The second part of Kirkpatrick's book describes the beginnings of thefacebook becoming a large social phenomenon. It was interesting to learn about how venture capitalists from the west began to take interest in thefacebook and I find it truly amazing of the amount of money that was willing to be spent on a company of such a young age and small size. The amount of attention thefacebook was getting a such an early stage shows the importance of the idea Zuckerberg had and its impact to come in the future.
Once the bidding war between The Post and Accel ended, the company was ready to take building and expanding on Zuckerberg's vision. Not only was thefacebook able to recruit top programmers from other top companies such as Amazon and Google, but their ability to recruit young bright adults that haven't graduated from college yet. People were beginning to catch on to the impact thefacebook could have and how large it could actually become. For someone to stop in the middle of their degree and become a full time employee of a up and coming company says a lot about how successful it would become. The atmosphere that was created around the office was also something I found interesting. The laid back flip-flop attitude helped stay true to the idea of thefacebook and how Zuckerberg and company were not going to play by the normal script of a multimillion dollar company.
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