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Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story

by Alexandra Wolfe
Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story
Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story

Ambition and hubris among Silicon Valley innovators.

"Valley of the Gods" might resonate with you if you're fascinated by the bold, often unruly spirit of Silicon Valley. It gives you a front-row seat to the lives of those who've traded conventional paths for the high-stakes gamble of innovation. Wolfe's insights into the mix of ambition and hubris that drives these tech upstarts could leave you inspired, intrigued, and a bit more informed about the tech world's unique culture.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

Valley of the Gods: A Silicon Valley Story

by Alexandra Wolfe
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ISBN: 9781501147050
Authors: Alexandra Wolfe
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Date of Publication: 2017-01-01
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Economics, Biographies & Memoirs, History, Business
Related Topics: Technology, Entrepreneurship, Biography
Goodreads rating: 2.94
(rated by 550 readers)

Description

In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubbling: the men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world. Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike it rich, and become powerful and famous. In "The Valley of the Gods," Wolfe follows three of these upstarts who have dropped out of college and real life to live and work in Silicon Valley in the hopes of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. No one has yet documented the battle for the brightest kids, whose goals are no less than making billions of dollars and the fight they wage in turn to make it there. They embody an American cultural transformation: a move away from the East Coast hierarchy of Ivy Leagues and country clubs toward the startup life and a new social order. Meet the billionaires who go to training clubs for thirty-minute body slams designed to fit in with the startup schedule; attend parties where people devour peanut butter-and-jelly sushi rolls; and date and seduce in a romantic culture in which thick glasses, baggy jeans, and a t-shirt are the costume of any sex symbol (and where a jacket and tie symbolize mediocrity). Through Wolfe's eyes, we discover how they date and marry, how they dress and live, how they plot and dream, and how
 

Ambition and hubris among Silicon Valley innovators.

"Valley of the Gods" might resonate with you if you're fascinated by the bold, often unruly spirit of Silicon Valley. It gives you a front-row seat to the lives of those who've traded conventional paths for the high-stakes gamble of innovation. Wolfe's insights into the mix of ambition and hubris that drives these tech upstarts could leave you inspired, intrigued, and a bit more informed about the tech world's unique culture.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.