Without venture capital, many of the companies whose technical innovations sparked the digital revolution would not exist. Venture investments funded these firms to develop their bright ideas into commercial products that created new business models and established whole new mar…
"Without venture capital, many of the companies whose technical innovations sparked the digital revolution would not exist. Venture investments funded these firms to develop their bright ideas into commercial products that created new business models and established whole new ma…
Faszinierend und zum Fürchten zugleich. Wer ins Silicon Valley kommt, fühlt sich manisch-depressiv. Manisch, weil der Ort buchstäblich vibriert vor Erfolg, Erfindergeist, Enthusiasmus und fiebriger Schnelligkeit. Depressiv, weil sofort klar ist, verglichen mit dem neuen Zentrum …
"You will never look at your cell phone, TV, or computer the same way after reading this book. Growing the Media not only reveals the dirty secrets that hide inside our favorite electronic devices; it also takes apart the myths that have pushed these gadgets to the center of our…
"The industry provocateur behind such companies as Twitter and a nascent Facebook presents an irreverent exposé of life inside the tech bubble that traces his hedonist lifestyle against a backdrop of early social media and online marketing, sharing critical insights into how the…
An ethnography of Indian IT workers, with a focus on gender in the globalized workplace.
Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Gender, Transmigration, and Citizenship -- 1 Transmigrants: Identity, Nationalism, and Bridge Building -- 2 Engineer Brides and H-1B Grooms: Visas, Marriage, and Family Formation -- 3 Trans…