TY - BOOK AU - Stone, Brad TI - The Upstarts: Uber, Airbnb and the Battle for the New Silicon Valley SN - 9780552172585 U1 - 658.1144 PY - 2017/// CY - London PB - Transworld Publishers Ltd. KW - Entrepreneurship - Biography KW - Sharing - Economic aspects N1 - Part I: Side projects. 1. The trough of sorrow: the early years of Airbnb 2. Jam sessions: the early years of Uber 3. The nonstarters: SeamlessWeb, Taxi Magic, Cabulous, Couch surfing, Zimride 4. The growth hacker: How Airbnb took off 5. Blood, sweat, and ramen: how Uber conquered San Francisco Part II: Empire building. 6. The wartime CEO: Airbnb fights on two fronts 7. The playbook: Uber's expansion begins 8. Travis's law: The rise of ridesharing 9. Too big to regulate: Airbnb's fight in New York City Part III: The trial of the upstarts. 10. God view: Uber's rough ride 11. Escape velocity: Fights and fables with Airbnb 12. Global mega-unicorn death match!: Uber versus the world ER -