The Social Network and Facebook

We (me and my husband) recently watched The Social Network. We were a tad late compared to our other friends. Not to brag but we were too busy watching some documentaries such as The Cove and The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos :). It is unusual to watch documentaries on movie nights however, I think The Cove was one of the best, we were not bored for a second. Unfortunately, I cannot say the same thing about The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos. I'm not sure maybe I was tired while watching The Crimson Wing or because The Cove is an Oscar Award Winning documentary. The Cove is mainly about dolphins and how they are abused at a cove near Taijii, Japan. The Crimson Wing: Mystery of the Flamingos, as it can be understood from its title, is about the life cycle of flamingos in Lake Natron in Northern Tanzania.

I think I have to write a post about these two documentaries too but now let's get back to the title of the post: The Social Network and Facebook.
For starters I have to admit I didn't know the name of the person who founded facebook until I came to live in Columbus, Ohio. I new that he was very young and still at a university when he found facebook but I had no idea what he looked like and didn't have a clue about his name. I learned his name and his "face" when TIME magazine chose him as the person of the year 2010 and I read the article in the magazine.
I also learned that although the movie got many weird details correct the reason behind creating facebook was far from the truth. I am not going to discuss the movie here since there may be people that haven't watched it yet (note that you would want to watch Jesse Eisenberg who plays Mark Zuckerberg because he is quite brilliant) but here is a list of the things that I learned from the movie or mostly from Mark Zuckerberg (founder of facebook: to people who still don't know his name :) ).

1. You need to be passionate about your dreams. You need to be obssesive and a hard worker. You should even leave school if you have to. You have to be a risk taker if you believe in your dream. (By the way, I don't think I would be able to give up my university education to go after something. I'm not that much of a risk taker yet)

2. You have to be in the center of technology or at least be in the United States. In the movie Sean Parker, founder of Napster and an entrepenuer, says that if you want to be serious about your IT business then you have to go to California where all the tech giants are.

And my personal opinion is that before you start taking any risks you have to have an idea that appeals to university students or celebrities so that you can become a phenomenon :).