Chaos Monkeys - Antonio Garcia Martinez

Inside the Silicon Valley - Money Machine

KORTE INHOUD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An adrenaline-fuelled expos� of life inside the tech bubble, Chaos Monkeys lays bare the secrets, power plays and lifestyle excesses of the visionaries, grunts, sociopaths, opportunists and money cowboys who are revolutionising our world. Written by startup CEO and industry provocateur Antonio Garc�a Mart�nez, this is Liar's Poker meets The Social Network. Computer engineers use 'chaos monkey' software to wreak havoc and test system robustness. Similarly, tech entrepreneurs like Antonio Garc�a Mart�nez are society's chaos monkeys - their innovations disrupt every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and holidays (Airbnb) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder) - all in search of the perfect business miracle. Describing himself as 'high-strung, fast-talking, and wired on a combination of caffeine, fear, and greed at all times', Garc�a Mart�nez left Wall Street to make his fortune in Silicon Valley, becoming CEO of his own startup, before bailing and being poached by Fac...
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2017Uitgever: Penguin528 paginasTaal: EngelsISBN-10: 1785034553ISBN-13: 9781785034558

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