She had worked hard to strike a balance between pleasant and unapproachable without appearing totally joyless like Judith Ball from the People Office did.
“Online marketing is not quite as sleazy as Internet porn, but it’s not much better, either.”
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
“But Silicon Valley has a dark side. To be sure, there are plenty of shiny, happy people working in tech. But this is also a world where wealth is distributed unevenly and benefits accrue mostly to investors and founders, who have rigged the game in their favor.”
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
“These are the bozos. They are graspers and self-promoters, shameless resume padders, people who describe themselves as “product marketing professionals,” “growth hackers,” “creative rockstar interns,” and “public speakers.”
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
“Another thing I’m learning in my new job is that while people still refer to this business as “the tech industry,” in truth it is no longer really about technology at all. “You don’t get rewarded for creating great technology, not anymore,” says a friend of mine who has worked in tech since the 1980s, a former investment banker who now advises start-ups. “It’s all about the business model. The market pays you to have a company that scales quickly. It’s all about getting big fast. Don’t be profitable, just get big.”
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
“Arriving here feels like landing on some remote island where a bunch of people have been living for years, in isolation, making up their own rules and rituals and religion and language—even, to some extent, inventing their own reality. This happens at all organizations, but for some reason tech start-ups seem”
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
― Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble
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