Facebook idea man pitches “Facebook for companies”

September 7, 2007 | Matt Marshall | Comments |

The Facebook “fathers” won’t go away.

Aaron Greenspan, the man who says he came up with the idea for Facebook earlier than Facebook’s founder Mark Zuckerberg, grabbed attention with his claim by showing up on the New York Times this week.

On this video with Bambi Francisco, he says he wants people to know that others had “influence” in the early days of Facebook.

Of course, it’s also a convenient time for Greenspan to be grabbing attention: He’s exploiting it to talk about his new venture called Qubescape, which he calls a “Facebook for companies.” It launches at the end of this month.

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  • Jon Wu
    The lesson learned here is: ideas don't matter. Execution matters.
  • As Jon said, ideas are a dime a dozen. Facebook was never an original idea, it was just done better than the others.

    And isn't LinkedIn alread "Facebook for companies"? I'll tell you right now, I don't want to share personal photos with my boss or colleagues the way I do with my friends. (Granted there are a few people who fall into both camps, but I still interact with them differently in the different contexts).
  • Jonathan
    that's a goofy looking dude
  • I've never seen someone more physically uncomfortable in an interview. This guy looks like he wants to jump out the window to the left. Forget programmers, he needs to hire a voice coach.