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3.84 AVERAGE
3.84 AVERAGE
HubSpot sounds awful, and I don't envy Lyons his time there, but his superior attitude certainly can't have helped matters. He spends half the book sounding like a bitter old man because he doesn't like the fact that his boss is in his twenties. The note at the end is an interesting addition, and does serve to hammer home just how awful HubSpot seem to be.
I should stop reading memoirs.
I should stop reading memoirs.
Haha his manager Trotsky was depressingly reminiscent of my old manager. Ha. At least they didn't have the nerve to try and "be friends" after I left!
A very fast read. Lyons is able to narrate a very stressful period in his life with through humor. This book has solidified my philosophies on work relationships, corporate life, and then some. I thoroughly enjoyed the book, but I can't help but feel pained for Lyons due to what he went through. How he managed to relive this experience and chronicle it in Disrupted is beyond me.
funny
fast-paced
I enjoyed this thoroughly, but only about 75 percent for the reasons the author intended. That 75% is a well-written and illuminating view of modern start-up bro culture. The other 25% is seeing the reaction to it from a fallible author who doesn't understand why he shouldn't swear in meetings or mock his CEO (who does seem to deserve it) in a public forum. It's a fish out of water story where you don't think the extremes of the fish, the old water, or the new water are ideal.
What a fun read! So much of the author's experience at a startup is a reflection of my one-year stint at a startup. His experience is told with a level of sarcasm and humor that softens how terrible a culture of immaturity, self-aggrandizement, and aversion to critique can be.
Many laughs out loud moments. Quite a few WTF moments. And some really good introductory info on startup valuations, VCs, financial markets, etc.
Glad I read it!
Many laughs out loud moments. Quite a few WTF moments. And some really good introductory info on startup valuations, VCs, financial markets, etc.
Glad I read it!
Extraordinary tale and you kind of wish it was not real and it is in the life of journalist Dan Lyons from Newsweek. this is about his year and a half experience at a content marketing startup in Boston - HubSpot.
.. to be continued...
.. to be continued...
funny
hopeful
reflective
medium-paced
Fish-out-of-water story about a 50-year old journalist who works at a tech startup in an attempt to 'cash in', then is astounded, SHOCKED I SAY to find millennial shenanigans at a venture funded, high-burn-rate marketing startup.
It was difficult to feel sorry for Lyons, because most of the time his cluelessness felt like it met HubSpot's in equal measure. He misses org charts and the ability to be completely dismissive of younger employees, not to mention the respect that should be afforded someone who works at a prestigious publication such as Newsweek (?) and the ability to tell dirty jokes in the office with impunity.
Make no mistake, this is a hit piece. But it's the hit piece HubSpot deserves. Their 'permission based' 'content marketing' methodology is snake oil, sold using the same old sleazy marketing methods - cold calling, getting people to sign up and hope that they'll forget about the subscription...
If you can get past the author's constant indignation of things that seem pretty par for the course, this tale of corporate incompetence is pretty entertaining.
It was difficult to feel sorry for Lyons, because most of the time his cluelessness felt like it met HubSpot's in equal measure. He misses org charts and the ability to be completely dismissive of younger employees, not to mention the respect that should be afforded someone who works at a prestigious publication such as Newsweek (?) and the ability to tell dirty jokes in the office with impunity.
Make no mistake, this is a hit piece. But it's the hit piece HubSpot deserves. Their 'permission based' 'content marketing' methodology is snake oil, sold using the same old sleazy marketing methods - cold calling, getting people to sign up and hope that they'll forget about the subscription...
If you can get past the author's constant indignation of things that seem pretty par for the course, this tale of corporate incompetence is pretty entertaining.
funny
lighthearted
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced