Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley - Softcover

Stone, Brad

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316388416 ISBN 13: 9780316388412

Verlag: Back Bay Books, 2018

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"In The Upstarts, Brad Stone has vividly captured the cultural and economic upheaval brought about by the latest generation of Internet superpowers. His book is a magnificent expose of how companies like Uber and Airbnb came to be, the people that profited and lost out along the way and the ramifications that this technology will have on the world for decades to come. Stone remains the preeminent chronicler of the Internet Age and a master story teller."--Ashlee Vance, author of Elon Musk

"With precision, wit, and insight, Brad Stone tells the tale of two very different CEOs whose skills, innovations and willingness to pursue a totally crazy idea toppled two very different industries. No one in business today can afford to miss this compelling tale of trust, technology, and very big piles of loot."--Steven Levy, author of In the Plex: How Google Thinks, Works, and Shapes Our Lives

"Over the last few years, Silicon Valley has become the new Wall Street. Brad Stone introduces us to the new tech Masters of the Universe, a collection of characters that are just as insatiable as the robber barons of finance, and even more entertaining."--Rana Faroohar, author of Makers and Takers

"A richly researched and highly readable narrative that provides additional layers of insight by weaving in contrasting stories of competing companies that failed."--Walter Isaacson, New York Times Book Review

"A fun, briskly told narrative... 'The Upstarts' is not the end of the story but an excellent history of the beginning."--Alex Tabarrok, Wall Street Journal

"Stone brings a big dose of truth serum to the marvels and machinations of the sharing economy and its founders.... 'The Upstarts' is rich with inside details"--George Anders, Forbes

"Technology writer Brad Stone chronicles [Uber and Airbnb's] swift rise to the corporate stratosphere, juxtaposing visionary zeal with the often deep impacts they've left in their wakes... The book is a timely reminder that pushing the digital realm into the physical can disrupt communities as well as the competition."--Nature Magazine

"The most detailed investigation yet into the early years of these Silicon Valley prodigies... an entertaining and well-crafted account."--Leslie Hook, Financial Times

"A penetrating study marked by the same thorough reporting that distinguished [The Everything Store]. No figure is too obscure in the annals of Uber and Airbnb for Stone to track down, including the poignant stories of sundry entrepreneurs who converged on similar ideas but, amid various missteps, failed to find traction."--Stephen Phillips, San Francisco Chronicle

"Terrific... What is great about The Upstarts is that in learning the history of Uber and Airbnb, we learn that the founders of these companies had little idea about the eventual impact of their business models."--Joshua Kim, Inside Higher Education

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ONE OF AMAZON'S BEST BOOKS OF 2017 A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store.

Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous--yet today it is as common as ordering a book online. Companies like Uber and Airbnb have redefined the way we live. And while they have become pervasive in our day-to-day lives, they are not universally celebrated. They are the result of a generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who used technology to upend convention and disrupt entire industries. Led by Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb, these are the upstarts, founders with an overabundance of self-confidence and a limitless drive that pushed them to rewrite the rules, better and sometimes for worse. Now with a new epilogue and updated throughout, The Upstarts takes us deep into the origins--and controversy--of these new titans of business.

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• Verlag: Back Bay Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0316388416
• ISBN 13: 9780316388412
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 416