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24 alternatives to The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook

The book The Social Network was based on

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Accidental Billionaires: The Founding of Facebook launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   The Facebook Effect▲71

   The inside story of the company that is connecting the world

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Viral Loop: From Facebook to Twitter▲96

   How today's smartest businesses grow themselves

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders - From Havard to the Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg▲88

   From Harvard to the Facebook—How it all started

   2015 · web.stanford.edu · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Network marketing for Facebook▲60

   Good tactical book for using social media

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship▲127

   The startup journey is never smooth or easy

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Through Their Eyes▲195

   Twitter feeds of famous investors and entrepreneurs

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Founders at Work▲208

   Stories of successful founders

   2015 · foundersatwork.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   The Google Guys▲64

   Inside the Brilliant Minds of Google's Founders

   2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   You Are Not So Smart▲61

   Why you have too many friends on Facebook

   2015 · amazon.co.uk · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Who Owns the Future?▲66

    The concentration of money and power in our digital networks

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    It's Complicated▲74

    The social lives of networked teens

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Innovator's Dilemma▲202

    The seminal business book

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Open Book Challenge▲38

    Get $100K to build a better Facebook.

    2018 · openbookchallenge.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Always Day One▲83

    A new book about how the tech giants build products

    2020 · alexkantrowitz.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hack the Bird▲90

    Advanced Twitter playbook for startups and entrepreneurs

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    The User Method▲72

    How entrepreneurs create successful innovations

    2016 · usermethod.com · its alternatives →

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    Things A Little Bird Told Me▲65

    Creative secrets from the co-founder of Twitter

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Booklights▲169

    Make America Read Again 📖

    2017 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Startup Book Buzz▲106

    One new startup related book recommended each week

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Bloomberg by Bloomberg▲66

    How Michael Bloomberg created a media empire

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    Founders at Work▲51

    Stories of Startups' Early Days

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    What would google do?▲64

    A guide to the business logic of the network era.

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    The Founder's Dilemmas▲75

    Anticipating & Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup

    2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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    First Entrepreneur: How George Washington Built His and the Nation's Prosperity▲55

    How the United States was founded on business

    2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

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