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Seth Godin is the author of 18 books. He's also the founder of the online workshops altMBA and The Marketing Seminar. Godin has founded several companies, including Yoyodyne and Squidoo. In 2018, he was inducted into the Marketing Hall of Fame.

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For anyone fascinated by the special chemistry and drive that created some of the best technology companies in the world, this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights straight from the source.  In Founders at Work: Stories of Startups Early Days, you'll learn what happened in the very earliest days of famous technology companies like Apple, Flickr, Lotus, PayPal, and Hotmail.  These people are celebrities now.  What was it like when they were just a few friends with an idea? Founders tell you in their own words about their surprising and often very funny discoveries as they learned how to build a company.  Where did they get their ideas that made them rich? How did they convince investors to back them? What went wrong, and how did they recover?

Ryan Holiday is the bestselling author of Trust Me, I’m Lying; The Obstacle Is the Way; Ego Is the Enemy; Conspiracy and other books about marketing, culture, and the human condition. His work has been translated into over 30 languages and has appeared everywhere from the New York Times to Fast Company. His company, Brass Check, has advised companies such as Google, TASER, and Complex, as well as multiplatinum musicians and some of the biggest authors in the world. He lives in Austin, Texas.

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