I Hate Mark Zuckerberg

<p><strong>Imagine </strong><em><strong>Office Space</strong></em><strong> meets </strong><em><strong>The Social Network</strong></em><strong> sprinkled with the absurd satire of HBO's </strong><em><strong>Silicon Valley</strong></em><strong>. That's the world of I Hate Mark Zuckerberg.</strong></p><p>When ambitious high school student Russell sits down for a career day interview he thinks he's found the perfect subject: Brad Bailey an early tech entrepreneur. Russell wants the secrets to success. What he gets is a raw unfiltered and darkly hilarious confession from a self-proclaimed war-weary veteran of the dot-com bust a man practically vibrating with the need to finally tell his side of the story.</p><p>Brad eagerly recounts the rise and spectacular flameout of IdeaPals his attempt to build an <em>original</em> social network in the chaotic wake of the first tech bubble. Forget inspiring tales of overnight success; Brad's narrative is a hilarious often painful chronicle of obsession (We were going to change <em>everything</em>!) envy (Why him? Why <em>Zuckerberg</em>?) and the sheer agony of watching your dream implode.</p><p>Get ready for a wild ride through the trenches of startup land circa early 2000s. Brad's eccentric story is rife with shady con men promising easy riches soul-crushing demands from clueless investors devastating lawsuits that appear out of nowhere passionate love that sours under the relentless pressure stinging betrayals from former friends and coding partners and of course mountains of seriously buggy code held together by caffeine hope and maybe a little bit of duct tape. It's a frantic often funny sometimes heartbreaking pursuit of the American Dream - Silicon Valley style where the line between visionary and lunatic is perilously thin.</p><p>I Hate Mark Zuckerberg is more than just a tech story; it's a witty cautionary tale about the human cost of ambition the blurry lines between genius and delusion and why sometimes the only thing left to do after your startup crashes is tell the whole damn story - especially if it makes the billionaire who <em>did</em> succeed look like a lucky punk.</p>