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Business Wars

Wondery

History, Business, David Brown, Management

4.6 • 13.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2023

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

It’s 2011, and Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss are trying to move on from their legal battle with Mark Zuckerberg over who created Facebook. And their nemesis is about to derail the twins’ dreams again. But then a chance encounter on the dance floor catapults them into crypto.

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0:00.0	Hey, prime members, you can listen to business wars, add free on Amazon music.
0:04.6	Download the app today.
0:06.8	This series originally aired in 2021.
0:09.8	October 2011, Silicon Valley, California.
0:22.4	In the Oasis bar in Menlo Park, the post-lunch crowd is settling in for the afternoon.
0:28.3	On a table near the back, a nervous young man in a hoodie gnaws his fingernails.
0:33.3	His tech start up is broke, and he's running out of people to tap for funding.
0:38.6	He glances at the beer pitcher and three empty glasses on the table, and then back at the
0:43.8	room.
0:44.8	It's full of young men who are also wearing the tech worker uniform of hoodies, jeans,
0:49.8	and sneakers.
0:51.4	He hoaxed none of them work for Facebook.
0:54.7	The doors open.
0:56.0	His guests are here, and everyone here recognizes them.
1:00.5	Tyler and Cameron Winkleboss, two towering broad-shouldered identical twins that look like
1:06.0	the offspring of Zeus.
1:08.2	They're the Olympic Roers who claimed Mark Zuckerberg stole the idea for Facebook from
1:12.6	them, sued, and got a $65 million pay off.
1:17.6	The startup founder forces a smile as the twins approach.
1:21.5	Everyone's looking to see who's consorting with the Winkleboss twins.
1:25.4	Hey, guys, want a beer?
1:28.3	Sure.
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