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This is Rage

A Novel of Silicon Valley and Other Madness

ISBN-13: 9781611880717
Publisher: STORY PLANT PRINT
Imprint: STORY PLANT PRINT
By Ken Goldstein
Price: AUD $32.99
Stock: 0 in stock
Availability: This book is temporarily out of stock, order will be despatched as soon as fresh stock is received.
Local release date: 08/10/2013
Format: Paperback (229.00mm X 153.00mm) 530 pages Weight: 624g
Categories: Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945) [FA]

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Author Biography
Google Preview: This is the story of Investors, Bankers, and Operators in Silicon Valley and the variation on real they're creating for our consumption. This is the story of a disgraced shock jock turned Internet radio phenomenon and how he becomes the catalyst he never imagined being. This is the story of two entrepreneurs-turned kidnappers-turned anti-heroes. This is business in the Twenty-first Century. This is the unpredictability of the human element. This is rage.; Ken Goldstein advises a number of start-ups and established corporations in technology, entertainment, media, and e-commerce. He served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of SHOP.COM, a market leader in online consumer commerce acquired by Market America. He previously served as executive vice president and managing director of Disney Online, and as vice president of entertainment at Broderbund Software. Earlier in his career, he developed computer games for Philips Interactive Media and Cinemaware Corporation, and also worked as a television executive. He is active in children's welfare issues and has served on the boards of the Make-A-Wish Foundation of Greater Los Angeles, Hathaway-Sycamores Child and Family Services, and Full Circle Programs, and is currently actively in local government. He speaks and teaches frequently on topics of management, leadership, and creative destruction. He and his wife Shelley, who teaches English as a Second Language, make their home in Southern California. He received his BA in Theater Studies and Philosophy from Yale. THIS IS RAGE is his first novel.; Google Preview content