Tech entrepreneurs are society’s chaos monkeys, disruptors testing and transforming every aspect of our lives, from transportation (Uber) and lodging (AirBnB) to television (Netflix) and dating (Tinder). Infrastructure engineers use a software version of this “chaos monkey” to test online services’ robustness-their ability to survive random failure and correct mistakes before they actually occur. Imagine a chimpanzee rampaging through a datacenter powering everything from Google to Facebook. Marketing is like sex: only losers pay for it. Investors are people with more money than time.Įmployees are people with more time than money.Įntrepreneurs are the seductive go-between. The reality is, Silicon Valley capitalism is very simple: Liar’s Poker meets The Social Network in an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble, from industry provocateur Antonio García Martínez, a former Twitter advisor, Facebook product manager and startup founder/CEO.
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