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049			_aAlfaisal Main Library
050	0	0	_aHC79.H53 _bL355 2024
100	1		_aLalka, Rob, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe venture alchemists : _bhow big tech turned profits into power / _cRob Lalka.
264		1	_aNew York : _bColumbia Business School Publishing, _c©2024
300			_a477 pages _billustrations, portraits ; _c25 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 35-458) and index.
520			_a"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"--
650		0	_aHigh technology industries _vBiography.
650		0	_aCapitalists and financiers _vBiography.
650		0	_aVenture capital.
655		0	_aPrint books. _2lcgft _94
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aLalka, Rob. _tVenture alchemists _dNew York : Columbia Business School Publishing, an imprint of Columbia University Press, [2024] _z9780231558334 _w(DLC) 2023042636
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