My Misadventure in the StartUp Bubble
by Dan Lyons
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“Lots had been written about that but always a great topic. I recommend Dan Lyon’s book”
Source →Recommended by 3 notable people, including Andrew Wilkinson and Kara Swisher
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See customer reviews on Amazon →Disrupted is a first-person, often scathing memoir of a journalist thrown into Silicon Valley startup culture. it reads as brisk and anecdote-driven: a steady stream of funny, enraged scenes that map the social rituals of venture-backed companies. Its useful part is its voice — candid, sarcastic, and detail-rich about office absurdities — which makes the culture feel tangible. The main limitation is repetition: a long string of similar incidents and punchlines can flatten into sustained snark and leave readers who want structural analysis wanting.
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An instant New York Times bestseller, Dan Lyons' "hysterical" (Recode) memoir, hailed by the Los Angeles Times as "the best book about Silicon Valley," takes readers inside the maddening world of fadchasing venture capitalists, sales bros, social climbers, and sociopaths at today's tech startups. For twentyfive years Dan Lyons was a magazine writ...
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Recommended by 3 sources and appears in Business and Nonfiction.
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Kara Swisher
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“Lots had been written about that but always a great topic. I recommend Dan Lyon’s book”
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