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The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb, and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley (edition 2018)

by Brad Stone (Author)

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Judah Cofer
  PeaceCottage | Sep 20, 2024 |
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Judah Cofer
  PeaceCottage | Sep 20, 2024 |
Автор бестселлера об Amazon и главред отдела глобальных технологий в Bloomberg News решил рассказать истории двух других знаковых компаний XXI века, расположенных по соседству с ним в Сан-Франциско. Как ни странно, у обеих компаний, Uber и Airbnb, много общего помимо местонахождения штаб-квартир и личной дружбы владельцев-основателей. И та и другая взрывали устоявшиеся за десятилетия сегменты, обе ради роста нарушали законы по всему миру, а самое главное, меняли наше представление о том, как можно пользоваться такси и снимать жилье. Книга, написанная без лишних сантиментов и восхищения героями, — настоящий учебник по бизнесу. Стартовать и подвинуть первопроходцев научит победа Airbnb над Couchsurfing. Бороться с имитаторами научат битвы Uber с мастерами этого дела — китайцами. И обеим компаниям есть что рассказать о пиаре, контрпиаре и гибкости в трактовке законодательства чиновниками. Как всегда, особенно поучительны не сами по себе победы, а то, как компании оправлялись от ударов и находили новые ходы, чтобы достичь успеха. P. S. А Uber начался с того, что у основателя появилась девушка из другого района, куда пешком не находишься.
  Den85 | Jan 3, 2024 |
A very good intro on the rise of Uber, Airbnb and similar such startups. What fascinated me was the personality of Brian Chesky rather than the rabble rouser Travis. Need to read more about Chesky and his book reccos. ( )
  Santhosh_Guru | Oct 19, 2023 |
V fun read ( )
  profpenguin | May 3, 2022 |
Well-written book about the rise of Airbnb and Uber, with mentions of Lyft and a short detour to China and Didi towards the end. I found it easy to follow as an audio book. What was most surprising to me was how Stone is able to lay out how all of these companies basically used the same strategies when it came to dealing with local laws/existing companies: ignore, fight, lobby, essentially do anything to allow their service to operate and thrive. This is what you'd expect from a corporation, but it was enlightening to see that the services were near-indistinguishable in terms of tactics. And yet, only Uber was caught in significant / long-lasting bad press (remember #deleteuber?), primarily because of the interactions Kalanick had with regulators and the press. Good lessons here around how people perceive a whole company based solely on the temperament of its founders. In this case, actions didn't speak louder than words. ( )
  rsanek | Dec 26, 2020 |
A really excellent book that gives you a flavour of the difficulties and opportunities of the entrepreneurial challenge as well as the force of will required to build successful companies. It is also an enjoyable story as well. ( )
  muwaffaq | Mar 20, 2019 |
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