The Upstarts

by Brad Stone

First published 2017

Uber and Airbnb have upended entire industries, redefining how we live, work, and travel. Now, a new generation of tech founders are taking the Silicon Valley playbook to the extreme. Driven by limitless ambition and a win-at-all-costs mentality, these "upstarts" like Travis Kalanick and Brian Chesky are shattering conventions - and often the law. In Brad Stone's gripping account, we witness the birth of a new business era, where renegade entrepreneurs harness technology to dominate their markets, rewrite the rules, and get filthy rich in the process.

Genres: business, non-fiction, 21st-century, entrepreneurship

Vibes: fast-paced, suspenseful, thought-provoking

Tropes: disruptive-innovation, rags-to-riches

Setting: United States

Period: 21st Century

384 pages · Hardcover · Little, Brown and Company

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