Saturday, February 15, 2014

Hatching Twitter: A True Story of Money, Power, Friendship, and Betrayal

Author: Nick Bilton


If I didn’t know better, I would have thought this was a work of fiction. I had heard about the challenges startups face with dysfunctional investors, but never realized that even such famous company like Twitter could be subject to this. Furthermore the eccentricities of the founders is very well captured in the book and Nick Bilton can thank twitter for providing him with nuggets of information that helped corroborate and flesh out his story.

To anyone who is thinking about starting a company, this book is a must-read. It warns you about some of the challenges that founders can face down the road. Fame and fortune can put a rift between the best of friends and that is played out at the highest levels at Twitter.  Even if you didn’t care about all the lessons in there, this is one heck of an entertaining book. Just pick it up today.

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