Sunday 5 June 2011

The True stories behind the Facebook movie and books ..

How does Mark Zuckerberg feel about the Facebook movie?
Mark revealed his opinion of The Social Network movie and the book The Accidental Billionaires by Ben Mezrich on which the film was based by saying, "The reason why we didn't participate is because it was very clear that it was fiction from the beginning. We talked to [Mezrich] about that and he basically told us, 'what I'm most interested in is telling the most interesting story.' We want to make sure that we never participate in something like that, so then someone can take something that's really fictional and say, 'We talked to Mark Zuckerberg for this.' So, I think it's clear that it's fiction. All the book reviews of that book from people who know it say that it's fiction. The movie is based on the book. I don't really know how much else there is to say about it.” - Computer History Museum Mark Zuckerberg Interview 


Contrarily, Mark feels that the book The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick is more in line with the Facebook true story, “You know, honestly, I wish that when people tried to do journalism or write stuff about Facebook that they at least tried to get it right. So, I mean that's why having not read all of your book (speaking to author David Kirkpatrick), and I read a part of it when you sent it to me, I at least appreciate the effort that you put in, in terms of spending all those hours and days talking to dozens of people in the ecosystem around us, at least trying to understand what's going on. If I read your book, I probably wouldn't agree with everything, but at least there's the sense that it's serious journalism.” - Computer History Museum Mark Zuckerberg Interview


How much money did Eduardo Saverin invest in Facebook?
Saverin’s original investment to help start the company was $1,000. Zuckerberg himself also contributed $1,000. Soon after, they both agreed to invest an additional $10,000 each to cover the quickly growing server costs. A few months later, Eduardo opened a bank account to cover business expenses and to deposit advertising revenues, at which point he added an additional $10,000 of his own money. - The Facebook Effect



What was the original pay agreement regarding Facebook?
The first agreement made was a 70 – 30 split between Mark Zuckerberg and Eduardo Saverin. About a month after Thefacebook was released to Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg’s roommate Dustin Moskovitz asked to work on the project as well. He was given 5%, reducing Mark’s cut to 65%. When Sean Parker entered the picture, the company was reincorporated and new corporate bylaws were written up. As a result, Zuckerberg was entitled to 51%, Saverin 34.4%, Moskovitz 6.81% and Parker 6.47%, with the remaining allotted to their law firm. - The Facebook Effect

Did Eduardo Saverin really freeze the Facebook bank account?
Yes. In researching the real story behind the Facebook movie The Social Network, it was discovered that Saverin did in fact freeze the bank account he had set up to pay the business expenses. Zuckerberg was forced to pay for the Palo Alto house expenses, the site’s running costs and new servers out of pocket. - The Facebook Effect



Who sings the The Social Network trailer song?

Creep (Single)The Social Network trailer music is a cover of the song "Creep", origninally recorded by the band Radiohead. The Social Network's Creep cover is sung by Scala & Kolacny Brothers, which is actually a Belgian girls' choir. The classically trained Kolacny brothers lead the choir, with Stijn Kolacny conducting and Steven Kolacny on piano. The choir has turned into an international sensation, as the result of both creating their own music and performing stellar covers of Radiohead, U2, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Nirvana, to name a few. The Social Network Creep song heard in the movie's trailer is available on Amazon UK.

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