UPSTARTS: UBER AIRBNB AND THE NEW SILICON VALLEY

Ten years ago, getting into a stranger’s car or walking into a stranger’s home would have seemed bizarre and dangerous. Today, Uber and Airbnb are household names. In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, a new generation of entrepreneurs has sparked another cultural upheaval through technology: rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process. This is the definitive account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley.