After being embroiled in a lawsuit with Mark Zuckerberg over the origins of Facebook, Divya Narendra, the founder and CEO of the investor community SumZero, joins Brian this week to discuss Narendra’s early success creating Harvard Connection, the reason he became an entrepreneur, and the lessons he took away from the Facebook lawsuit. Also, Brian and Divya talk about startups, Divya’s portrayal in The Social Network, and what can and cannot be taught in schools. Plus, the tech exec explains how he cultivated his mind and never lost a minute of sleep throughout the case against Facebook.

 

People discussed on today’s show include:

Divya Narendra

Cameron Winklevoss

Tyler Winklevoss

Mark Zuckerberg

Max Minghella

Armie Hammer

Elon Musk

Warren Buffett

Carl Icahn

Alec Berg

Aaron Sorkin

David Fincher

Jesse Eisenberg

 

Topics discussed on today’s show include:

 

SumZero

Facebook

The Social Network

Harvard Connection (ConnectU)

Hot or Not website created by Mark Zuckerberg

Harvard University

Northwestern University

Snapchat

Silicon Valley

"Chris Sacca On Being Different and Making Billions" – The Tim Ferriss Show (5/30/15)

David and Goliath a book by Malcolm Gladwell

 

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