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Every podcast mention of Facebook in one pod.
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Videos Mentioning Facebook
Competition is for Losers with Peter Thiel (How to Start a Startup 2014: 5)
Y Combinator
An example of a company that succeeded by starting in a small market (Harvard students) and expanding, with potential to be the last social networking site.
Dr. Paul Conti: Tools and Protocols for Mental Health | Huberman Lab Guest Series
Andrew Huberman
Social media platform where Andrew Huberman discusses science and related tools.
Michelle Zatlyn and Matthew Prince at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
Mentioned as the previous employer of Gish Patay and in the context of Mark Zuckerberg's approach to company titles suggesting a step-down in roles.
Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #250
Lex Fridman
A social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. Peter Wang mentions people 'noping out' of Facebook due to its addictive nature and its role in exploiting human inclinations.
Safi Bahcall — On Thinking Big, Curing Cancer, and Transforming Industries | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
The social network founded by Mark Zuckerberg, which received early investment from Peter Thiel and Ken Howery due to their recognition of Friendster's 'false fail'.
Patrick Collison — CEO of Stripe | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A social media technology company. Patrick Collison observed that Facebook was created with conventional organizational charts.
Kevin Systrom: Instagram | Lex Fridman Podcast #243
Lex Fridman
Social networking service that acquired Instagram. Kevin Systrom initially turned down an offer to work at Facebook before Instagram's success.
Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming | Lex Fridman Podcast #224
Lex Fridman
Developed PyTorch, was more open to community input on its structure compared to Google's TensorFlow, and collaborates with Quansight on PyTorch development.
Tim Urban | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A social media platform that was instrumental in the early virality of 'Wait But Why' due to its algorithm in 2013.
Cal Newport: Deep Work, Focus, Productivity, Email, and Social Media | Lex Fridman Podcast #166
Lex Fridman
A social network that pivoted to a news feed model, which Cal Newport argues eroded its network effect advantage, leading to its cultural fragility.
Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave | Lex Fridman Podcast #160
Lex Fridman
A social network whose friend relations and posts Eich believes users should own and be able to composite across networks.
Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of Physics, Life, and the Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #124
Lex Fridman
A social media platform, humorously compared to the underlying nature of reality in Wolfram's hypergraph model, as a 'friend network' without inherent spatial coordinates.
Jamie Foxx Returns (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
One of the startups Tim Ferriss invested in early on.
Dr. Dominic D'Agostino on Fasting, Ketosis, and The End of Cancer
Tim Ferriss
Social media platform where Dr. D'Agostino is active and can be found by his handle.
Ayanna Howard: Human-Robot Interaction & Ethics of Safety-Critical Systems | Lex Fridman Podcast #66
Lex Fridman
A social media company also mentioned alongside Twitter for working hard on ethical algorithms despite public criticism and anecdotal evidence of bias.
Deep Learning for Natural Language Processing (Richard Socher, Salesforce)
Lex Fridman
Published the Bobby dataset for question answering and logical reasoning tasks.
Female Founders Conference 2017
Y Combinator
Used as an example of a basic yet massively successful startup, initially for Harvard students. Also mentioned as a platform for ad campaigns and a source of trending topics later in the talk.
Startup Investor School Day 1 Live Stream
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a company that started when its market was small, illustrating the importance of identifying rapidly growing markets rather than large existing ones.
YC SUS: Eric Migicovsky & Dalton Caldwell discuss pivoting & pitching
Y Combinator
Used as an example in discussions about social apps and founder experience, and also in relation to early monetization strategies.
Michael Seibel - How to Plan an MVP
Y Combinator
Cited as an example of a company whose launch was not widely remembered, highlighting the difference between a product launch and a press launch.
Sam Altman - How to Succeed with a Startup
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a successful company that people likely discovered through a friend's recommendation.
Mark Zuckerberg On Yahoo's Billion Dollar Offer
Y Combinator
The company faced a critical decision point when Yahoo offered to buy it for $1 billion, leading to major internal shifts and employee departures.
YC Founders Made These Fundraising Mistakes
Y Combinator
Cited as an example of a company that was always profitable and raised money on good terms, leading to founder Mark Zuckerberg retaining significant ownership.
Understanding Investor Terms & Incentives || Rookie Mistakes with Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel
Y Combinator
Used as an analogy for an employer asking a job applicant to secure offers from other companies before committing.