From Facebook to Meta: Zuckerberg's Big BetThe Beginning
In October 2021, Facebook announced it was changing its name to Meta. For a company that had built its business on social media, it was a gamble to seemingly pivot to a future version of the internet that didn\u2019t yet exist and wasn\u2019t well understood. On this first episode of our special series on the metaverse, host Alex Ossola takes you back to the vision that CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out for the metaverse, what was going on at the company at the time of the name change and how people reacted both inside and outside the company.\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices