Mike Hoefflinger
Making things
becoming facebook
* 2017 amazon.com ✭✭✭✭✭ #1 New RElease
* Winner 2017 Beverly Hills Book AwardS
* silver medalist 2018 Axiom business book awards
The insider coming-of-age story of the seven years that turned Facebook from also-ran into $300+ billion juggernaut. 10 challenges that defined the company and the products that are on the horizon. Available in hardcover, audiobook, e-book.
"...fascinating and informative--really, a must read."
-- Geoffrey Moore, author of Crossing the Chasm
"...reveals how Facebook has become so important."
-- Marc Pritchard, Chief Brand Officer at Procter & Gamble
"A captivating insider's view..."
-- Ann Lewnes, CMO at Adobe
"There's a lot to discover in this insider's perspective. I certainly did."
-- Dennis Carter, former CMO at Intel, father of Intel Inside
"Everyone from experienced leaders in large organizations
to aspiring operators and entrepreneurs will gain insight."-- Robert Siegel, Stanford Graduate School of Business
"...Facebook changes the way we see the world.
Knowing how may help you do the same."-- Gokul Rajaram, father of Google AdSense
Speaking
Whether you want to learn about the insider story of Facebook's unprecedented rise, know the secrets of technology's clever-foolish CEOs or understand how "Next" happens, Mike's 25 years operating in the cradle of technology innovation with the likes of Andy Grove, Sheryl Sandberg and Mark Zuckerberg and his experience on many a stage make for engaging and energizing sessions at corporate conferences, fireside chat Q&As and academic settings. Contact Mike through the Washington Speakers Bureau.
"The 'Authors@Google' channel on YouTube has over 1,000 officially uploaded videos of authors that Google has formally hosted. Mike was unique among them in that he was one of the few that was able to connect with the audience in a personal, fun, and intellectually invigorating way. Mike elegantly navigated the session in a way that conveyed both his and Facebook's story with a graceful ease that drew the audience into the story. The audience was energized by the passion he brought to the topic and his desire to tell the tale in a thought-provoking way. I hope we can host Mike again soon."
-- James Kolotouros, VP Google
"Mike's talk was outstanding. Insightful and inspiring, it really helped set the tone for the overall event and got our team fired up about future opportunities."
-- Gary Dickerson, CEO Applied Materials
"Mike is an inspirational and insightful speaker. He is full of humor and dramatic details and describes in vivid human terms what it took to succeed at Facebook, turning that story into tools others can apply in a way that is compelling and energizing."
-- Andrew Thompson, CEO Proteus Health
S-curves, Transitions and the Future
"It is the most important--the most interesting--time in technology. It only happens every 13, 15, 17 years, and we're right in the middle of it."
The Thumb is in Charge
"The foundational insight of today."
Authors@Google: Self Disruption and the Instagram Acquisition
"Mark Zuckerberg knew more than the rest of us."
ARTICLES
Facebook insider Mike Hoefflinger talks about 4 lessons at the heart of Facebook's success
July 2017
The stunning success of disruptive companies like Facebook can hold lessons for our companies and products, and even our careers
June 2017
A conversation between Silicon Valley legends Mark Zuckerberg and Andy Grove about why Facebook turned down Yahoo's $1 Billion acquisition offer
April 2017
It’s been five years, but more money and more users are just part of the reward
April 2017
Television's skinny bundle will happen, but it won't be very skinny and it won't feel like a bundle. Say hello to the $99 jukebot.
May 2016
Or autonomy, or access-vs-ownership. As we're increasingly relieved of managing the car, it will be about in-cabin experience.
April 2016
With each of the six biggest global consumer technology companies now deeply invested and feverishly in development, VR/AR has become too big to fail
February 2016
Will Tesla’s navigation from near-bankruptcy to becoming the first new public American car company started in nearly a hundred years end with Model 3?
September 2015 [also on Medium]
If the Clever-Foolish 2x2 is Silicon Valley’s strategic playbook, here is how Facebook has employed it in the past, and will employ it long into the future
August 2015 [also on Medium]
Introducing the Clever-Foolish 2x2, a strategic tool to understand Silicon Valley-style innovation and the companies that use it best (Amazon, Netflix, Google, Facebook, Uber and Dollar Shave Club)
August 2015 [also on Medium]
We're heading towards Silicon Valley's fourth wave, and it will make us truly mobile just in time for its 50th anniversary in 2027
July 2015
Longer version of the VentureBeat piece on Silicon Valley cycles with more background
July 2015
