The Accidental Billionaires
by Ben Mezrich
The dramatized Facebook founding that became The Social Network: Zuckerberg, Saverin, the Winklevosses. Fast and novelistic; treat it as entertainment with a business lesson about founder agreements.
Read it if…
you want the story in thriller form.
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Skip it if…
you want documentary accuracy; see The Facebook Effect.
Try instead: Idea Man →
Three things you will actually use
- Put founder agreements in writing.
- Dilution is where friendships die.
- Narrative is not record.
Do this first
Read the chapters on the Saverin dilution.
Our verdict
Entertainment with a lesson.
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