Valley Of The Gods
Author: Alexandra Wolfe
ISBN: 978-1501147050
Price: Rs. 499.00 • ✓ 100% Genuine Publisher Edition
Book Overview
In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubblingthe men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world. Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike it rich and become powerful and famous. In The Valley of the Gods, Wolfe follows three of these upstarts who have ¦stopped out of college and real life to live and work in Silicon Valley in the hopes of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. No one has yet documented the battle for the brightest kids, kids whose goals are no less than making billions of dollarsand the fight they wage in turn to make it there. They embody an American cultural transformation: A move away from the East Coast hierarchy of Ivy Leagues and country clubs toward the startup life and a new social order. Meet the billionaires who go to training clubs for thirty-minute ¦body slams designed to fit in with the start-up schedule; attend parties where people devour peanut butter-and-jelly sushi rolls; and date and seduce in a romantic culture in which thick glasses, baggy jeans and a t-shirt is the costume of any sex symbol (and where a jacket and tie symbolize mediocrity). Through Wolfes eyes, we discover how they date and marry, how they dress and live, how they plot and dream and how they have created a business world and an economic order that has made us all devotees of them. A blistering, brilliant and hysterical examination of this new ruling class, The Valley of the Gods presents tomorrows strange new normal where the only outward signs of tech success are laptops and ideas.
Browse this title within our Social Sciences and Education collection. Edition details: Images in this review, English, 272 pages. Reference ISBN: 978-1501147050.
About the Author
Alexandra Wolfe is a staff reporter for The Wall Street Journal and writes the weekly column “Weekend Confidential.” After graduating from Duke University, she worked as a staff reporter for the New York Observer, The Wall Street Journal and then Condé Nast Portfolio. As a freelancer, she wrote regular columns for Bloomberg Businessweek, features for Travel + Leisure and Departures and has written cover stories for Vanity Fair and Town and Country. The Valley of the Gods is her first book.
Book Specifications & Quick Facts
- Reading Level
- Students & Academic Researchers
- Language & Format
- English • Images in this review
- ISBN Reference
- 978-1501147050
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
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What is this book about?
In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubblingthe men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world. Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike...
Who should read this book?
Essential reading for students, entrepreneurs, and curious minds seeking practical life insights, productivity principles, and deeper intellectual perspectives.
Why Readers Pick This Edition
- You’ll love this if you’re curious about what really fuels Silicon Valley beyond the hype. With sharp reporting and humor, Alexandra Wolfe pulls you into the intense, often absurd world of young founders chasing billion‑dollar dreams. You get an insider’s look at ambition, power, and the social rules of tech’s elite—without jargon or hero worship. It’s eye‑opening, entertaining, and leaves you thinking differently about success, work, and where the future is being shaped.
- Published by Simon and Schuster.
- Language: English.
- Page count: 272.
Catalog Description
In a riveting, hilarious account, reporter Alexandra Wolfe exposes a world that is not flat but bubblingthe men and women of Silicon Valley, whose hubris and ambition are changing the world. Each year, young people from around the world go to Silicon Valley to hatch an idea, start a company, strike it rich and become powerful and famous. In The Valley of the Gods, Wolfe follows three of these upstarts who have ¦stopped out of college and real life to live and work in Silicon Valley in the hopes of becoming the next Mark Zuckerberg or Elon Musk. No one has yet documented the battle for the brightest kids, kids whose goals are no less than making billions of dollarsand the fight they wage in...
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