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

A look deep inside the new Silicon Valley, from the New York Times _x000D_ bestselling author of The Everything Store _x000D_ _x000D_ Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking _x000D_ into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but _x000D_ today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have _x000D_ ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging the way _x000D_ governments regulate business, and changing the way we travel._x000D_ _x000D_ In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and _x000D_ Bill Gates, another generation of entrepreneurs is using technology to _x000D_ upend convention and disrupt entire industries. These are the upstarts, _x000D_ idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of _x000D_ self-confidence. Led by such visionaries as Travis Kalanick of Uber and _x000D_ Brian Chesky of Airbnb, they are rewriting the rules of business and _x000D_ often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process._x000D_ _x000D_ The Upstarts is the definitive story of two new titans of business and a_x000D_ dawning age of tenacity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone's riveting _x000D_ account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley, we _x000D_ discover how it all happened and what it took to change the world.