Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#1

Post by fgblanch » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 7:50 AM UTC

Do you think there would be an increase in number of startup's, people moving to the valley, college dropout's after watching "The Social Network"?

Beyond the fact that it is a movie and that part of it is fiction. I think it will inspire potential entrepreneurs to start coding their ideas and probably move to SFO. Don't you think so?

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#2

Post by maigret » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 10:44 AM UTC

I really think it is. From watching the movie, I realized Zuckerberg has probably never had a better time in his life thans when he built Facebook from scratch. That made me also clear why many entrepreneurs cannot stay in one startup/project and need to recreate something new regularly. It's making me think also ;)

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#3

Post by fgblanch » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 10:48 AM UTC

I bet it will probably rise the number of YCombinator applicants for Summer 2011! :

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#4

Post by alexfisher » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 12:27 PM UTC

Totally. I went home and started hacking until the early morning hours like I hadn't done in years.

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#5

Post by jpdbaugh » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 1:38 PM UTC

I think it will inspire a bunch of people to try who will never in a million years succeed. It will also make it crazy easy for coders to pick up girls at the bars.

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#6

Post by djacobs » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 2:55 PM UTC

Geekery has been cool for a while, but I've always felt that programming has carried a specific social stigma. With a bestselling movie that includes the line "I need to break out Emacs for that Perl script", maybe things are about to change.

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#7

Post by maigret » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 3:27 PM UTC

jpdbaugh wrote: post #5

I think it will inspire a bunch of people to try who will never in a million years succeed. It will also make it crazy easy for coders to pick up girls at the bars.

LOL, I hope your second point is true! "I'm a programmer"

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#8

Post by jpdbaugh » Wed, Oct 20, 2010, 5:00 PM UTC

maigret wrote: post #7

jpdbaugh wrote: post #5

I think it will inspire a bunch of people to try who will never in a million years succeed. It will also make it crazy easy for coders to pick up girls at the bars.

LOL, I hope your second point is true! "I'm a programmer"

It really is. Social Network is going to do for our profession what Wall Street did in the 80s for Investment Banking.

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#9

Post by hga » Thu, Oct 21, 2010, 2:19 AM UTC

This article implies that might happen: http://pajamasmedia.com/blog/the-business-of-the-social-netw...

Re: Ask HN: is "The Social Network" motivating entrepreneurs?

#10

Post by coryl » Fri, Oct 22, 2010, 9:05 PM UTC

I think any real entrepreneurs familiar with web development already know what startups are like, and won't change much.

But those who don't know what startups are about may give it a try, which is great.