Before launching TheFacebook.com, Zuckerberg had to decide whether to work on it or a similar project he was already working with his Harvard schoolmates, the Winklevoss twins. This is the conversation where he works out that he'd like to do his own thing.
Then Zuckerberg had to decide whether or not to tell the Winklevosses he was working on a competing project. Here, he says he is going to "fuck them."
Zuckerberg talks about his cofounder, and first investor, Eduardo Saverin. Even then, Zuckerberg's emphasis was the product, not the money.
Shortly after launching TheFacebook.com, Zuckerberg joked about how strange it was that users were so willing to share private data with him
When TheFacebook.com launched, the Winklevosses complained to Harvard, and Zuckerberg worried about getting booted out.
Harvard's student paper investigated the Winklevoss-Zuckerberg feud. Here, Zuckerberg talks about hacking into the paper to read the article ahead of time.
Eventually, the Winklevosses created their own social network, ConnectU. Here, Zuckerberg talks about a fake ConnectU profile he created for Cameron Winklevoss.
Zuckerberg talks about hacking into ConnectU and shutting down user accounts
In part because of a personality clash illustrated here…
…it wouldn't work out between Zuckerberg and Saverin. In this IM, Zuckerberg talks about how he's going to dilute Saverin.
Zuckerberg knew this dilution would lead to a lawsuit. (This IM also reveals that he wanted to sell Facebook and work on another startup)
Here, Zuckerberg tells a friend why he wanted to boot Saverin
In a conversation with Sean Parker about potential investors, Zuckerberg talks about "dirty tricks" he wants to play on Saverin
Want to put the IMs in context? Reader the whole story. Both of them.
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