Founders at Work

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?