenth of one percent, he announced his intention to sue Mark.
Later that night, Parker, along with a number of Facebook interns, is arrested for possession of cocaine during a party thrown on the occasion of Facebook's 1 millionth member.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
What was Mark Zuckerberg’s strategy to success in creating Facebook?
OBJECTIVE: To know how Mark Zuckerberg was able to change
(Life of Mark Zuckerberg)
INTRODUCTION/SUMMARY:
The movie “Social Network” tells about the story of Mark Zuckerberg, a computer programming genius and undergraduate student of Harvard University, and charts the creation of the phenomenally successful online social networking service “facebook”.
DISCUSSION:
On the fall night of 2003, Mark began working on a new idea and codes the programme called “FaceMash”. In one night, the network that he created collapsed the Harvard server that resulted to his six months of probation.
He was asked to enter into an agreement to develop “Harvard Connection”, a social networking website specifically for Harvard students by the Winklevoss twins and Divya Narendra.
With the financing from his friend Eduardo Saverin, he decided instead to develop his own website “thefacebook” without telling the twins and Narendra. By the spring of 2004, thefacebook grows in popularity, and it expands to other schools in the Northeastern United States. Eventually, the Winklevoss twins decided to take Mark to court.
Saverin wanted to sell ad space to generate revenue, while Zuckerberg didn't want as the ads would make the site lose its "cool" factor, which made it popular. Meanwhile, entrepreneur and co-founder of Napster, Sean Parker joins Mark's venture, gradually taking over Eduardo's position. Parker suggests that they drop "The" from Thefacebook to make it simply "Facebook".
When Eduardo is tricked into reducing his share of the company from a third to less than a tenth of one percent, he announced his intention to sue Mark.
Later that night, Parker, along with a number of Facebook interns, is arrested for possession of cocaine during a party thrown on the occasion of Facebook's 1 millionth member.
PROBLEM STATEMENT:
What was Mark Zuckerberg’s strategy to success in creating Facebook?
OBJECTIVE: To know how Mark Zuckerberg was able to change