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Super Pumped
- The Battle for Uber
- De: Mike Isaac
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Mike Isaac
- Duración: 12 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,964
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,640
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,634
A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era. Based on hundreds of interviews with current and former Uber employees, along with previously unpublished documents, Super Pumped is a pause-resisting story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth, and bad behavior, that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic 12-month periods in American corporate history.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A forced narrative and a bad version of Bad Blood
- De Benji en 09-09-19
- Super Pumped
- The Battle for Uber
- De: Mike Isaac
- Narrado por: Holter Graham, Mike Isaac
A good overview of the rise of Uber and startups 2011-2018
Revisado: 10-07-19
Pros:
Definitely read if you want to get an inside view of how startups were built and the relationship between founders and VCs between 2010-2018.
If you liked Bad Blood, Chaos Monkeys, Hatching Twitter, Billion Dollar Whale or Kingpin - then you will like this book.
(Maybe some spoilers below)
Cons:
I wish the author included more "on the record" quotes from people that knew Travis personally. We only get to see the public side of Travis.
The author seemed to side with Bill Gurley and the rest of the VCs too much. The VCs enabled UBER to be what it had become the supported funding/spending spree. Gurley only cared about "saving" UBER when their investment looked like it could be in jeopardy. They aren't as "noble" as the author portrayed them to be.
The Narrator has puts on a nasally delivery that makes him sound like a rich old man (Thurston Howell the 3rd). It doesn't sound real.
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The Ultralight Startup
- Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital
- De: Jason Baptiste
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 5 h y 32 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 24
After launching his first company while still in college, Jason Baptiste cofounded his current venture, Onswipe, in his early twenties, turning it into a multimillion-dollar company in less than a year. Now, drawing on his own experience as a bootstrapping but hungry entrepreneur, as well as on examples from today’s most famous companies, he guides would-be tech moguls through every stage of the process - from testing a concept to acquiring customers to determining the best pricing model - in a cheap, practical way.
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3 out of 5 stars
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A very basic startup/entrepreneurship overview
- De James en 09-03-12
- The Ultralight Startup
- Launching a Business Without Clout or Capital
- De: Jason Baptiste
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
A very basic startup/entrepreneurship overview
Revisado: 09-03-12
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Get a younger narrator or maybe Jason Baptiste should have narrated it himself. It sounds as if John D. Rockefeller is narrating it. His voice does not fit the content or energy of a modern entrepreneur.
What other book might you compare The Ultralight Startup to and why?
Crush It.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Don Hagen?
The Author.
Do you think The Ultralight Startup needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes, because the examples given will become dated.
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Empire
- A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon
- De: Mitchell Pacelle
- Narrado por: Dan Cashman
- Duración: 2 h y 47 m
- Versión resumida
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia3.5 out of 5 stars 21
For some of the world's most powerful people, the Empire State Building is the ultimate prize. In a riveting chronicle of betrayal, revenge, family rivalry, and raw greed, Wall Street Journal columnist Pacelle tells the compelling tale of the Empire State Building ownership battle of the 1980s and '90s, bringing to life a colorful cast of characters that includes Donald Trump, Leona Helmsley, and the eccentric Japanese billionaire Hideki Yokoi.
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1 out of 5 stars
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The abridged version is of this book is worthless
- De James en 01-12-03
- Empire
- A Tale of Obsession, Betrayal, and the Battle for an American Icon
- De: Mitchell Pacelle
- Narrado por: Dan Cashman
The abridged version is of this book is worthless
Revisado: 01-12-03
This is one of the best books I have read regarding New York Real Estate. Beautifully written. The books storyline is a puzzle which the reader has to figure out. The events unfold in a way that keeps the narritive interesting and exciting. However, the abridged version is terrible. Besides having the most important pieces of the story left out, the abridged version is very confusing because of the storylines nonlinear nature. Imagine if the movie Pulp Fiction was abridged and key scenes were cut out. It would be impossible to understand the story! This is exactly the problem with the abridged Empire. I wish Audible would give us a choice of abridged or unabridged. Wait until audible provides the unabridged version or buy the real book. Either way the story is well worth it.
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