The Man Behind Sharing Revolutions

Sean Parker

Sean ParkerHacked Fortune 500 Companies at age

15. Raided by the FBI. He was a bad boy!

At the age of 19 became Co-Founder & CEO of Napster, world’s first popular file sharing music service!

In 2004, He saw Facebook on his roommate’s girlfriend’s computerAnd realized that it was a Billion

Dollar Idea.

The RevolutionarySean was a visionary.

And, he was a revolutionary.Sean broke all the rules of the music

industry.Even though Napster got closed down,

the internet followed Sean’s vision Kazaa, Pirate Bay, and many other big

names appeared right after Napster to revolutionize the whole file sharing game.

First President of FacebookHe met with Mark in NY, in 2004, and

became the First President of FacebookHe decided to focus on a niche

target, who were always with each other Military or College StudentsMilitary was not a good idea. So

college students were picked as the first target.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyEbnekohRc

The Middleman Sean made Peter Thiel and Accel

Partners invest in Facebook.They were the very first investor’s of

Facebook.Peter Thiel put up $500,000Accel Partners invested $12.2 million

The biggest venture profit in tech!!!Now they own 10% of Facebook!!!

The Bad BoyIn 2005, he had to resign from

Facebook due to a drug scandal at his rental house. But he wasn’t actually charged…

Then, Parker became the Managing Partner of Founders Fund.He was at the right spot to help

Facebook and some other big companies like Spotify.

He still met with Mark a lot.

The Serial Entrepreneur & Investor

He co-founded Causes.

Hosts The TechFellow Awards, a partnership between Founders Fund and Techcrunch

He also co-founded Airtime, which was the Chatroulette for FacebookHe thought that Facebook didn’t let

strangers became friends. Which was a big minus in his vision.

The Father & The HusbandHe is the father of Winter Victoria

Parker.

And the husband of Alexandra Lenas

His marriage got covered pretty publicly, even though it was supposed to be very private. A Lord of the Rings Wedding at Big

Sur!Costed him $2.5 million only in

penalties. A relatively small amount for

The BillionaireHis worth is reported to be more than

$2 billion.Which is nothing compared to what

he has done for the internet industry.

I definitely wanted to earn my freedom. But the primary motivation wasn’t making money, but making an impact.

- Sean Parker

2 Entrepreneurship Lessons From Sean Parker

Part of the challenge of being an entrepreneur, if you’re going for a really huge opportunity, is trying to find problems that aren’t quite on the radar yet and try to solve those.

Solving specific problems is what drives me. I am not interested in having a career. I never have been.

One Last Comment About Facebook

“Facebook isn’t helping you make new connections, Facebook doesn’t develop new relationships, Facebook is just trying to be the most accurate model of your social graph. There’s a part of me that feels somewhat bored by all of this.”

- Sean Parker

One Last NoteSean Parker definitely revolutionized

how we share things online.

He first thought us how to share music.Paved the way for piracy issues.

Then he thought us how to share our life.Paved the way for privacy issues.

Then he thought us how to share with others.Paved the way for good “Causes.com”

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