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Once you're lucky, twice you're good : the rebirth of Silicon Valley and the rise of Web 2.0
- Title
- Once you're lucky, twice you're good : the rebirth of Silicon Valley and the rise of Web 2.0 / Sarah Lacy.
- Author
- Lacy, Sarah, 1975-
- Publication
- New York, N.Y. : Gotham, [2008], ©2008.
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Details
- Description
- 294 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Once You're Lucky, Twice You're Good is the story of those who never gave up on the Internet dream. Instead, they learned their lesson from the bust and in recent years have created groundbreaking new Web companies. The first wave Internet companies - sites like Amazon and eBay - simply moved offline commerce, online. But the second iteration of the dotcoms - dubbed Web 2.0 - is all about bringing people together. Social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace unite friends online; YouTube lets anyone post videos for the world to see; Digg.com allows Internet users to vote on the most relevant news of the day; Six Apart sells software that enables bloggers to post their viewpoints online; and Slide helps people customize their virtual selves." "Lacy brings to light the entire Web 2.0 scene: the wide-eyed but wary company founders, the hated venture capitalists, the bloggers fueling the hype, the programmers coding through the night on Red Bull and takeout, the twentysomething millionaires, and the Internet "fan boys" eager for all the promises to come true."--BOOK JACKET.
- Subjects
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- 1. Winning Is Everything -- 2. Bubbling Back Up -- 3. Fuck the Sweater-Vests -- 4. Lemmings at the Gate -- 5. The Mob Giveth and the Mob Taketh Away -- 6. The Return of the King -- 7. The Mark Zuckerberg Phenomenon -- 8. World Domination -- 9. Midtown Doornail -- 10. Sell Out -- 11. The Nontrepreneur.
- ISBN
- 9781592403820 (hbk.)
- 1592403824 (hbk.)
- LCCN
- 2007046204
- 40015511346
- OCLC
- ocn181079229
- 181079229
- SCSB-9038357
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries