Thomas Edison’s greatest invention? His own fame.At the height of his fame Thomas Alva Edison was hailed as “the Napoleon of invention” and blazed in the public imagination as a virtual demigod. Starting with the first public demonstrations of the phonograph in 1878 and extending through the development of incandescent light and the first motion picture cameras, Edison’s name became emblematic of all the wonder and promise of the emerging age of technological marve...

In eBOYS, Randall Stross takes us behind the scenes and inside the heads of the gutsy entrepreneurs who are financing the hottest businesses on the Web. The six tall men who started Benchmark, Silicon Valley's most exciting venture capital firm, put themselves at the cutting edge of the new economy by backing billion dollar start-ups like eBay and Webvan. The risks were enormous--but the rewards have proven to be staggering. Within two years, eBay's net worth grew from $20 million to more ...

Bulls in the China Shop is an engagingly anecdotal, lucidly written account of the tragicomic cultural and political misadventures that have plagues American commercial ventures over the past two decades in the People’s Republic of China.When diplomatic tensions between the two countries were eased in the 1970s, American businesses rushed to China, lured by the world’s largest national market. As they tried to introduce capitalism to China’s socialist society they soon dis...

The first inside account of life within a Silicon Valley venture capital firm, eBoys is the fascinating true story of the six tall men who backed eBay, Webvan, and other billion-dollar start-ups that are transforming the Internet and setting a new pace for the economy.Randall Stross, author of acclaimed books on Microsoft and Steve Jobs, blends a business historian's perspective with a journalist's flair for suspenseful storytelling to look at wealth creation up cl...

Ao ler este resumo, o senhor saberá como Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931) inventou o mundo moderno.O senhor também aprenderá :que Edison é o inventor do cinema;que ele é também o inventor da luz elétrica;que seu pai apoiou uma revolta armada contra o governo provincial canadense;que seu avô era um lealista, recusando a emancipação das treze colônias britânicas norte-americanas da Coroa Britânica;que Edison é um dos mais importantes ícones ameri...

The liberal arts major is often lampooned: lacking in "skills," unqualified for a professional career, underemployed. But studying for the joy of learning turns out to be surprisingly practical. Unlike career-focused education, liberal education prepares graduates for anything and everything—and nervous "fuzzy major" students, their even more nervous parents, college career center professionals, and prospective employers would do well to embrace liberal arts majors. Just look to Silicon Va...

Number of teams that applied to Y Combinator’s summer 2011 batch: 2,089Teams interviewed: 170Minutes per interview: 10Teams accepted and funded: 64Months to build a viable startup: 3Possibilities: BOUNDLESSInvestment firm Y Combinator is the most sought-after home for startups in Silicon Valley. Twice a year, it funds dozens of just-founded s...

“On the cover: Mike Burke broke the world record for the CoC Silver Bullet, hanging on for a long 53.97 seconds before the Captains of Crush No. 3 gripper opened up. MILO is the world's premier strength journal, with first-rate coverage of training, people, contests, history, and special features. Top authors and photographers provide inspiration and information - bringing you to the epicenter of the action and inspiring personal bests. With a mix of content and photos designed to boost yo...

Cover: Usually placid and Buddha-like in appearance, Zydrunas Savickas showed some teeth on the Log Lift, where he capped off his first-place finish with a world record 220-kg log (2013 World's Strongest Man).MILO is the world s premier strength journal, with first-rate coverage of training, people, contests, history, and special features. Top authors and photographers provide inspiration and information - bringing you to the epicenter of the action and inspiring personal bests. With a mix...

Twice a year in the heart of Silicon Valley, a small investment firm called Y Combinator selects an elite group of young entrepreneurs from around the world for three months of intense work and instruction. Their brand-new two- or three-person start-ups are given a seemingly impossible challenge: to turn a raw idea into a viable business, fast.Each YC session culminates in a demo day, when investors and venture capitalists flock to hear pitches from the new graduates. Any one of th...