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A review by haylstormer
Startup by Doree Shafrir
3.0
I liked this book, and I didn't like this book.
When I saw it appear on BOTM list of options, I jumped at the chance to purchase it. As a fan of the show Silicon Valley and someone who works in digital marketing/technology, I thought it would be a very relevant and fun read.
Starting out, it was a fun read. It talks about modern technologies, the culture in tech start-up's, and some hilarious workplace dynamics.
Then about halfway through the book, you learn about the CEO, Mack's, relationship with his secretary and that becomes the primary focus of the rest of the book, with some other relatively dull interweaving stories. I thought it was just a point that drug out too long but it really is a majority chunk of the book, and the lead story at the very end. Quickly it became a feminist rager about sexual harassment in the workplace and it wasn't quite the fun, witty Silicon Valley it started out as and what I'd hoped it would be.
Hmmmmphhh....
When I saw it appear on BOTM list of options, I jumped at the chance to purchase it. As a fan of the show Silicon Valley and someone who works in digital marketing/technology, I thought it would be a very relevant and fun read.
Starting out, it was a fun read. It talks about modern technologies, the culture in tech start-up's, and some hilarious workplace dynamics.
Then about halfway through the book, you learn about the CEO, Mack's, relationship with his secretary and that becomes the primary focus of the rest of the book, with some other relatively dull interweaving stories. I thought it was just a point that drug out too long but it really is a majority chunk of the book, and the lead story at the very end. Quickly it became a feminist rager about sexual harassment in the workplace and it wasn't quite the fun, witty Silicon Valley it started out as and what I'd hoped it would be.
Hmmmmphhh....