![]() ![]() ![]() It had its own language and culture, and it was predicated upon the creation of apps that were designed to lure customers away from reality and onto their screens while at the same time making the creators and CEOs of the tech companies filthy rich. She soon found out that Silicon Valley was (and is) unlike any other place on Earth. It could aptly have been titled Anna’s Adventures in Wonderland, because she drops into a rabbit hole as bizarre and mystifying and adrift from reality as anything Lewis Carroll ever imagined. ![]() This book alternates between standard memoir passages and Wiener’s wry observations about what makes Silicon Valley tick. She worked first at one startup and then another, getting a firsthand glimpse at the overwhelmingly white male entrepreneurs that were driving Silicon Valley’s digital culture. When she was in her mid-twenties, Anna Wiener left her career in New York publishing to move to San Francisco and work in the tech industry. ![]()
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This trademark style led to unbelievable knockouts in his early career and a year-long reign as light heavyweight champion.ĭuring this title reign he would successfully defend his title in a revenge bout against Jeremy Horn, a rematch with Randy Couture, one with top contender Renato Sobral, and a grudge match with Tito Ortiz. 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