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Narayanan Almost Got Fired at Facebook for Presenting Uncomfortable Data
“And it ended up being that the senior leadership that did not like what I was saying and I almost got fired for it. And, but that's when I think people like Harvey and Alex at Facebook actually backed me up.”
Instagram Acquisition Forced Facebook to Switch Metrics From MAU to DAU
“When Instagram came along to Facebook, we still had the MEU as our goal. And so when we had the MEU as a goal, I mean basically Kevin's system was like, what? We are now in the mobile world. People use the phones all the time. We should be doing we do DAUs. We…”
Facebook's Chris Cox Required Storytelling, Not Raw Data, to Be Influenced
“For example, Harvey, you go to try to influence Harvey. You just throw the data. Don't give me anything other than just data. Just tell me the data. Don't tell me the story. You got a Chris Cox. Don't just throw data at me. Tell me the story, please.”
Mark Zuckerberg Wrote Facebook's S-1 in One Sitting on a Phone
“I mean, I think he wrote his S one in one sitting on a mobile phone.”
Sequoia Circulates Investment Memos Friday for Monday Partner Meetings
“If you have a Monday morning meeting, they circulate the entire memo on a Friday. And when people go into that room and make a collective decision, They go with a prepared mind, which basically means you better have read your memo. You come in knowing everythi…”
Facebook's Early Growth Marketing Team Operated With Only 6 to 8 People
“And it was like a seven people team or a six people team. And I would think like, how can six or seven or eight people have such enormous output?”
Narayanan: Facebook chose MAU as North Star to match its mission
“For example, at Facebook at that time that we were there, it was like making the world open and connected. So naturally was you wanted to get everyone in the world on it. So it just naturally meant that you wanted to get the largest number of people to use a p…”
Severe Winter Weather Directly Increases US Facebook Time Spent
“We found that there's certain parts of America which had an increase in time spent, and we didn't know what happened. And we kept looking and said, what is all this? And we kept digging deep, and it ended up being winter. Very cold winters. People stay in at h…”