Startup: A Novel

Startup: A Novel
- Synopsys: -->Mack Mcallister Has A $600 Million Dollar Idea. His Mindfulness App Takeoff Is Already The Hottest Thing In Tech And He's About To Launch A New And Improved Version That Promises To Bring Investors Running And May Turn His Brainchild Into A $1 Billion Dollar Business--in Startup Parlance An Elusive Unicorn. Katya Pasternack Is Hungry For A Scoop That Will Drive Traffic. An Ambitious Young Journalist At A Gossipy Tech Blog Katya Knows That She Needs More Than Another Pr Friendly Puff Piece To Make Her The Go-to Byline For Industry News. Sabrina Choe Blum Just Wants To Stay Afloat. The Exhausted Mother Of Two And Failed Creative Writer Is Trying To Escape From Her Credit Card Debt And An Inattentive Husband--who Also Happens To Be Katya's Boss--as She Rejoins A Work Force That Has Gotten Younger Hipper And Much More Computer Literate Since She's Been Away. Before The Ink On Mack's Latest Round Of Funding Is Dry An Errant Text Message Hints That He May Be Working A Bit Too Closely For Comfort With A Young Social Media Manager In His Office. When Mack's Bad Behavior Collides With Katya's Search For A Salacious Post Sabrina Gets Caught In The Middle As Takeoff Goes Viral For All The Wrong Reasons. As The Fallout From Mack's Scandal Engulfs The Lower Manhattan Office Building Where All Three Work It's Up To Katya And Sabrina To Write The Story The Men In Their Lives Would Prefer Remain Untold. An Assured Observant Debut From Doree Shafrir Startup Is A Sharp Hugely Entertaining Story Of Youth Ambition Love Money And Technology's Inability To Hack Human Nature.--dust Jacket. Doree Shafrir.| Author: Shafrir Doree. | Publisher: Little Brown and Company| Pages: 304| Publication Date: 2017| Edition: 1| Binding: Hardcover| MSRP: 26| ISBN13: 9780316360388| ISBN: 0316360384| Other ISBN: 9780316360371| Other ISBN Binding: printisbn| Language: en| Quality Rating: 1|"Book cover image may be different than what appears on the actual book."
"A biting and astute debut novel [with] many delights." --Lara Vapnyar, New York Times Book Review

Recommended as a book to read this month by BuzzFeed, Bustle, Entertainment Weekly, Fast Company, Nylon, Town & Country and Lit Hub

One of the most anticipated books of 2017--Vulture, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, PopSugar and Book Riot's "All the Books" Podcast

From veteran online journalist and BuzzFeed writer Doree Shafrir comes a hilarious debut novel that proves there are some dilemmas that no app can solve.

Mack McAllister has a $600 million dollar idea. His mindfulness app, TakeOff, is already the hottest thing in tech and he's about to launch a new and improved version that promises to bring investors running and may turn his brainchild into a $1 billion dollar business--in startup parlance, an elusive unicorn.

Katya Pasternack is hungry for a scoop that will drive traffic. An ambitious young journalist at a gossipy tech blog, Katya knows that she needs more than another PR friendly puff piece to make her the go-to byline for industry news.

Sabrina Choe Blum just wants to stay afloat. The exhausted mother of two and failed creative writer is trying to escape from her credit card debt and an inattentive husband-who also happens to be Katya's boss-as she rejoins a work force that has gotten younger, hipper, and much more computer literate since she's been away.

Before the ink on Mack's latest round of funding is dry, an errant text message hints that he may be working a bit too closely for comfort with a young social media manager in his office. When Mack's bad behavior collides with Katya's search for a salacious post, Sabrina gets caught in the middle as TakeOff goes viral for all the wrong reasons. As the fallout from Mack's scandal engulfs the lower Manhattan office building where all three work, it's up to Katya and Sabrina to write the story the men in their lives would prefer remain untold.

An assured, observant debut from the veteran online journalist Doree Shafrir, Startup is a sharp, hugely entertaining story of youth, ambition, love, money and technology's inability to hack human nature.
Country USA
Brand LITTLE, BROWN
Manufacturer Little, Brown and Company
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780316360388
ReleaseDate 2017-04-25
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780316360388

Country	USA
Brand	LITTLE, BROWN
Manufacturer	Little, Brown and Company
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780316360388
ReleaseDate	2017-04-25
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780316360388

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