Wendi vs Zuck - Scroll and Fall: MySpace Missed the Meme - Facebook MBA Case Study

Wendi vs Zuck - Scroll and Fall: MySpace Missed the Meme - NeuraPump Facebook MBA Case Study

Genre: Broadway Disruption March × Satirical Tech Tragedy × NeuraPump MBA Case Study

“They passed on Facebook. Now they post on LinkedIn.”

▶ “They passed on Facebook. Now they post on LinkedIn.”

🎬 [Intro – Dorm Room Rebellion]

He wrote some code to rate a face,

Then linked the names and matched the place.

Harvard frowned, their pride unzipped—

They kicked him out before he shipped. 👨‍💻🚪

Four thousand profiles leaked that week,

So Zuck said “Bye,” not “Please, critique.”

He left the Yard, not with regret—

But with the code the world won't forget. When? We! Go! 🔥📘

🎭 [Verse 1 – The Mighty Miss]

MySpace ruled with glittered skins,

Top eight drama and Nickelback sins. 🫠

Mudoch bought it for 580 mil,

Then froze the features, lost the will. 🧊📉

Zuck came knocking — “Want to buy?”

But Wendi yawned, said “Too small fry.”

They passed on Facebook, shook their tea—

Now Meta owns reality. 🧠🌐

🎤 [Chorus – Swipe Left on Strategy]

You can buy a trend, not birth a tribe,

You need a soul — not banner bribes. 🧃📢

Code without culture? Just static pages,

While Facebook learned to scale in stages.

One built walls, one built feeds,

One chased brands, one chased needs.

MySpace fizzled in outdated glam—

While Zuck just recompiled the jam. Woah?! 🖥️🎶

🧠 [Verse 2 – The Wrong CEO]

News Corp bragged, “We’ve got the reach!”

But thought “engagement” meant a speech. 📺🗣️

Wendi sat in global court,

But didn’t know what founders sport. 👠🪙

You can’t outsource your product’s soul,

Nor teach a vision with payroll goals.

They bought the name, ignored the nerve—

And watched their empire curve and swerve. Uh! Uh! 🌀📉

🎪 [Bridge – Timeline of Irony]

While Zuck stayed up to tweak the graph,

They partied hard and hired staff. 🪩🛋️

He tracked the clicks, refined the scroll—

They chased cool, he built control.

Every line of code was tight—

While MySpace bloated overnight.

Zuck sold no dreams, just fed the screen—

And now he maps your dopamine. Woah! Bam! 📈🧬

🎭 [Verse 3 – Vanity Metrics, Real Death]

They praised their user count on slides,

While spam and bots began to rise.

Facebook grew with API gates,

While MySpace drowned in iframe baits. 🪝📵

They focused groups, he focused time,

He tuned the feed, they tuned the slime.

One scaled hearts, the other stalled—

One app installed, the other... called. 📲📞

🎤 [Final Chorus – Missed, Dismissed, Disassembled]

So here’s to silence in boardroom halls,

To legacy crushed in platform brawls.

Zuck, once banned, now rules the skies,

While MySpace sits where Geocities lies. 🪦🌌

Call it hubris, call it fate—

You missed the friend request too late.

Next time a dropout knocks your door—

Look twice before you call him “poor.” 🚪🎓

📜 [Program Note – 8-Point Case Study Recap]

1. Harvard kicked Zuck out — he logged in to the world.

2. MySpace was acquired with cash, but lost its soul.

3. Equity wicked the insight; size isn't survival.

4. Founders matter — platform intuition can’t be bought.

5. Wendi Deng ran PR, not product.

6. Facebook scaled code. MySpace scaled ads.

7. Rejection often fuels revolution.

8. Never ignore a geek in a hoodie. 🧠🧢