{"id":41140,"date":"2022-07-30T15:51:47","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:51:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=41140"},"modified":"2022-07-30T15:51:48","modified_gmt":"2022-07-30T15:51:48","slug":"how-facebook-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started","title":{"rendered":"How Facebook Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22556e410f5\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22556e410f5\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a22556e410f5\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started\/#How_Facebook_Started\" title=\"How Facebook Started\">How Facebook Started<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started\/#Mark_Zuckerberg\" title=\"Mark Zuckerberg\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started\/#Dustin_Moskovitz\" title=\"Dustin Moskovitz\">Dustin Moskovitz<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started\/#Eduardo_Saverin\" title=\"Eduardo Saverin\">Eduardo Saverin<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-facebook-started\/#Chris_Hughes\" title=\"Chris Hughes\">Chris Hughes<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Facebook_Started\"><\/span>How Facebook Started<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how facebook started\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/Sy2Smbw.jpg\" align=\"right\" style=\"margin:0px 10px; max-width:30% max-height:250px; width:auto; height:auto;\"> <\/p>\n<p>If you want to know how Facebook started, you should start with its founders. Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz were the original Facebook founders. Their names and backgrounds are described below. They worked together in the US and Canada to build a social network. Eduardo Saverin and Chris Hughes followed. In 2004, they launched Facebook and by the end of the year, it had one million users. The high user numbers made funding easier and they started running advertisements to cover their costs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Mark_Zuckerberg\"><\/span>Mark Zuckerberg<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The birth of Facebook is a fascinating tale. The young Zuckerberg went to Harvard and ended up turning down two offers from some of the biggest companies in the world. He chose psychology and computer science classes, but his choice made sense when considering the nature of Facebook. Because of its social nature, people are drawn to share their details and seek interaction with other people. Knowing how the human mind works is critical to designing the perfect social network.<\/p>\n<p>In 2004, while he was studying at Harvard, Mark Zuckerberg created Facebook with a group of friends. Initially, the social networking site was intended to connect Harvard students, but quickly spread to the rest of the Ivy League. By the end of his sophomore year, Facebook had over a million users. Peter Thiel invested $500,000 in the company, and Zuckerberg dropped out of Harvard to work on Facebook from his new headquarters in Palo Alto, California.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Dustin_Moskovitz\"><\/span>Dustin Moskovitz<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>How Dustin Moskovitz got Facebook started? Using similar tactics to Google and Apple, Moskovitz and Zuckerberg used the Internet to connect people. Initially available only to Harvard students, Facebook soon expanded to other Ivy League schools and eventually almost the entire world. With over 2 billion users, Facebook has helped its founders increase their net worth and even form million-dollar businesses. Many businesses have found success by using Facebook advertising to sell products to a wider audience.<\/p>\n<p>The billion-dollar co-founder of Facebook was born on May 22, 1984, in Gainesville, Florida. His parents were a psychiatrist and a teacher. Moskovitz attended Vanguard High School, then went to Harvard to major in economics. After graduating from Harvard, Moskovitz took a year off and worked on a Facebook project in Palo Alto. Founders and managers of Facebook can take inspiration from Moskovitz&#8217;s early success.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Eduardo_Saverin\"><\/span>Eduardo Saverin<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are interested in the history of Facebook, then you might be interested in reading about Eduardo Saverin. A Brazilian-born entrepreneur and internet entrepreneur, Saverin was an investor and co-founder of the social networking site. He is worth a reported $9 billion and owns 100 million shares in Facebook. The story of Saverin and Facebook started when he met Mark Zuckerberg at Harvard University. The two wanted to build a social network, but needed financial backing to help them achieve their goals.<\/p>\n<p>The story of Saverin&#8217;s removal from the founding team has several twists. While Saverin was working on other projects in New York, he ran unauthorized ads on Facebook for his company Joboozle. As a result, Saverin felt left out and sued Mark. Mark Zuckerberg responded by cutting Saverin from the company&#8217;s board, making him a non-director.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Chris_Hughes\"><\/span>Chris Hughes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg and Chris Hughes share a dorm room. When the two men were in college, Hughes and Zuckerberg were roommates. When Facebook was just starting, Hughes and Zuckerberg were roommates at Harvard. In 2004 they met and subsequently worked together. Hughes was a major supporter of Clinton&#8217;s presidential campaign. The two became close friends. Today, Hughes is one of the leading voices calling for Facebook to be broken up.<\/p>\n<p>During his time as a Facebook executive, Hughes has worked closely with lawmakers and academics to explain the motivations and viewpoints of the company&#8217;s founders. While Hughes doesn&#8217;t have insider knowledge of Facebook, his relationship with the company has helped him frame the company&#8217;s business practices to fit within the framework of the antitrust laws. 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