
The Upstarts How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
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, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb are household names- redefining neighbourhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business and changing the way we travel. In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sparking yet another cultural upheaval through technology. They are among the Upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Young, hungry and brilliant, they are rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process. The Upstarts is the definitive account of a dawning age of tenacity, creativity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone's highly anticipated and riveting account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley, we find out how it all started, and how the world is wildly different than it was ten years ago.
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Bouke van der Bijl@bouk
Incredibly lukewarm book, most of the information could fit on two sheets of paper. Not really worth the time

Nicholas Hanemann@nick_h
After the introductory chapter, this book starts off talking about criticism of Airbnb as "Some of them [housing activists] are looking to to score political points by vilifying a high-profile target." Oh, no, the horror, those dastardly *checks paper* activists fighting for *checks paper again* affordable housing. Not feeling like slogging through ten hours of fawning adoration for these chumps.

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