The Upstarts

Author : Brad Stone
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316388386
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Upstarts written by Brad Stone and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2017-01-31 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 a 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 have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, 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, another generation of entrepreneurs is using technology to upend convention and disrupt entire industries. These are the upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Led by such visionaries as Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb, they are rewriting the rules of business and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process. The Upstarts is the definitive story of two new titans of business and a dawning age of tenacity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone's riveting account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley, we discover how it all happened and what it took to change the world.

Author : Brad Stone
Publisher : Little, Brown
ISBN 13 : 0316219258
Total Pages : 387 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Everything Store written by Brad Stone and published by Little, Brown. This book was released on 2013-10-15 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authoritative account of the rise of Amazon and its intensely driven founder, Jeff Bezos, praised by the Seattle Times as "the definitive account of how a tech icon came to life." Amazon.com started off delivering books through the mail. But its visionary founder, Jeff Bezos, wasn't content with being a bookseller. He wanted Amazon to become the everything store, offering limitless selection and seductive convenience at disruptively low prices. To do so, he developed a corporate culture of relentless ambition and secrecy that's never been cracked. Until now. Brad Stone enjoyed unprecedented access to current and former Amazon employees and Bezos family members, giving readers the first in-depth, fly-on-the-wall account of life at Amazon. Compared to tech's other elite innovators -- Jobs, Gates, Zuckerberg -- Bezos is a private man. But he stands out for his restless pursuit of new markets, leading Amazon into risky new ventures like the Kindle and cloud computing, and transforming retail in the same way Henry Ford revolutionized manufacturing. The Everything Store is the revealing, definitive biography of the company that placed one of the first and largest bets on the Internet and forever changed the way we shop and read.

Author : Brad Stone
Publisher : Corgi
ISBN 13 : 9780552172585
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.88/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Upstarts written by Brad Stone and published by Corgi. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses the radical companies of the new Silicon Valley that are rewriting the rules of business and sidestepping ethical and legal obstacles in the process.

Author : Julian Guthrie
Publisher : Currency
ISBN 13 : 0525573925
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alpha Girls written by Julian Guthrie and published by Currency. This book was released on 2019-04-30 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An unforgettable story of four women who, through grit and ingenuity, became stars in the cutthroat, high-stakes, male dominated world of venture capital in Silicon Valley, and helped build some of the foremost companies of our time. In Alpha Girls, award-winning journalist Julian Guthrie takes readers behind the closed doors of venture capital, an industry that transforms economies and shapes how we live. We follow the lives and careers of four women who were largely written out of history - until now. Magdalena Yesil, who arrived in America from Turkey with $43 to her name, would go on to receive her electrical engineering degree from Stanford, found some of the first companies to commercialize internet access, and help Marc Benioff build Salesforce. Mary Jane Elmore went from the corn fields of Indiana to Stanford and on to the storied venture capital firm IVP - where she was one of the first women in the U.S. to make partner - only to be pulled back from the glass ceiling by expectations at home. Theresia Gouw, an overachieving first-generation Asian American from a working-class town, dominated the foosball tables at Brown (she would later reluctantly let Sergey Brin win to help Accel Partners court Google), before she helped land and build companies including Facebook, Trulia, Imperva, and ForeScout. Sonja Hoel, a Southerner who became the first woman investing partner at white-glove Menlo Ventures, invested in McAfee, Hotmail, Acme Packet, and F5 Networks. As her star was still rising at Menlo, a personal crisis would turn her into an activist overnight, inspiring her to found an all-women's investment group and a national nonprofit for girls. These women, juggling work and family, shaped the tech landscape we know today while overcoming unequal pay, actual punches, betrayals, and the sexist attitudes prevalent in Silicon Valley and in male-dominated industries everywhere. Despite the setbacks, they would rise again to rewrite the rules for an industry they love. In Alpha Girls, Guthrie reveals their untold stories.

Author : Hemant Taneja
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 1610398130
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unscaled written by Hemant Taneja and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2018-03-27 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Unscaled identifies the forces that are reshaping the global economy and turning one of the fundamental laws of business and society--the economies of scale--on its head. An innovative trend combining technology with economics is unraveling behemoth industries--including corporations, banks, farms, media conglomerates, energy systems, governments, and schools-that have long dominated business and society. Size and scale have become a liability. A new generation of upstarts is using artificial intelligence to automate tasks that once required expensive investment, and "renting" technology platforms to build businesses for hyper-focused markets, enabling them to grow big without the bloat of giant organizations. In Unscaled, venture capitalist Hemant Taneja explains how the unscaled phenomenon allowed Warby Parker to cheaply and easily start a small company, build a better product, and become a global competitor in no time, upending entrenched eyewear giant Luxottica. It similarly enabled Stripe to take on established payment processors throughout the world, and Livongo to help diabetics control their disease while simultaneously cutting the cost of treatment. The unscaled economy is remaking massive, deeply rooted industries and opening up fantastic possibilities for entrepreneurs, imaginative companies, and resourceful individuals. It can be the model for solving some of the world's greatest problems, including climate change and soaring health-care costs, but will also unleash new challenges that today's leaders must address.

Author : Fenn
Publisher : Tata McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 13 : 9780070683433
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Upstarts written by Fenn and published by Tata McGraw-Hill Education. This book was released on 2009-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This eye-opening book from Inc. s Donna Fenn reveals eight important lessons every marketer and entrepreneur can learn from these upstarts. Featuring case studies of the hottest companies Etsy, Mint.com, Loopt, The Hundreds, MentalFloss, Threadless, College Prowler, Buzz Marketing and interviews with the world s coolest entrepreneurs Upstarts! offers practical advice on branding buzz, collaboration, social missions, company culture, and trend-spotting, and it demystifies the new business models that will redefine success.

Author : Colin Spoelman
Publisher : ABRAMS
ISBN 13 : 1613128894
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dead Distillers written by Colin Spoelman and published by ABRAMS. This book was released on 2016-05-17 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Founders and award-winning distillers of Kings County Distillery Colin Spoelman and David Haskell follow up their successful Guide to Urban Moonshining with an extensive history of the figures who distilled American spirits. Dead Distillers presents 50 fascinating—and sometimes morbid—biographies from this historic trade’s bygone days, including farmers, scientists, oligarchs, criminals, and the occasional US president. Readers may be surprised to find the names George Washington, Henry Frick, or Andrew Mellon alongside the usual suspects long associated with booze—Jasper “Jack” Daniel, Jim Beam, and Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle. From the Whiskey Rebellion to Prohibition to the recent revival of craft spirits, the history of whiskey, moonshine, and other spirits remains an important part of Americana. Featuring historical photos, infographics, walking-tour maps, and noteworthy vintage newspaper clippings, Dead Distillers is a rich visual and textual reference to a key piece of American history—and a spirited portrait of the unusual and storied origins of forgotten drunkenness.

Author : Richard Leifer
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
ISBN 13 : 9780875849034
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Radical Innovation written by Richard Leifer and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text aims to prove that established companies can implement revolutionary innovations, and that it is not limited to the realm of startup companies.

Author : Upstarts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 42 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Upstarts. A Comedy ... written by Upstarts and published by . This book was released on 1871 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Everest Media,
Publisher : Everest Media LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 41 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Summary of Brad Stone's The Upstarts written by Everest Media, and published by Everest Media LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-09T22:59:00Z with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first guest to use Airbedandbreakfast. com was Amol Surve, a graduate of the Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. He arrived at his rental late in the afternoon on Tuesday, October 16, 2007. The apartment was spacious, with three bedrooms, two bathrooms, and a comfortable living room. #2 Brian Chesky grew up in a middle-class family in Niskayuna, a town outside of Schenectady, New York. He was doted on by his parents, who were social workers. He was also very artistic, and enjoyed visiting the Norman Rockwell Museum. #3 Chesky and Gebbia met in classes and at student events, and found each other easy collaborators. They both gravitated toward the study of industrial design and the idea that they could make things that were as iconic and affordable as the classic Eames lounge chair. #4 After graduating from RISD in 2004, Chesky spent a few months living at home before he decamped to Los Angeles. He had a real job as a designer for the consultant firm 3DID in Marina del Rey, but most of the projects he worked on never made it to stores or were ultimately thrown away.