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Author Hoefflinger, Mike, author

Title Becoming Facebook : the 10 challenges that defined the company disrupting the world / Mike Hoefflinger
Published New York, NY : AMACOM, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource (x, 275 pages)
Contents Cover; Contents; Preface; Part 1 Setting the Scene; 1: The Bell Tolls: Half the company it used to be; 2: Finding Your Inner Zuck: Everything at Facebook starts with Mark Zuckerberg, but it doesn't end there; Part 2 10 Challenges on the Road from Also-Ran to Juggernaut; 3: How Facebook Turned Down 1 Billion; LESSON 1: Know whether this is your next thing or your last thing.; 4: How Facebook Became Your Lens on the World; LESSON 2: Add by subtracting.; 5: How Facebook Grows ... and Grows; LESSON 3: Know your North Star Metric, Magic Moment and Core Product Value
6: How Facebook Built a 10 Billion Business in Three YearsLESSON 4: Everybody wins if you democratize something for customers of all sizes.; 7: How Facebook Goes Fast; LESSON 5: Speed is a feature.; 8: How Facebook Beat Google; LESSON 6: Crossing the chasm is the best defense.; 9: How Facebook Became More Than Facebook; LESSON 7: Disrupt yourself before someone else does.; 10: How Facebook Plays the Long Game; LESSON 8: Some long games are worth playing if you take care of business in the meantime.; 11: How Facebook Wins the Talent Wars
LESSON 9: Employee engagement is everything. Fit to people's strengths and ignore weaknesses.12: How Facebook Became the Biggest of the Big; LESSON 10: Care more.; Part 3 The Future; 13: Messaging Becomes the Medium: Two more giant apps and an artificial intelligence based on trillions of pieces of data.; 14: Connecting the Next Billion People: The most questionable business decision for the best reasons.; 15: "Transporting" a Billion of Us with VR and AR: Building the last screen.; 16: What If Facebook "Wins"? Reknitting the Pangea of the mind.; Part 4 Parting Thoughts
17: Failure Isn't: Facebook doesn't always hit it out of the park, and that's a good thing. 18: Nothing Lasts Forever? No technology company is immune to disruption.; Acknowledgments; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z; About the Author; Free Sample Chapter from Extreme Teams; Other Best-Sellers from Amacom
Summary Becoming Facebook tells the coming-of-age story of the now venerable giant. Filled with insights and anecdotes from crises averted and challenges solved, the book tracks the company's development, uncovering lessons learned on its way to greatness
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 18, 2017)
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Subject Facebook (Firm)
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Subject Internet industry -- United States
Online social networks.
PSYCHOLOGY -- Social Psychology.
Internet industry
Online social networks
Social Media
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2017000498
ISBN 9780814437971
0814437974