TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lalka,Rob
TI  - The venture alchemists: how big tech turned profits into power 
SN  - 9780231210263
AV  - HC79.H53 L355 2024
PY  - 2024///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia Business School Publishing
KW  - High technology industries
KW  - Biography
KW  - Capitalists and financiers
KW  - Venture capital
KW  - Print books
KW  - lcgft
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 35-458) and index
N2  - "Americans now recognize an ugly underside to innovation, as technology spreads dangerous lies, harms society, and opens new lines of attack on democratic institutions. "Big tech" companies are frequently blamed for this, but how did we get here? The Venture Alchemists the stories of the entrepreneurs and investors behind tech firms such as PayPal, Uber, and Amazon-what their philosophies are, how they grew their companies, and the power they now wield through the data we've freely given them. As these tech companies grew, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs changed markets and culture by turning silicon into gold and gold into prestige and power. Readers will learn how and why we got to this point, how the conveniences of big business and technology are not "free," and what we can do to turn things around"--
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