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Bob Iger has had a long career—22 years at ABC, then 23 at Disney (after Disney acquired ABC). He started as a bottom-level crew member on television sets and eventually became CEO of Disney for 15 years. He led Disney through momentous changes in technology, global expansion, and its noted acquisitions of Pixar, Marvel, and Lucasfilm. He still looks back at his career in mild disbelief as an incredible, lucky ride of a lifetime.

This book is a retelling of his professional career, with his leadership principles woven in. You’ll learn why being an optimist is good for your career, how to take big risks, why you should always sweat the details, and how to fire someone respectfully.

Have you ever wondered how platform businesses like Spotify and Amazon became so successful? In Platform Revolution, a team of economists and businesspeople—Geoffrey G. Parker, Marshall W. Van Alstyne, and Sangeet Paul Choudary—offer some insight: Platform businesses harness their unique characteristics to drive competitiveness and transformation, resulting in profound economic, societal, and political impacts. Parker, Van Alstyne, and Choudary also highlight the distinct skill set required to operate such a business and provide practical tips for aspiring platform entrepreneurs.

In our guide, we’ll compare the platform business model to the traditional business model known as a pipeline, explain why platforms are becoming dominant, and explore their wide-ranging effects. We’ll also outline essential design and management strategies for platform developers. Our commentary will provide additional insights on economic concepts, discuss tips from business experts, and explore real-world applications of Platform Revolution principles.

In Exponential Organizations, Salim Ismail explains how to leverage new innovations in technology and business practice to build hugely successful companies. These companies have almost unlimited growth potential because they profit almost solely from information—a limitless resource that they can use more and more effectively as information technology continues to advance. Ismail is a renowned entrepreneur and business strategist. He’s also the founding executive director of Singularity University, a company that offers executive training and business consulting services.

Our guide will expand on Ismail’s ideas by drawing connections between this book and other popular business books such as Purple Cow and No Rules Rules. We’ll also look at how some actual businesses have put Ismail’s concepts into practice.

Tech platforms and the U.S government have increased their surveillance and censorship of the Internet over the past decade, sharply so during the COVID-19 pandemic. Will the Internet ever be truly “free” again?

A Supreme Court case is challenging the legal immunity that social media companies have enjoyed under US Code Section 230—a law saying companies that provide access to information via the internet are not liable for content posted by third parties. Learn how your social media feeds could change if SCOTUS rules that Section 230 doesn’t apply to social media companies.

A proposed Australian law that would require Google to pay local media outlets for news content led Google to declare an ultimatum—change the law, or we’re leaving the country.

Coinbase, a cryptocurrency trading platform, was listed on Nasdaq on April 14th and became one of the largest public debuts in the tech sector’s history. Some analysts caution that its valuation of approximately $85 billion is far too high. They argue that Coinbase’s dependence on high transaction fees is an inherent weakness, and that its revenues are too closely tied to Bitcoin’s volatile value. Supporters argue it holds a dominant position in the growing cryptocurrency market.

Curious about how Uber and Airbnb grew from seedlings to internet juggernauts?

The Upstarts covers the history of Uber and Airbnb, from their founding in 2008 to present day of 2016. Learn how each company started as just a side project, gathered momentum, and grew exponentially throughout the world. Learn how neither Uber nor Airbnb was the first idea of its kind, but through strategy and will, they came to dominate. Also learn how Uber and Airbnb attracted the ire of government, incumbents, the collaterally damaged, and its own customers.