Why did Accel Invest in Facebook?

Any story involving the founding of Facebook is remarkable. 19-year-old founder, stolen idea, embarrassing Sequoia Capital, almost partnering with the Washington Post instead of Accel, all leading to a $104 billion IPO.
Watch to hear the unbelievable story of how Accel clawed their way to be the only investor Facebook even considered to lead their Series A in 2005.
It's a masterclass on winning a deal in a startup that wants nothing to do with VCs. It was such an important pursuit and win, that Accel was rewarded over $12,000,000,000 for it.
This is a clip from the podcast episode on why Accel invested in Facebook, Scale Ai, and Flipkart and why they passed on Cisco, Skype, and Flickr.
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