How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story
(eBook)
Description
"In the grand tradition of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires (2009)... an engaging look into a fascinating subculture of millions." -Booklist "Breezy...How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars ably if uncritically chronicles the short history of a young company catering to young users, with a young chief executive, and reveals, intentionally or not, the limitations that come with that combination." -Wall Street Journal The improbable and exhilarating story of the rise of Snapchat from a frat boy fantasy to a multi-billion dollar internet unicorn that has dramatically changed the way we communicate. In 2013 Evan Spiegel, the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat, and his co-founder Bobby Murphy stunned the press when they walked away from a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook: how could an app teenagers use to text dirty photos dream of a higher valuation? Was this hubris, or genius? In How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars, tech journalist Billy Gallagher takes us inside the rise of one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups. Snapchat developed from a simple wish for disappearing pictures as Stanford junior Reggie Brown nursed regrets about photos he had sent. After an epic feud between best friends, Brown lost his stake in the company, while Spiegel has gone on to make a name for himself as a visionary-if ruthless-CEO worth billions, linked to celebrities like Taylor Swift and his wife, Miranda Kerr. A fellow Stanford undergrad and fraternity brother of the company's founding trio, Gallagher has covered Snapchat from the start. He brings unique access to a company Bloomberg Business called "a cipher in the Silicon Valley technology community." Gallagher offers insight into challenges Snapchat faces as it transitions from a playful app to one of the tech industry's preeminent public companies. In the tradition of great business narratives, How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars offers the definitive account of a company whose goal is no less than to remake the future of entertainment.
More Copies In LINK+
More Details
Notes
Reviews from GoodReads
Citations
Gallagher, B. (2018). How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story. [United States], St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Gallagher, Billy. 2018. How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story. [United States], St. Martin's Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Gallagher, Billy, How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story. [United States], St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
MLA Citation (style guide)Gallagher, Billy. How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars: The Snapchat Story. [United States], St. Martin's Publishing Group, 2018.
Staff View
QR Code
Hoopla Extract Information
hooplaId | 16985715 |
---|---|
title | How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars |
language | |
kind | EBOOK |
series | |
season | |
publisher | |
price | 2.35 |
active | 1 |
pa | |
profanity | |
children | |
demo | |
duration | |
rating | |
abridged | |
fiction | |
purchaseModel | INSTANT |
dateLastUpdated | Jun 13, 2024 12:23:29 AM |
Record Information
Last File Modification Time | Aug 02, 2024 02:47:43 AM |
---|---|
Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 07, 2024 02:15:45 AM |
MARC Record
LEADER | 03584nam a22004335a 4500 | ||
---|---|---|---|
001 | MWT16990046 | ||
003 | MWT | ||
005 | 20240727035229.1 | ||
006 | m o d | ||
007 | cr cn||||||||| | ||
008 | 240727s2018 xxu eo 000 0 eng d | ||
020 | |a 9781250108623 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
020 | |a 1250108624 |q (electronic bk.) | ||
028 | 4 | 2 | |a MWT16990046 |
029 | |a https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9781250108623_180.jpeg | ||
037 | |a 16990046 |b Midwest Tape, LLC |n http://www.midwesttapes.com | ||
040 | |a Midwest |e rda | ||
099 | |a eBook hoopla | ||
100 | 1 | |a Gallagher, Billy, |e author. | |
245 | 1 | 0 | |a How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars : |b The Snapchat Story |h [electronic resource] / |c Billy Gallagher. |
264 | 1 | |a [United States] : |b St. Martin's Publishing Group, |c 2018. | |
264 | 2 | |b Made available through hoopla | |
300 | |a 1 online resource (294 pages) | ||
336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
337 | |a computer |b c |2 rdamedia | ||
338 | |a online resource |b cr |2 rdacarrier | ||
347 | |a text file |2 rda | ||
506 | |a Instant title available through hoopla. | ||
520 | |a "In the grand tradition of Ben Mezrich's The Accidental Billionaires (2009)... an engaging look into a fascinating subculture of millions." -Booklist "Breezy...How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars ably if uncritically chronicles the short history of a young company catering to young users, with a young chief executive, and reveals, intentionally or not, the limitations that come with that combination." -Wall Street Journal The improbable and exhilarating story of the rise of Snapchat from a frat boy fantasy to a multi-billion dollar internet unicorn that has dramatically changed the way we communicate. In 2013 Evan Spiegel, the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat, and his co-founder Bobby Murphy stunned the press when they walked away from a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook: how could an app teenagers use to text dirty photos dream of a higher valuation? Was this hubris, or genius? In How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars, tech journalist Billy Gallagher takes us inside the rise of one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups. Snapchat developed from a simple wish for disappearing pictures as Stanford junior Reggie Brown nursed regrets about photos he had sent. After an epic feud between best friends, Brown lost his stake in the company, while Spiegel has gone on to make a name for himself as a visionary-if ruthless-CEO worth billions, linked to celebrities like Taylor Swift and his wife, Miranda Kerr. A fellow Stanford undergrad and fraternity brother of the company's founding trio, Gallagher has covered Snapchat from the start. He brings unique access to a company Bloomberg Business called "a cipher in the Silicon Valley technology community." Gallagher offers insight into challenges Snapchat faces as it transitions from a playful app to one of the tech industry's preeminent public companies. In the tradition of great business narratives, How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars offers the definitive account of a company whose goal is no less than to remake the future of entertainment. | ||
538 | |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. | ||
650 | 0 | |a Biography. | |
650 | 0 | |a Business. | |
650 | 0 | |a Computers. | |
650 | 0 | |a Industries. | |
650 | 0 | |a Social aspects. | |
650 | 0 | |a Electronic books. | |
710 | 2 | |a hoopla digital. | |
856 | 4 | 0 | |u https://www.hoopladigital.com/title/16985715?utm_source=MARC&Lid=hh4435 |z Instantly available on hoopla. |
856 | 4 | 2 | |z Cover image |u https://d2snwnmzyr8jue.cloudfront.net/opr_9781250108623_180.jpeg |