I'm a founder of a startup company that's creating deeply social product. Lately when I tell people this they usually respond with, "What did you think of the Facebook movie?"

I haven't seen it yet. "What?!" they ask, shocked and disbelieving. "How can you have a social networking startup and NOT see the Facebook movie!!!"

What we're building, WatchParty, isn't a social network, it's a social interaction platform. But that doesn't matter to them. I'm clearly flawed in some fundamental way. So here are my reasons for not having seen "The Social Network" [yet]:

1. I'm really, really busy. I like movies, and I'm sure this is a great movie, but taking a few hours out to see a movie (that my daughter can't see with me) means finding a few hours away from my family and my work. You know what? It'll be out on PPV and DVD soon enough; I'll catch it then.
2. I'm on a really tight budget. Yeah, I know, it's only $10. But right now my primary job is CEO of a company that doesn't yet have any money, which means I have no paycheck. So spending $10 to see a movie - even one that's relevant to the company - means I'm spending $10 on myself instead of my family, and I try to avoid that as much as I can.
3. I've already been told what I would learn from the film. Thanks very much to Babak Nivi for that.

Honestly, I'll probably see the film sometime soon. But it's just not at the top of my priority list. In fact, it's not even near the top. And since it's based on real life I don't even have to worry about spoilers. All I really need to do is focus on turning this company into a thriving business, and hope it can become as successful as Facebook but with a far less interesting and dramatic backstory.