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The Facebook Effect

The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications.

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The Facebook Effect
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AuthorDavid Kirkpatrick
LanguageEnglish
GenreTechnology
PublishedJune 8th 2010
PublisherSimon & Schuster
Pages384
ISBN1-439-10211-2

The Facebook Effect is a book by David Kirkpatrick and published by Simon & Schuster. It describes the history of Facebook and its social implications.1

The book was shortlisted for the 2010 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.2

It describes how Facebook went from a dorm-room novelty to a company with 500 million users, and how Mark Zuckerberg stayed focused on growth even when it meant to raise money from investors selling the company equity.3

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  1. "The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick | Book review". the Guardian. 2010-07-17. Archived from the original on 2019-04-17. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. Graphics, FT Interactive. "The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick". FT Business book of the year award. Retrieved 2025-12-29.
  3. News, A. B. C. "'The Facebook Effect': Inside Zuckerberg's Coups, Controversies". ABC News. Retrieved 2025-12-29. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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