The Rise of Facebook: From Dorm Room to Empire

What if the world’s most powerful social network started with a controversial college project? In this episode of Beginnings Told (BT), we explore the true story behind Facebook—from its creation at Harvard to becoming one of the most influential platforms in history.

You’ll discover:

• How Mark Zuckerberg built the first version in a dorm room

• The early controversy that almost shut everything down

• Why Facebook spread faster than any platform before it

• The bold decisions that turned it into a global empire

• The challenges and controversies that reshaped its future

This is a story about timing, risk, and understanding human behavior at scale.

⏱ Timestamps

00:00 Opening

00:41 A Hack, A Campus, and a Turning Point

01:34 TheFacebook Is Born

02:28 Early Conflicts and Big Risks

03:25 Opening the Floodgates

04:17 Becoming a Tech Giant

05:07 Power, Criticism, and Responsibility

05:49 Reinventing the Future

06:31 What Really Drove the Rise

07:06 The Bigger Impact

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