作者：NickBilton
出版社：PortfolioHardcover
副标题：ATrueStoryofMoney,Power,Friendship,andBetrayal
出版年：2013-11-5
页数：304
定价：USD28.95
装帧：Hardcover
ISBN：9781591846017
内容简介
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The dramatic, unlikely story behind the founding of Twitter, by New York Times bestselling author and Vanity Fair special correspondent
The San Francisco-based technology company Twitter has become a powerful force in less than ten years. Today it’s everything from a tool for fighting political oppression in the Middle East to a marketing must-have to the world’s living room during live TV events to President Trump’s preferred method of communication. It has hundreds of millions of active users all over the world.
But few people know that it nearly fell to pieces early on.
In this rousing history that reads like a novel, Hatching Twitter takes readers behind the scenes of Twitter’s early exponential growth, following the four hackers—Ev Williams, Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone, and Noah Glass, who created the cultural juggernaut practically by accident. It’s a drama of betrayed friendships and high-stakes power struggles over money, influence, and control over a company that was growing faster than they could ever imagine.
Drawing on hundreds of sources, documents, and internal e-mails, Bilton offers a rarely-seen glimpse of the inner workings of technology startups, venture capital, and Silicon Valley culture.
Amazon.com Review
An Amazon Best Book of the Month, November 2013: Spoiler alert: The subtitle sorta says it all. That is, Nick Bilton's Hatching Twitter delivers "A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal," though not necessarily in that order. The book's four central players–Ev, Jack, Biz, and Noah–conceived of Twitter while working on Odeo, an ultimately doomed attempt to revolutionize podcasting. As their little chick grew, the four men's personal and ideological differences led to a power struggle that eventually left them all on the sidelines as a former stand-up comedian took Twitter into the uncertain future. Writing with the pacing and veracity of detail of a true-crime book, Bilton makes use of a trove of source material–from internal Twitter e-mails to extensive interviews with and early tweets by the founders themselves–and the result is as exciting and fast-paced as it is topically relevant. If you're looking for a thoughtful rumination about Twitter as a revolutionary global communications platform, keep looking. If you're looking for a quick, well-written, thoroughly researched human drama, the story of an utterly dysfunctional foursome and the accelerated unraveling of their once brilliant partnership, this is your book. #HighlyRecommended. –Jason Kirk (@brasswax)
Review
"A fast-paced and perceptive new book by Nick Bilton." — The New York Times
"Extensively detailed… unexpectedly addictive." — The Wall Street Journal
"Deeply reported and deliciously written." — The Verge
"A compelling read, more like espionage than a corporate history." — Fortune Magazine
"A dramatic and detail-rich recounting." — Cnet
"Fast-paced… a perceptive read." — USA Today
"Goes where no book has gone before." — The Huffington Post
"Unputdownable." — Wall Street Journal Columnist
作者简介
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Nick Bilton is a columnist and reporter for The New York Times, where he explores the disruptive aspects of technology on business, culture and society. His columns span everything from the future of technology and privacy to the impact of social media on the Web. He is a regular guest on national TV and radio and is the author of I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works. He lives in Los Angeles.
评论 ······
真是一部艰难的创业史，政治斗争在哪里都是一样残酷…
总算读完 越到后面越无聊 以后这种内容吧 写一篇文章不就好
作者实在过于热爱形容词和副词以及场景描述了，所以怎么都觉得没有真实感，尽管我相信作为纽时的作者应该在真实性上没什么问题。而且文章最后的结尾处理地挺粗糙，感觉硬生生地把书拔到了人性的高度。当然，这也是因为此前过于注重细节的缘故。但总体来说确实是一部信息量很大的书，真心膜拜比尔顿能挖到这么多信息。
详细记载了三个co-founders被踢出公司的经历告诉你如何不被踢出自己的公司。可能有虚构的部分，但是每个出场的性格都很真实。Jack Dorsey你能再天蝎男一点吗＝＝
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