Reader Score
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Critic Reviews
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Hailed as the definitive book on Uber and Silicon Valley, Super Pumped is an epic story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth, and bad behavior that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic twelve-month periods in American corporate history.
Backed by billions in venture capital dollars and led by a brash and ambitious founder, Uber promised to revolutionize the way we move people and goods through the world. What followed would become a corporate cautionary tale about the perils of startup culture and a vivid example of how blind worship of startup founders can go wildly wrong.
"[The author's] engrossing portrait of Uber follows the company from its early days to Kalanick’s final ejection, returning repeatedly to the ways in which Uber used surveillance to build power."
Antonio García Martínez is an entrepreneur and author.
A PULL REQUEST EXCLUSIVE! For the first time, @emilmichael talks about the book and Showtime series 'Super Pumped,' what it was *really* like building Uber, getting dressed down by Apple, outwitting regulators, and that infamous journalist dinner. https://www.callin.com/room/emil-michael-is-not-super-pumped-about-super-jYmDSQzbES