Brad Stone, Author of The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World

Among other topics, Brad discusses the following issues with Metis Strategy: * The similarities and differences between the cultures of Airbnb and Uber * Challenges and concerns faced by Airbnb and Uber * The influence of Jeff Bezos and Amazon on Airbnb and Uber * The successful balance of idealism and aggression as an indicator of a startup’s success * Growing pains experienced by startups as they attempt to transition to public companies * The importance of startups having a strong executive team around a CEO * Travis Kalanick’s and Brian Chesney’s leadership styles * The role of tech companies in managing the cultural anxiety caused by technological advance Brad Stone's Biography Brad is the author of the recent release The Upstarts: How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley are Changing the World. Brad’s previous book, The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon was both a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller and won the 2013 Financial Times/Goldman Sachs Business Book of the Year Award. Brad is the senior executive editor for technology at Bloomberg News, a $9 billion global news and information organization. He oversees a team of 50 reporters and editors that cover high-tech companies, startups, and internet trends around the world. Brad also co-hosts a weekly Bloomberg podcast, Decrypted, and contributes to a morning email newsletter on technology called Fully Charged. Previously, Brad was a senior writer for Bloomberg Businessweek and a technology correspondent for the New York Times. Brad holds a bachelor of arts in English from Columbia University.