The Accidental Billionaires

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biographical book nonfiction book

The Accidental Billionaires is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the controversial founding of Facebook and the personal and legal conflicts among its early creators.

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Label	Occurrences
The Accidental Billionaires canonical	7
The Accidental Billionaires (book)	1
The Social Network is based on The Accidental Billionaires	1

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Target entity: The Accidental Billionaires
Context triple: [The Social Network, basedOn, The Accidental Billionaires]

A. Masters of Scale
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B. The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
C. Zero to One
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D. The Start-up of You
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E. The Night They Raided Minsky's
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Target entity: The Accidental Billionaires
Target entity description: The Accidental Billionaires is a nonfiction book by Ben Mezrich that chronicles the controversial founding of Facebook and the personal and legal conflicts among its early creators.

A. Masters of Scale
Masters of Scale is a business and entrepreneurship podcast that explores how companies grow from startup to massive scale through interviews with leading founders and innovators.
B. The Wizard of Menlo Park
The Wizard of Menlo Park is the famous nickname of American inventor Thomas Edison, highlighting his prolific and groundbreaking work at his Menlo Park laboratory.
C. Zero to One
"Zero to One" is a bestselling business and startup book by entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel that explores how to build innovative companies that create entirely new markets rather than competing in existing ones.
D. The Start-up of You
The Start-up of You is a career strategy book that applies entrepreneurial principles to personal and professional development, co-written by LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman.
E. The Night They Raided Minsky's
The Night They Raided Minsky's is a 1968 comedy film set in New York's burlesque scene, loosely inspired by the supposed invention of the striptease at Minsky's Burlesque.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	biographical book ⓘ nonfiction book ⓘ
adaptedInto	The Social Network ⓘ
author	Ben Mezrich ⓘ
basedOn	interviews with Eduardo Saverin ⓘ interviews with other early Facebook insiders ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
describes	Harvard University social scene ⓘ creation of Facemash ⓘ early growth of Facebook ⓘ
filmAdaptationDirector	David Fincher ⓘ
filmAdaptationReleaseYear	2010 ⓘ
filmAdaptationScreenwriter	Aaron Sorkin ⓘ
focusesOn	legal conflicts among Facebook founders ⓘ personal conflicts among Facebook founders ⓘ
followedBy	Sex on the Moon ⓘ
genre	biography ⓘ business literature ⓘ nonfiction ⓘ
hasControversy	portrayal of Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ reliance on Eduardo Saverin’s perspective ⓘ
hasSequel	none ⓘ
isbn	978-0-385-52837-5 ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
market	general audience ⓘ
mediaType	hardcover ⓘ paperback ⓘ print ⓘ
narrativeStyle	dramatic nonfiction ⓘ
notableCharacter	Cameron Winklevoss ⓘ Eduardo Saverin ⓘ Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ Sean Parker ⓘ Tyler Winklevoss ⓘ
originalLanguage	English ⓘ
pages	approximately 288 ⓘ
placeOfPublication	New York City ⓘ
precededBy	Bringing Down the House ⓘ
publicationDate	2009 ⓘ
publisher	Doubleday ⓘ
publisherImprint	Doubleday (an imprint of Random House) ⓘ linked to: Doubleday
setInPeriod	early 2000s ⓘ
subject	Eduardo Saverin ⓘ Facebook ⓘ Mark Zuckerberg ⓘ Winklevoss twins ⓘ founding of Facebook ⓘ legal disputes over Facebook ⓘ
timeToWrite	written before Facebook IPO ⓘ

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The Social Network → basedOn → The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → notableWork → The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → wrote → The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → basedOn → The Social Network is based on The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

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Erica Albright → associatedWorkBasedOn → The Accidental Billionaires (book) ⓘ

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Sex on the Moon → precededBy → The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

Ben Mezrich → notableWork → The Accidental Billionaires ⓘ

subject linked to: Mezrich