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The Venture Alchemists: How Big Tech Turned Profits into Power

By Rob Lalka
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
Unabridged — 16 hours, 42 minutes
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By Rob Lalka
Narrated by: Chris Abernathy
Unabridged — 16 hours, 42 minutes
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We once idolized tech entrepreneurs for creating innovations that seemed like modern miracles. We now blame them for spreading lies, breaking laws, and causing chaos. Yesterday's Silicon Valley darlings have become today's Big Tech villains. Which is it? Are they superheroes or scoundrels? Or is it more complicated?



In The Venture Alchemists, Rob Lalka demystifies how tech entrepreneurs built empires that made trillions. Meta started as a Halloween prank, Alphabet began as a master's thesis ...