How Chris Hughes Helped Launch Facebook and the Barack Obama Campaign

Fast Company by Ellen McGirt | Mar. 17, 2009 (Special Report)

The untold story of how Chris Hughes, today only 25 years old, helped create two of the most successful startups in modern history, Facebook and the Barack Obama campaign.

Chris Hughes is having a philosophical moment. "I don't really know what 'community' means. And I never use that word."
We are in Washington, D.C., just three days before his most recent boss, Barack Obama, will take office. It is so bone-jarringly cold that even nestled ... Full Story »

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Subjects: World, Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Media
Topics: Media and Politics, Internet, Technology, Computers, Social Networks, Social Change
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Posted by: Posted by Fabrice Florin - Apr 5, 2009 - 11:05 AM PDT
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 by Fabrice Florin - Apr. 5, 2009

Interesting profile of a technology star whose work has had a deep impact on how individuals share and interact online. In-depth report on this young innovator and his perspective about society and the Internet.

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