Startup: A Silicon Valley Adventure
Kaplan, a well-known figure in the computer industry, founded GO Corporation in 1987, and for several years it was one of the hottest new ventures in the Valley. Startup tells the s...
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Number of Pages: 336
ISBN: 0140257314
ISBN-13: 9780140257311
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Bill Gurley @BillGurley
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Apr 9, 2017
- Curated in Books for founding a start-up
The book is about “a massive failure in Silicon Valley,” that had “all the best investors” and “all the best executives,” Gurley said.
“And it’s just spectacular, because on the way home from work every day he had a tape recorder and he left himself notes, so it’s remarkably detailed,” Gurley said. “We spend so much time analyzing success, and sometimes it’s just good to read how hard it can be. And why it can be so hard. So that one’s a real world account that I love.”