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Author
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"In recent years, tech companies such as Google and Facebook have rocked the world as they have seemingly revolutionized the culture of work. We've all heard stories of lounges outfitted with ping pong tables, kitchens with kombucha on tap, and other amenities that supposedly foster creative thinking. Nothing could seem further from earlier workplaces associated with a different revolution in capitalism: factories, in which employees are required...
Author
Publisher
Square Fish
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Elon Musk is the visionary behind SpaceX and CEO of the electric car company Tesla. He is working on unique and daring improvements to both public transit and solar energy. And then, there's his highly-publicized plans for colonizing Mars... But behind the mind-blowing headlines and legendary drive is the story of a bullied and beaten school boy, who through creativity and determination decided to rewrite his story and find his own way to make the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Penguin Workshop, an imprint of Penguin Random House, LLC
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Musician and technology phenom Shavone Charles explores how curiosity and nerve led her from a small college in Merced, California, to some of the most influential spaces in the tech world: from Google to Twitter to eventually landing a spot on the coveted Forbes 30 Under 30 list. Grateful for being the first in many spaces, but passionate about being neither the last nor the only, Charles tells her story in the hopes of guiding others and shaping...
Author
Publisher
Spiegel & Grau
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The co-founder of the diversity nonprofit Project Include shares the story behind her landmark 2015 lawsuit against powerhouse venture capitalist firm Kleiner Perkins, exploring what her case and refusal to settle revealed about Silicon Valley discrimination.
45) Flickr
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
46) Snapchat
Author
Series
Publisher
Checkerboard Library
Pub. Date
2017.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
47) The Google boys
Series
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Profiles Sergey Brin and Larry Page, two Stanford University computer science Ph.D candidates who went on to develop the world's most popular search engine.
Author
Publisher
Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Silicon Valley is a modern utopia where anyone can change the world. Unless you're a woman. For women in tech, Silicon Valley is not a fantasyland of unicorns, virtual reality rainbows, and 3D-printed lollipops, where millions of dollars grow on trees. It's a "Brotopia," where men hold all the cards and make all the rules. Vastly outnumbered, women face toxic workplaces rife with discrimination and sexual harassment, where investors take meetings...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Steve Case, co-founder of America Online (AOL) and one of America's most accomplished entrepreneurs, shares a roadmap for how anyone can succeed in a world of rapidly changing technology. We are entering, he explains, a new paradigm called the "Third Wave" of the Internet. The first wave saw AOL and other companies lay the foundation for consumers to connect to the Internet. The second wave saw companies like Google and Facebook build on top of the...
52) Startup.com
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Documentary film about how friendship can be devoured in an effort to storm the e-business world. Two boyhood friends, one a gentle soul with a daughter and the other an ambitious business-school graduate, launch an Internet company. It is a test between loyalty or success.
Author
Series
From an idea to volume 4
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.3 - AR Pts: 2
Lexile measure
NC 1140L
Language
English
Description
From an Idea to Google is a behind-the-computer-screen look into the history, business, and brand of the world's largest search engine. With humorous black & white illustrations throughout, learn about the company that even earned its own catchphrase: Google it! --Publisher.
Author
Publisher
Wednesday Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"With just an idea and wi-fi, Meridith Valiando Rojas started her wildly successful company, DigiTour. Now she is sharing her stories, tip and tricks, and more in Selfie Made: YourUltimate Guide to Social Media Stardom. Whether you want to be a social star or online entrepreneur, Meridith has you covered! As one of the first companies in the social media ecosystem Meridith and her company DigiTour Media have worked with over 500 social stars from...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"The lean entrepreneurship movement has captivated Silicon Valley and entrepreneurs across the country. It's provided an agile framework to develop the right product solution for a given target market, and is now used by almost every fledgling company to do just that. The next challenge is growth - to achieve the financial returns and, more importantly, the impact they dreamed of when starting off on their adventure. Why do some companies realize...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"Like Paul Farmer in Mountains Beyond Mountains, Paul English grew up poor, in working-class Boston, but as Tracy Kidder writes, he had "a mind for the age that was coming." Brilliant, reckless, endlessly energetic, Paul English, after Kayak sold for $2 billion, asked himself: What comes next? Start another company? Use his new wealth to make a difference in the world? With a riveting, page-turning narrative and unmatched storytelling skill, Kidder...
Author
Series
Publisher
Lerner Publications
Pub. Date
[2015]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
720L
Language
English
Description
Describes Musk's work with a range of advanced technology companies, including PayPal, the space exploration company SpaceX, and the electric car company Tesla Motors, and discusses his plans for the future.