Welcome to Litsy!

There's an old expression on Wall Street. 'When the ducks quack, feed them.' Have you heard of that? Back in the nineties investors wanted to buy anything with dotcom at the end of the name. So that's what we gave them. Our job isn't to talk people out of buying. Our job is to make what people want. Our job is to feed the ducks. And right now [2012-13], the ducks are hungry.
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Success is making those who believed in you look brilliant.

We‘ll y‘all, two big things are happening in my reading life.

1. I‘m finished with #nonfictionNovember. I‘ve read 10 NF books in Nov and 7 in October! 🎉📚🎉 I feel like that‘s pretty darn good! 😁😁

2. I will be rereading fiction books through the holidays to escape and hopefully ensure my depression will continue to improve. The first 6 are pictured above. 📚📚 Hugs to anyone else who feels stress around Dec! 🤗🤗🤗

First book of the #24in48 finished! (Obviously I had started it before the ‘thon.)

I really enjoyed this book. I have worked at some companies with kooky cultures, but HubSpot takes the cake! Definitely an interesting look into a tech startup. 4⭐️

#24in48readathon #nonfiction2018

Reading this book, ironically reminds me a bit of my own experience developing the Litsy app. I‘ve developed for a few small startups and they all bear resemblance to Lyons experience with Hubspot. The passage I captured here represents what I think is one of the key similarities to why many ventures fail. The book itself is entertaining but Dan comes off as a bit of a whiner. My experience with the first Litsy was disappointing but fun.

Reading this book and dying of laughter at the cross section of pokes at marketing and startups. Actually pretty sure at some point, this book might roast everyone. #tech #biz #nonfiction #lol

If you liked my angry blurb review, you'll ❤️love ❤️the FULL angry review on my blog! (With bonus other awful book about dudes and the tech industry)
👉🏻 https://seejaneread.squarespace.com/readjaneread/2017/7/9/a-truck-full-of-money-...

Hey Dan, here's some food for thought: maybe the problems with the tech industry are *actually* not because of "the youths" you despise or the products you don't understand. Maybe they're caused by entitled dudes who assume the world is going to be handed to them just because they showed up. Sound familiar? Alas, not confined to the tech industry, as you so perfectly demonstrated in this tale of, as you yourself put it, "beached white male" woe.

This after a sentence "I'm back in the world of grown ups." Yes, the mature and sensible world of grown ups where you talk about poop and huge cocks. Extremely slow clap.
P.S. I talk about that stuff too of course but I don't want a FUCKING MEDAL FOR IT.

OMG KAYAKING?! ON A RIVER?! Who are these IDIOTS omg somebody call the loony bin

First pages are all about how dude has no experience and is "reinventing" himself in an industry he has no background in. Then he finds out out young dude with three years of EXPERIENCE in the industry will be his boss. Proceeds to have mid-life temper tantrum meltdown at having to *gasp* interact with LOWLY MILLENNIALS. If the whole book is like this I may throw it across the room. Pray for me. And poor Zack. ??

Couldn't resist taking a screenshot of this page of the e-book my husband is reading. I think I'm already past "it". ?

Just started this - already seems spot-on.

Disrupted is observant, trenchant, sad, timely and absolutely hilarious.

Since it is already the 21st, here's today's #ReadJanuary. Today's prompt is "a topic you'd like to know more about" and I've selected Disrupted by Dan Lyons about his experiences as a non-millennial working at a startup. I'm fascinated by books about the inner workings of tech companies and Disrupted had a great inside look. Recommended for fans of Elon Musk's recent biography. Also, good luck to all doing #24in48! #atopicyoudliketoknowmoreabout

Funny, insightful book - especially if you work in technology or startups. I recognize so much in this book about my startup job that I hate, reading it felt like having a good ranting session with a witty, snarky friend.

Giving this book another read after the author gave a talk at my company, where I just started working. I've read the ebook version of this previously, and it's a hilarious story. Also, terrifying.

I loved this book for a lot of reasons. The politics, bosses and corporate hi-jinx felt familiar. But I also felt he was searching for complaints. We all have frustration and idiots in any job. He was one. He criticized people's work and then whined that no one liked him. But a candy wall ...crazy!

Probably not 100% accurate but I'm thinking pretty damn close.

Virkelig sjov og rammende bog om livet i en Silicon Valley start-up virksomhed. Forfatteren er også manuskriptforfatter til HBO-serien Silicon Valley.

Steps outside the reality distortion bubble of the hi-tech world. He's nailing it so far and he's probably the reason I can't watch more than a single episode of Silicon Valley because it is too on point.

This book was so funny and scary and true and it's pure therapy if you've ever felt surrounded by lunatics. I've experienced something similar at a company and therefore loved every page.

I'm kind of loving this book.

Started this last night. Picked it up partly because the author writes for Silicon Valley which is one of my favorite shows.