THE UPSTARTS

This is an amazing story going deep inside the new Silicon Valley. It shows how the latest technological wave was born after the crash that had Wall Street spinning in circles and the original renegades turned into gigantic corporations. The Valley was ready for another revolution. With direct access to the key players, Stone portrays the smart, driven and flawed people who are turning industries upside down. Brad Stone is the bestselling author of THE EVERYTHING STORE and top investigative reporter.

In 2007, the crash had Wall Street and Silicon Valley reeling. The original renegades like Steve Jobs were now the establishment, and tech had become a way of life for suburban moms as much as for visionaries. The Valley was ready for a new revolution.

Enter THE UPSTARTS. Genius entrepreneurs with no lack of self-confidence created companies that turned our expectations on their heads. Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb are just two of the disrupters Brad Stone examines in this fly-on-the-wall look at the intersection of tech, business, and culture. With unprecedented access to all the key players, Stone illuminates the smart, driven, and often comically flawed people who are upending industries and changing the way we all live and work.

The world today is vastly different than it was even ten years ago, and it is due to the upstarts. In THE UPSTARTS, Brad Stone provides the rollicking narrative that shows how our latest--and perhaps greatest--technological wave was born.

Brad is a top notch investigative reporter AND a brilliant storyteller–the access he has to his subjects and the stories he is able to get people to share are jaw dropping. Brad’s first book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezosand The Rise Of Amazon in 2013 sold to rave reviews and phenomenal sales. It was a New York Times bestseller andThe Everything Storewon the 2013 Financial Times and Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award.