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The Accidental Billionaires

Sex, Money, Betrayal and the Founding of Facebook

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The Accidental Billionaires

By: Ben Mezrich
Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain
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The Accidental Billionaires is the inspiration behind the Oscar winning film, The Social Network, dramatising Zuckerberg’s success and proving you don’t get to 500 million friends without making a few enemies…

Eduardo Saverin and Mark Zuckerberg – an awkward maths prodigy and a painfully shy computer genius – were never going to fit in at elite, polished Harvard. Yet that all changed when master-hacker Mark crashed the university’s entire computer system by creating a rateable database of female students. Narrowly escaping expulsion, the two misfits refocused the site into something less controversial – ‘The Facebook’ – and watched as it spread like a wildfire across campuses around the country, along with their popularity.

Yet amidst the dizzying levels of cash and glamour, as silicon valley, venture capitalists and reams of girls beckoned, the first cracks in their friendship started to appear, and what began as a simple argument spiralled into an out-and-out war. The great irony is that Facebook succeeded by bringing people together – but its very success tore two best friends apart.

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I found myself listening whenever I could! A great book, especially for fans of 'The Social Network'.

Great book

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I'm not saying its not good just that its not history, there's a lot of speculation. And guess work involved, but all in all its quite good, give an interesting view of the early history of one of the world most used website

Faction not history

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Ben Mezrich has drawn together interesting material to produce this account. I knew that Facebook had begun its life as a device for male students to rate female students at Harvard, but not its really 'on the legal edge' origins. Mezrich allows us to reflect on the people and the purposes behind the product, and its influences way, way, beyond the origins, and the costs of 'free to use' services (well, who does fund the servers?). This book is excellently read by Mike Chamberlain, who manages to keep a fresh and interested tone throughout. This is a very good listen.

Interesting, lively account

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The Story and the narration in this book is top notch. I was already a fan of the movie, watched it a few times. But, this still had me eager for the next chapter. Highly Recomended.

Absolutely loved this book!

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It is an interesting story that I wanted to know about out of curiosity but would not say that it left me spellbound.
The narrator did not bring characters to life. I had to pay really attention.

Interesting save for narration

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