Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley

The Upstarts is a New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store, which takes us deep inside the new Silicon Valley. It explores how Uber and Airbnb are redefining neighborhoods, challenging governments, and changing the way we travel. It also highlights a new generation of entrepreneurs, such as Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, who are sparking a cultural upheaval through technology.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 05 April 2018
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd

New York Times bestselling author of The Everything Store Brad Stone takes us deep inside the new Silicon Valley.

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.

Weight: 336g
Dimension: 130 x 198 x 29 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780552172585