That scene with Parker was one of my favorite in the movie. I liked how after telling Roy's story to Mark and then talking about how Facebook was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and seemingly after he was done talking about Roy, he tossed out the line, "The water under the Golden Gate bridge is cold." Awesome line. Then not a minute later he told Mark that he wanted him to be able to say, "I'm CEO, bitch."

Regardless of whatever imperfections the man may have had, he clearly knew how to motivate people. As portrayed in the movie, he seemed to have a powerful effect on Mark and the rest of the Facebook crew.

Absolutely. I found that speech very inspirational. I'm aware that founding a startup isn't really like that (not usually, at least), but it still threw some coals on the fire.

Agreed. Though to your comment about what startups are like in real life, I'd say that based on my experience, in the real world, startups can be exactly how it was portrayed in the movie. Yes the movie was optimized to be more dramatic and "perfect". But in broader strokes, and in terms of the kinds of incidents and patterns and relationships that happen, I've found startups to be a lot like how early Facebook was portrayed. Been there, done that, even have the t-shirt. Just don't have the billion dollar valuation... yet. ;)

Cool, thanks. Best of luck to you on that valuation!