Lalka The Venture Alchemists

How Big Tech Turned Profits Into Power
1. Auflage 2024
ISBN: 978-0-231-55833-4
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch

In The Venture Alchemists, Rob Lalka demystifies how tech entrepreneurs built empires that made trillions.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lalka, Rob

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensorganisation, Corporate Responsibility Unternehmensethik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
Act I. Silicon
1. Sophomoric Exploits: Mark Zuckerberg, Facemash and Thefacebook
2. Dark Arts: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Backrub and Google
3. You’re Going to Get What’s Coming to You: Keith Rabois, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks, PayPal
4. A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy: Travis Kalanick, UberCab
5. White Lies: Bill Shockley, Foundation for Research and Education on Eugenics and Dysgenics
Act II. Gold
6. Trust Us: Mark Zuckerberg, Thefacebook and Facebook, Inc.
7. Anything It Likes: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google, Inc.
8. Words Do Matter: Keith Rabois, Peter Thiel, and David Sacks, PayPal and Founders Fund
9. Rape with an Engraved Invitation: Travis Kalanick, Uber
10. Greed Is Good: J. D. Vance, Mithril Capital and Narya Capital
Act III. Power
11. What Important Truth? Mark Zuckerberg and Peter Thiel, Meta Platforms, Inc.
12. There Will Be Blood: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet Inc.
13. A New Crusade: Peter Thiel, Palantir
14. We Do the Right Thing: Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber Technologies, Inc.
15. Our Great Symbol of Democracy: J. D. Vance and Peter Thiel, Narya Capital, Rumble, and Clearview AI
Epilogue
Notes
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Lalka Rob:
Rob Lalka is a professor of practice and the Executive Director of the Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship at Tulane University's A.B. Freeman School of Business. He is the co-founder of Medora Ventures, a consulting firm in purpose-driven ventures.Rob Lalka is the Albert R. Lepage Professor in Business and executive director of the Albert Lepage Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Tulane University. He is on the board of directors of Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Public Democracy, Inc., and Venture For America in New Orleans. Previously, he served on the U.S. Secretary of State’s policy planning staff and in the State Department’s Office of Global Partnerships, was a director at Village Capital, and was a senior advisor at the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.