<p><b><i>New York Times </i>bestselling author of <i>The Everything Store</i> Brad Stone takes us deep inside the new Silicon Valley.</b><br><br>Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger¿s car, or walking into a stranger¿s home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it¿s as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb are household names: redefining neighbourhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business and changing the way we travel.<br><br>In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, a new generation of entrepreneurs is sparking yet another cultural upheaval through technology. They are among the Upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Young, hungry and brilliant, they are rewriting the traditional rules of business, changing our day-to-day lives and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process.<br><br><i>The Upstarts </i>is the definit