Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb are household names : redefining neighbourhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business and changing the way we travel. Their young, hungry and brilliant founders are rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process not always successfully.
The Upstarts is the definitive account of a dawning age of tenacity, creativity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone's highly anticipated and riveting book, we find out how it all started, and how the world has been changed beyond all recognition.