Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble

By Dan Lyons

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs, Business & Money

After losing his job at Newsweek, journalist Dan Lyons takes a job at HubSpot, a Boston software start-up, at the age of fifty-two. He describes a culture of free candy, teddy bears and young employees, along with corporate jargon, constant churn and questionable business practices. Lyons offers a satirical and critical look at the tech start-up economy and what it means for workers.

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• Shane Parrish: “A fun read about Dan Lyons, who for 25 years was a magazine writer, until one day when he gets fired from Newsweek, lands at a startup with the value title of “marketing fellow.” The book is an insightful look at HubSpot’s culture as well as a trenchant analysis of the start-up world and the delta between those who…”
• David Heinemeier Hansson: “What a wonderful mirror for much of the contemporary bullshit around startups... Strongly recommended.”