Disrupted: Ludicrous Misadventures in the Tech Start-up Bubble
May 2016 · Atlantic Books Ltd
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Dan Lyons was Technology Editor at Newsweek Magazine for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. Fifty years old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed and facing financial oblivion. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the nebulous role of "marketing fellow." What could possibly go wrong?
What follows is a hilarious and excoriating account of Dan's time at the start-up and a revealing window onto the dysfunctional culture that prevails in a world flush with cash and devoid of experience. Filled with stories of meaningless jargon, teddy bears at meetings, push-up competitions and all-night parties, this uproarious tale is also a trenchant analysis of the dysfunctional start-up world, a de facto conspiracy between those who start companies and those who fund them. It is a world where bad ideas are rewarded with hefty investments, where companies blow money lavishing perks on their post-collegiate workforces, and where everybody is trying to hang on just long enough to cash out with a fortune.
What follows is a hilarious and excoriating account of Dan's time at the start-up and a revealing window onto the dysfunctional culture that prevails in a world flush with cash and devoid of experience. Filled with stories of meaningless jargon, teddy bears at meetings, push-up competitions and all-night parties, this uproarious tale is also a trenchant analysis of the dysfunctional start-up world, a de facto conspiracy between those who start companies and those who fund them. It is a world where bad ideas are rewarded with hefty investments, where companies blow money lavishing perks on their post-collegiate workforces, and where everybody is trying to hang on just long enough to cash out with a fortune.
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Putik Dhiraramanti
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November 7, 2019
As someone who work in tech myself, this is a great representation on how most tech start-up are. But I was fortunate that in the country where I work, it was not horrible as what it describes here in this book. It was actually quite a surprise that the working conditions on the west are far worse than what we have here in the east. I feel so fortunate that the labor law at least is still working well in the country where I work. The author describe the experience in such a way that is quite entertaining. I read the second book before this book and I was curious about this book so I read this book and I loved it!
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Maria Malau
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April 19, 2017
An eye opener on how some/most tech startup companies are from the inside. Very gripping and entertaining, i love it!
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Louise Hamerston
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October 28, 2017
Fantastic insight into the world of tech start ups. Fans of the series Silicon Valley will enjoy this!
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About the author
Dan Lyons is a novelist, journalist, and screenwriter. He is currently a co-producer and writer for the HBO series Silicon Valley. Previously, Lyons was technology editor at Newsweek and the creator of the groundbreaking viral blog "The Secret Diary of Steve Jobs" (AKA "Fake Steve Jobs").
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