The Facebook Effect Explained

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]

External links

• Harkin, James, "Review: The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick", The Observer, Sunday 18 July 2010
• Arrington, Michael, "Review: Kirkpatrick’s The Facebook Effect Is A Wonderfully Biased History Of Facebook", Techcrunch, Jun 24, 2010
• nugget reviews, Mark Zuckerberg’s truth: Why do we choose Facebook? http://www.getnugget.co/?p=1173
• "The Facebook Effect" preview at Google Books
• Book: David . Kirkpatrick . The Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting the World . Simon & Schuster . 2010 . 978-1439102114.

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2010-07-17. The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick Book review. 2021-09-12. the Guardian. en. 2019-04-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20190417200248/https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2010/jul/18/the-facebook-effect-david-kirkpatrick-book-review. live.
2. Web site: Graphics . FT Interactive . The Facebook Effect by David Kirkpatrick . 2025-12-29 . FT Business book of the year award . en-GB.
3. Web site: News . A. B. C. . 'The Facebook Effect': Inside Zuckerberg's Coups, Controversies . 2025-12-29 . ABC News . en.