The upstarts
Subtitle: Uber, Airbnb, and the battle for the new Silicon Valley
By: Brad Stone
Edition: First Back Bay paperback edition.
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 388
ISBN-13: 9780316388412
Subjects: Organizational change; Success in business; Electronic commerce; Uber (Firm); Entrepreneurship; Airbnb (Firm); New business enterprises
Description: "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–yet today it is as common as ordering a book online. Companies like Uber and Airbnb have redefined the way we live. And while they have become pervasive in our day-to-day lives, they are not universally celebrated. They are the result of a generation of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs who used technology to upend convention and disrupt entire industries. Led by Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb, these are the upstarts, founders with an overabundance of self-confidence and a limitless drive that pushed them to rewrite the rules, better and sometimes for worse"--
Notes: Originally published: New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017. With new preface and epilogue.

Includes bibliographical referencess and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Part I: Side projects. The trough of sorrow: the early years of Airbnb; title: Jam sessions: the early years of Uber; title: The nonstarters: SeamlessWeb, Taxi Magic, Cabulous, Couchsurfing, Zimride; title: The growth hacker: How Airbnb took off; title: Blood, sweat, and ramen: how Uber conquered San Francisco; title: Part II: Empire building. The wartime CEO: Airbnb fights on two fronts; title: The playbook: Uber's expansion begins; title: Travis's law: The rise of ridesharing; title: Too big to regulate: Airbnb's fight in New York City; title: Part III: The trial of the upstarts. God view: Uber's rough ride; title: Escape velocity: fights and fables with Airbnb; title: Global mega-unicorn death match!: Uber versus the world; title: Epilogue.