The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World

Tenyearsago,theideaofgettingintoastranger’scar,orwalkingintoastranger’shome,wouldhaveseemedbizarreanddangerous,buttodayit’sascommonasorderingabookonline.UberandAirbnbarehouseholdnames:redefiningneighbourhoods,challengingthewaygovernmentsregulatebusinessandchangingthewaywetravel.InthespiritoficonicSiliconValleyrenegadeslikeSteveJobsandBillGates,anewgenerationofentrepreneursissparkingyetanotherculturalupheavalthroughtechnology.TheyareamongtheUpstarts,idiosyncraticfounderswithlimitlessdriveandanabundanceofself-confidence.Young,hungryandbrilliant,theyarerewritingthetraditionalrulesofbusiness,changingourday-to-daylivesandoftensidesteppingseriousethicalandlegalobstaclesintheprocess.TheUpstartsisthedefinitiveaccountofadawningageoftenacity,creativity,conflictandwealth.InBradStone’shighlyanticipatedandrivetingaccountofthemostradicalcompaniesofthenewSiliconValley,wefindouthowitallstarted,andhowtheworldiswildlydifferentthanitwastenyearsago.