I recently finished reading a book by Dan Lyons called Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble on the recommendation of my friend Dustin Rogers. This book is an inside look at a company called HubSpot that – according to Lyons – exhibits some of the worst and most stereotypical traits of Silicon Valley companies. In this episode, I review the book and talk about some of the things that drive me nuts about these kinds of companies.
Links Mentioned in this Show:
Disrupted on Amazon
Dustin’s Podcast Episode
HubSpot’s Rebuttal to the Book
HyperDev Announcement
HyperDev Site
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