Dan Lyons Libros

Dan Lyons was technology editor at 'Newsweek Magazine' for years, a magazine writer at the top of his profession. One Friday morning he received a phone call: his job no longer existed. 50-years-old and with a wife and two young kids, Dan was unemployed and facing financial oblivion. Then an idea hit. Dan had long reported on Silicon Valley and the tech explosion. Why not join it? HubSpot, a Boston start-up, was flush with $100 million in venture capital. They offered Dan a pile of stock options for the nebulous role of 'marketing fellow.' What could possibly go wrong? 'Disrupted' is Dan's hilarious and excoriating account of the start-up and a revealing window onto the dysfunctional culture that prevails in a world flush with cash and devoid of experience. Filled with stories of meaningless jargon, teddy bears at meetings, push-up competitions and all-night parties, this uproarious tale is also a trenchant analysis of the dysfunctional start-up world, a de facto conspiracy between those who start companies and those who fund them. It is a world where bad ideas are rewarded with hefty investments, where companies blow money lavishing perks on their post-collegiate workforces, and where everybody is trying to hang on just long enough to cash out with a fortune

A memoir of life inside the tech bubble by a writer and co-producer for "Silicon Valley" describes how, after losing his magazine writing job, he took a position with a tech company rife with cultish millennials, absent bosses, and venture-capital amenities

An hilarious and terrifying expose of the brave new world of work, explaining why it has all gone wrong and how we can regain our dignity

"A desperately needed wake-up call for a world that demands we keep tweeting, posting, and podcasting that proves the most important thing might be to shut up! By identifying the six types of overtalkers and the six principles to cure our babbling ways, STFU empowers us to become better at nearly every facet of our daily lives and in our most treasured relationships"-- Provided by publisher

Would our lives, relationships and careers be better if we just STFU for a while?

Nicht nur für Fans von US-Automobilen mit fachkundigem Text und grandiosem Bildmaterial auch Außenseiter und Exoten rund 150 opulente Abbildungen Die Blütezeit der klassischen US-Cars lag in den 1950er und 1960er Jahren. Sie bescherte dem autobegeisterten Publikum PS-starke Fahrzeuge mit dramatisch gestylten Karosserien, imposanten Heckflossen und jeder Menge Chromzierrat. Gegen Ende dieser beiden Dekaden hatten dann die ersten echten Muscle Cars ihren Auftritt: aufregende PS-Monster die einige wenige Jahre die Schlagzeilen der amerikanischen Autowelt beherrschen sollten. Dieser Bildband stellt die faszinierendsten Modelle der 50er und 60er Jahre ausführlich vor, mit fachkundigem Text und grandiosem Bildmaterial. Hierbei werden nicht nur die Marken und Modelle der „Big Three“ General Motors, Ford und Chrysler gezeigt, sondern auch manche Außenseiter und Exoten, die heute zum Teil vergessen sind. Ein Buch zum Schmökern und Schwelgen, das auch jede Menge Hintergrundwissen vermittelt - nicht nur für Fans von US-Automobilen.