What is the role of venture capital investor(s) in FB’s development? Please record any names/ characters that you see from the movie and their contributions to FB.
The Social Network
Synopsis: On a fall night in 2003, Harvard undergrad and computer programming genius Mark Zuckerberg sits down at his computer and heatedly begins working on a new idea. In a fury of blogging and programming, what begins in his dorm room soon becomes a global social network and a revolution in communication. A mere six years and 500 million friends later, Mark Zuckerberg is the youngest billionaire in history... but for this entrepreneur, success leads to both personal and legal complications.
Instruction: Watch this 2011 Oscar’s Best Writing for Adapted Screenplay feature movie on social media.
The movie The Social Network (2010) is available through campus library (log in with your UW credential):
It is also available on the following platform(s):
https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00BRA8FIQ/ref=atv_dl_rdr (Links to an external site.)
https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/The-Social-Network/182239 (Links to an external site.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxXj-h0ELwA (Links to an external site.)
Reflect on how the movie portrays Facebook and related characters. Discuss the following questions:
- What is the role of venture capital investor(s) in FB’s development? Please record any names/ characters that you see from the movie and their contributions to FB.
- Do you find any connection (similarity or difference) between the story of FB and other digital giants we previous discussed previously in lectures or from our course readings?
- Take a moment to read through other students’ posts for this discussion thread and report one thing you learned.
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