Funding Facebook : From Harvard Dorm Room to $500 Bn Company
What started in a dorm room of Harvard University has totally changed the outlook of people all across the world on how they socialize. We are talking about none other than Facebook or "TheFacebook" as it was called back then!
Facebook was founded by Mark Zuckerberg and his college roommate and fellow Harvard University student Eduardo Saverin. Initially the website's membership was kept limited only to Harvard University students, which soon was expanded to other colleges in Bosto, the Ivy League and gradually to all universities of the US and Canada. By September 2006, it was open for everyone all across the world with a valid email address, aged 13+.
The idea of 'Facebook'
Zuck got the idea of Facebook from his previous website- FaceMash, which he launched while he wa...