Organization in Technology
Facebook has come up in 5 episodes across 4 podcasts in TMT, including My First Million, The Mel Robbins Podcast, Danny Jones Podcast. 4 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Grant LaFontaineCanadian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the live-shopping marketplace Whatnot
LaFontaine said a product review in which the leader yelled at everyone was one reason he left Facebook, convincing him hostility never produces good work.
“the way that was handled was never going to make me want to do more great work”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 50:51
David RubensteinAmerican businessman, co-founder of private equity firm The Carlyle Group, philanthropist and principal owner of the Baltimore Orioles
Rubenstein recounts declining to invest in Zuckerberg's early company because he saw it as a dating site.
“I said, I'm not going to invest in that. It's a dating company”
My First Million: David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B (Sep 14, 2026) · Listen from 13:55
Danny JonesAmerican podcaster and host of the Danny Jones Podcast
Jones pushes back on the Zuckerberg-Schneerson story, noting it rests on a single online source and should be scrutinized more carefully.
“Well, it's just weird because it's the only article on the entire internet that references it”
Danny Jones Podcast: #425 - "They Control Trump & Netanyahu" The Secret Family No One Talks About | Professor Jiang (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 2:12:43
Xueqin JiangBeijing-based teacher and YouTuber behind the channel Predictive History, covering philosophy, geopolitics and forecasting
Jiang argues Mark Zuckerberg's success cannot be explained by luck and points to his family's reported blessing from Rebbe Schneerson and Harvard Chabad connections.
“So the idea that Mark Zuckerberg just got lucky doesn't hold water”
Danny Jones Podcast: #425 - "They Control Trump & Netanyahu" The Secret Family No One Talks About | Professor Jiang (Aug 24, 2026) · Listen from 2:04:05
Coverage over time
Podcasts
- My First Million · 2 episodes
- The Mel Robbins Podcast · 1 episode
- Danny Jones Podcast · 1 episode
- Crime Junkie · 1 episode
Episodes
Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerceMy First Million · Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 2 min
Whatnot co-founder Grant LaFontaine tells Shaan Puri and Sam Parr how a Funko Pop marketplace became a $20 billion live-commerce company.
- David Rubenstein: We took $5M and turned it into $500B
My First Million · Sep 14, 2026 · 47 min
Sam Parr interviews Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein about building a $500 billion private equity firm, missing out on Amazon, historic documents and American history.
NYU Professor: Do This for 2 Weeks to Get Your Focus, Motivation, & Life BackThe Mel Robbins Podcast · Sep 14, 2026 · 59 min
Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt tells Mel Robbins how quick dopamine from phones harms boys and girls differently and how to reclaim attention.
#425 - "They Control Trump & Netanyahu" The Secret Family No One Talks About | Professor JiangDanny Jones Podcast · Aug 24, 2026 · 4 h 4 min
Professor Xueqin Jiang tells Danny Jones how China really works and argues Chabad-linked messianic religious beliefs drive U.S. and Israeli policy.
MISSING: Brittany Wallace ShankCrime Junkie · Jun 22, 2026 · 1 h 15 min
Ashley Flowers and Brit Prawat examine the 2018 disappearance of Brittany Wallace Shank near Sturgis, Michigan, and the conflicting stories surrounding it.