Sunday, August 24, 2014

The Accidental Billionaires


This book (by Ben Mezrich) left me confused with what to believe and what not to? The book is based on the inputs from Mark Zuckerburg's ex-colleagues. Mark was not at all involved in the making of this book. So how can we trust the incidents and thoughts mentioned by the author? After reading this book,I'm left with an impression that Facebook is an outcome of betrayal.The actual idea behind Facebook came from someone else, and Mark betrayed them by developing Facebook without involving them (as per the book). But its hard to believe. Hats off to Mark, for the hard work he had done to set up Facebook. He was working round the clock during development.The author describes his passion and dedication very well in the book. Mark treats Facebook as his own baby :).



The book is written in such a way that, the reader will feel like he's watching a drama. (Of course that's the reason behind the movie 'Social Network'). We feel like all the incidents are happening right in front of us. Well written ( but hard to believe the contents). 

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