The Upstarts : how Uber, Airbnb, and the killer companies of the new Silicon Valley are changing the world / Brad Stone.
Stone, Brad, author.
2017
HD62.5 .S76 U67 2017 (Mapit)
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Title The Upstarts : how Uber, Airbnb, and the killer companies of the new Silicon Valley are changing the world / Brad Stone.
Author Stone, Brad, author.
Edition First edition.
ISBN 9780316388399 (hardcover)
0316388394 (hardcover)
Published New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Language English
Description x, 372 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Call Number HD62.5 .S76 U67 2017
Dewey Decimal Classification 338.04/09273
658.11/44
Summary 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. --Publisher
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and an index.
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Introduction
Part I: Side projects. The trough of sorrow: the early years of Airbnb
Jam sessions: the early years of Uber
The nonstarters: SeamlessWeb, Taxi Magic, Cabulous, Couchsurfing, Zimride
The growth hacker: How Airbnb took off
Blood, sweat, and ramen: how Uber conquered San Francisco
Part II: Empire building. The wartime CEO: Airbnb fights on two fronts
The playbook: Uber's expansion begins
Travis's law: The rise of ridesharing
Too big to regulate: Airbnb's fight in New York City
Part III: The trial of the upstarts. God view: Uber's rough ride
Escape velocity: Fights and fables with Airbnb
Global mega-unicorn death match!: Uber versus the world
Epilogue.

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