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Chaos Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley
Antonio Garcia Martinez · Harpercollins
Pages: 512
Format: Print book |
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Liar's Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio GarcÃÂa MartÃÂnez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple:Investors... |
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O Great One!: A Little Story About the Awesome Power of Recognition
David Novak · Portfolio Penguin
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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Jeff took a deep breath to calm down. He was about to stand in front of the employees of the Happy Face Toy Company's faltering Cleveland factory. As the new CEO, he'd been advised to close this factory as soon as possible, but he wanted to see it first. "How hard could this be?"... |
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The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future
Kevin Kelly · Viking
Pages: 336
Format: Hardcover |
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From one of our leading technology thinkers and writers, a guide through the twelve technological imperatives that will shape the next thirty years and transform our livesMuch of what will happen in the next thirty years is inevitable, driven by technological trends that are already in motion.... |
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Invisible Influence: The Hidden Forces that Shape Behavior
Jonah Berger · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 288
Format: Print book |
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The New York Times bestselling author of Contagious explores the subtle, secret influences that affect the decisions we make - from what we buy, to the careers we choose, to what we eat - in this fascinating and groundbreaking work.If you're like most people, you think that your choices... |
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The Inner Lives of Markets: How People Shape Them—And They Shape Us
Raymond Fisman · PublicAffairs
Pages: 224
Format: Print book |
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America's economic revolution isn't just driven by technology. It's about markets.The past twenty-five years have witnessed a remarkable shift in how we get the stuff we want. If you've ever owned a business, rented an apartment, or shopped online, you've had a front-row seat for this revolution-in-progress.... |
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The Great Invention: The Story of GDP and the Making
Ehsan Masood · Pegasus Books
Pages: 352
Format: Print book |
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The fascinating story of one of the twentieth-century's most influential and dangerously addictive ideas, told through the lives of those who invented it.The world's principal measure of the health of economies is gross domestic product, or GDP: the sum of what all of us spend every day,... |
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Who Cooked Adam Smith's Dinner?: A Story About Women and Economics
Katrine Marcal · Pegasus Books
Pages: 240
Format: Print book |
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A funny, clever, and thought-provoking examination of the myth of the "economic man" and its impact on the global economy How do you get your dinner? That is the basic question of economics. When economist and philosopher Adam Smith proclaimed that all our actions were motivated... |
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A Paperboy's Fable: The 11 Principles of Success
Deep K Patel · Post Hill Pr
Pages: 140
Format: Print book |
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A young man learns that there is more to being successful than the bottom line.A Paperboy's Fable is a concise, entertaining fable that makes revolutionary points using age old principles. Whether someone is opening a lemonade stand or leading a startup software company, the 11 Principles... |
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