Facebook Platform
product on 8 shows · 8 statements across 7 episodes · said 18 times in 8 episodes since 2016
Acquired 8 
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 5 
20VC 2 
Lenny's Podcast 1 
My First Million 1 
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- Chamath Palihapitiya – The Social Capital Flywheel (Capital Allocators, EP.167)
- 20VC: Chamath Palihapitiya on Why IPOs and Direct Listings Are Broken, Turning Social Capital Into A Combination of Berkshire Hathaway, Koch Industries and The Red Cross, Why Forecasts Are Worthless, What Creates True Defensibility & Why You Have To Be Pr
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8 statements about Facebook Platform, every show
Morin: Facebook considered entering the cloud business in 2007
“We actually considered being in the cloud business back when we launched Facebook platform in oh seven.”
Morin: OpenAI DevDay is most impressive platform launch since Facebook Platform
“Like this is one of, I think the most impressive developer platform launches. Since maybe Facebook platform, if I do say so myself.”
Gilbert: Facebook Platform Failed Because It Was Too Distant from Hardware
“The reason why we aren't all using rich Facebook apps all the time today and think of it as the default platform, it was just too many layers of abstraction away from the hardware to win.”
Dave Morin: Facebook Platform Attracted Nearly One Million Developers in First Year
“Once we put the distribution incentive in place, suddenly, you know, we had close to, I think a million developers in one year.”
Morin: OpenAI DevDay is the best launch since Facebook Platform
“But I think that you also have to give OpenAI serious credit for being in just absolute beast mode right now. Like this is one of, I think the most impressive developer platform launches. Since maybe Facebook platform, if I do say so myself.”
Sam Lessin: The Facebook developer platform died and failed
“Yeah, but Facebook platform died, babe. It didn't work.”
Jordan: Early Facebook platform apps grew fast but had zero retention
“Early on in the Facebook platform, companies literally got to a million users in, you know, it felt like minutes. Just because there were so many people on Facebook and the ones who were early just got exploding user bases. There were a number of concepts whos…”