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How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
- The Snapchat Story
- De: Billy Gallagher
- Narrado por: Billy Gallagher
- Duración: 7 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 231
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 201
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 201
In 2013 Evan Spiegel, the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat, and his co-founder Bobby Murphy stunned the press when they walked away from a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook: how could an app teenagers use to text dirty photos dream of a higher valuation? Was this hubris, or genius? In How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars, tech journalist Billy Gallagher takes us inside the rise of one of Silicon Valley's hottest start-ups. Snapchat began as a late-night dorm room revelation, the brainchild of Stanford English major Reggie Brown who was nursing regrets about photos he had sent.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good start, bland finish, hero worship abound
- De Bamagrad03 en 03-18-18
- How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars
- The Snapchat Story
- De: Billy Gallagher
- Narrado por: Billy Gallagher
Extraordinary story worthy of multiple listens!
Revisado: 04-17-18
What made the experience of listening to How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars the most enjoyable?
The author is fantastic at describing the surroundings with enough detail to paint the image. However, he's not too verbose, so it's easy to be engaged and get caught up in his story.
What was one of the most memorable moments of How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars?
The build-up of tension among the founders over their first summer -- some very tense moments.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
This was my only issue. The narrator (I think it was the author himself) should've had someone else do the read. At times (especially when describing an apps user-interface that I've never seen) the narrator was just reading too fast so words were blending together and I had to rewind to understand him. I'd advise him to listen to the narration style of Jonathan Todd Ross for his future books (I really hope he writes another - I'm 100% in, no matter what subject matter)
If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?
Ideas are worthless but execution is priceless
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