Topic: Mark Zuckerberg

Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg: Hacker. Dropout. CEO.

When Mark Zuckerberg showed up in Palo Alto three years ago, he had no car, no house, and no job. Today, he's at the helm of a smokin'-hot social-networking site, Facebook, and turning down billion-dollar offers. Can this kid be for real?READ»

Inside Facebook - What's It Worth?

I recently spent a chunk of my life reporting a story on Facebook , the social networking phenomenon that seems to have swept away every person on the planet under 24 years of age. Nineteen million users worth. Or, as one ...READ»

Facebook Plans 50% Expansion

Facebook is planning to expand its 1,000-person ranks by 50%, according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg in an interview with Bloomberg. The company is using the dismal economic times as a bartering chip, picking up engineers and executives on ...READ»

Young Mark Zuckerberg on Film: "We Ran The Site Originally for $85 a Month"

The documentary Our Time at first sounds like a standard 20-something road trip movie. But it will challenge your stereotypes about Millennials in the end, and includes some excellent interviews--like this one, with a fresh-faced Mark ...READ»

Facebook is the "It" Company of 2007

41 million users and growing. The cool spot for coders. The hot place to test a business. The "it" company of 2007.READ»

Exclusive Interview: Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

This interview was conducted during research for my book, Viral Loop. You can read an excerpt here at Fast Company, or find out what your friends are really worth by installing the Viral Loop widget. While still a teenager Mark ...READ»

The Box Score

Facebook and Myspace, head-to-headREAD»

• Myspace, the Sequel
• These Brands Are Made for Myspace
• A Place for Friends...To Get More Famous

Take the Money and Run?

News Corp.'s 2005 purchase of MySpace for $580 million and Google's recent acquisition of YouTube for $1.76 billion have illustrated that established companies are willing to invest big bucks in social media. So much money is being ...READ»

Editor's Letter: Two Wicked Startups, One Common Thread

During the past few weeks, I've been making the rounds to top execs at big companies across the country to see how this economic crisis is playing out on the ground. Among the consistent laments I've heard: Firms can't plan and ...READ»

Feedback

Letters. Updates. Advice.READ»

Seven Stories This Week: Weird Science Edition

Yes, the King of Pop has gone to meet the Emperor of Pop, and taken much of his patented weirdness with him. Lest you forget that Earth is strange enough even without the scion of Neverland Ranch, here are a few of this week's viral ...READ»

Hobo 3.0: A Convention for the New, New, New Economy!

Don't miss the premier tech-biz-media convention for the new, new, new economy!READ»

The "Greatest Single Phone Call in the History" That We've Never Heard

Yesterday at the Worldwide Partners Conference, Microsoft COO Kevin Turner regaled attendees with a tale of the "greatest single phone call in the history that I've ever taken in business." Not to be tripped up by a grammatical ...READ»

New Media Stars Dominate Fortune’s 40 Under 40

Recently, Fortune magazine released its annual list of 40 rising business stars under the age of 40. While there was sure to be a few media gurus in the mix, given today’s focus on social and digital media networks, 16 major players from areas of digital media and online technology are featured – making up 40 percent of the list. From Google and Hulu to Facebook and Twitter, some of business’ most...READ»

Will Facebook Ever Make Money?

An interview with Chamath Palihapitaya, Facebook's VP of product marketing and operations.READ»

Why Facebook Won't Sell

That's a very strong title, I know. But it's not mine, and it's not as bad as it sounds. It was written by Paul Scrivens, an FC Expert blogger, designer, and one of the founders of blogging community 9rules, on his own blog ...READ»

Visualizing Facebookers' Comments on Privacy Tweaks: Dislike Not an Option

Oh Facebook, when are you going to learn? When you've got over a third of a billion people using your site to basically fritter the day away, any tweaks are going to stir up your population. What are Facebookers saying about these new ...READ»

Letter From the Magazine: Lessons of the Fall

There is no more common lament in corporate C-suites than the sorry state of the American education system. Our next generation is said to be woefully unprepared for the economy of the future, while other countries steam ahead, ...READ»

Letter From the Editor

Lessons of the FallREAD»

Mark Zuckerberg is 158th Richest American

Forbes released its list of the wealthiest Americans last night. Technology's usual suspects are all present: Gates, Ellison, Allen, Bezos, the Google duo, and so on. But there, at number 158 and tied with Donald Trump and Sumner ...READ»

How Much Are You Worth to Facebook?

Facebook and others have tapped into the power of viral loops to build massive audiences in record time. Now they're using these growth engines to create the future of online advertising.READ»

• The Viral Loop Leaderboard: What Are Your Facebook Friends Worth?
• Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg on the Value of Viral Loops

How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.READ»

• The Community That Hughes Built
• Lessons From The Trenches

Is Facebook Helping or Hurting Your Love Life?

A look at how social networks are transforming social lives.READ»

• The Web Business of Breaking Up

Facebook Gets Yet Another Valuation

A Russian Internet company announced today that it will be investing $200 million in Facebook, valuing the social network--which has yet to turn a profit--at roughly $10 billion. In 2007, when Microsoft invested $240 million in the ...READ»

Click Here: The Short, Inglorious History of Online Advertising

The short, inglorious history of online advertising.READ»

• How Much Are You Worth to Facebook?