Solo tienes que acertar una vez: el auge sin precedentes de los multimillonarios tecnológicos instantáneos
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The ultimate insider look at the newest titans of tech—and what you can learn from their success
In 2007, twenty-one-year old David Karp launched Tumblr, a simple micro-blogging platform, on a whim. By 2012, it had become one of the top ten online destinations, drawing 170 million visitors. By 2013, Yahoo had acquired Tumblr for over $1 billion. Just like that, a kid who hadn’t even earned his high school diploma was worth over a quarter billion dollars. And he’s not the only one . . .
Silicon Valley’s newest billionaires represent a unique and unconventional breed of entrepreneur: young, bold, and taking the world by storm with their extreme speed, insatiable hunger, and progressive leadership. These whiz kids (and, to be fair, a few adults) have the hottest companies in the world. They are all turning just one brilliant insight or hook into money at a rate never before seen in human history—creating companies that, even with no revenue, garner insane valuations.
With unique insider access to the world’s most influential and wealthy entrepreneurs, Forbes ha investigado para encontrar lo que estos súper emprendedores dicen sobre su propio éxito. Este libro, presentado, editado y actualizado por Forbes Randall Lane, editor, es la primera mirada completa a quiénes son estos multimillonarios tecnológicos instantáneos y cómo lograron sus ganancias rápidas. Con dieciséis piezas esclarecedoras, incluidas dos artículos nunca antes publicados, obtenemos exámenes detrás de escena de los fundadores de Spotify, Airbnb, Tumblr, Twitter y más, que incluyen:
Elon Musk: The billionaire founder of Paypal, electric carmaker Tesla, and private space company SpaceX. His extreme ambition is matched by his preternatural engineering mind; no wonder he was the model for Robert Downey Jr.’s portrayal of Iron Man.
Evan Spiegel: The twenty-three-year old declined a $3 billion cash offer from Mark Zuckerberg, after making the mountain come to Mohammed (Snapchat’s HQ is in Los Angeles) —an unheard of request from a young gun to one of the biggest players in Silicon Valley. The story of Snapchat’s origin is even wilder than Facebook’s, but Spiegel’s ability to parlay infamy and popularity into revenue is still up in the air, even as Snapchat’s valuation continues to grow.
Alex Karp: Un filósofo excéntrico casi sin experiencia en tecnología convirtió una empresa respaldada por Peter Thiel, Palantir, en un campeón de la minería de datos, con clientes como la NSA, el FBI y la CIA. En medio de acaloradas preocupaciones sobre la privacidad, Karp continúa haciendo crecer Palantir como loco, hasta $196 millones en financiación y un estimado de $1 mil millones en contratos en 2014.
Sólo tienes que tener razón una vez es la colección definitiva de todo lo que podemos aprender de estos increíbles revolucionarios y lo que significan sus próximos movimientos para el futuro de los negocios.
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