Having covered the first dot com boom, and founded a web-to-print publishing business during the second one, Paul counts many of the leading Internet entrepreneurs amongst his closest friends. These friendships mean he doesn't just attend their product launches and press conferences and speak at their events, but also gets invited to their ultra-exclusive networking events, and gets drunk at their parties. Paul has enjoyed this bizarre world of excess without having to live in it. To help the moguls celebrate raising millions of pounds of funding without having to face the wrath of the venture capitalists himself. But in 2006, Paul decided he didn't want to be a spectator any more. He had been harbouring a great dot com project of his own and decided it was time to do something about it.
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'Hilarious...a terrific read...Paul Carr will have you gripped from the start' (PRESS ASSOCIATION )
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Paul Carr was born in 1979, but thanks to the events described in this book, he feels at least twenty year older. A former GUARDIAN New Media columnist and co-founder of two Internet companies, he knows the world of Internet moguls both inside and out.
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Great read, both informative and funny. Unfortunately some of the best humour is in the footnotes which are a bit of a faff on a kindle. You have to navigate to the link on the page and unlike the dictionary definitions which just pop up you have to click on it which takes you into the footnote appendix. I found myself reading ahead through the footnotes to save me some hassle, rather spoils the joke if you read the punch line first though!
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By L Love
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I read this whilst on holiday, and couldn't put it down!
Paul Carr lived (and continues to live - see 'The Upgrade') an exciting life, full of drama, that translates into book format in an excellent way.
Anybody interested in media or journalism, or the dot come bubble, or sex, or London, or entrepreneurship, or.... just read it!
Paul Carr lived (and continues to live - see 'The Upgrade') an exciting life, full of drama, that translates into book format in an excellent way.
Anybody interested in media or journalism, or the dot come bubble, or sex, or London, or entrepreneurship, or.... just read it!
By N. Ingham
Format:Kindle Edition
A great insight to finding the job you 'think' you want and what you learn along the way. Despite the outcome, Paul really does inspire you to make something of yourself and join the forever growing croud of internet people and get on down to Adam street! p.s. Facebook me Savannah!
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Bringing nothing to the party
A bit like Chris Evans in his biographies - he was clearly a complete c u next Tuesday at some point but he pulls off the amazing trick of making you somehow sympathetic. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Ants
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A great book
If you want to know what it was like in the new-media world at the start of the millennium then this is for you. Paul Carr tells the story perfectly in his easy-to-read style. Read more
Published on 9 Jan 2011 by Oxford Amazon
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Bring nothing to the party
Great book. A must read for anyone interested in the dot com world. Includes quite a few references to the entrepreneurs who have delivered memorable sites over the last few... Read more
Published on 8 Nov 2010 by J. Livsey
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Humorous tale of dotcom madness
As somebody who's been involved in the London digital / dotcom scene for quite a few years now, this book offers a great insight into the UK dotcom scene, a quick read that made me... Read more
Published on 2 Sep 2010 by Wozz
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Excellent read
Hilarious, well written and witty. A light, easy read about the real-life trials and tribulations of a wannabe dot com entrepreneur in London. Very current and topical.
Published on 4 Jun 2010 by MS
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Brilliant - must buy
A celvery written book, combining a love story and plenty of human interest with fascinating insights into the dealing of the VC world in London!
Published on 5 Jan 2010 by fireman_andy
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This is so 2007
If you're interested in this book, you probably already know Carr's work (The Guardian, Techcrunch, his blog, his twitter, and so on). Read more
Published on 8 Dec 2009 by A. Hervaud
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Misspent youth...
Very much enjoyed Paul Carr's romp through the UK Internet scene. Several reminders of my similarly misspent 20s as he stumbled, alcohol-fueled, from one semi-disaster to the next. Read more
Published on 9 Sep 2009 by James Turnbull
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It's great.
Paul Carr is a great writer who could write a funny book about any subject. I LOL'd several times.
Published on 15 Nov 2008 by T. Boardman
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Hysterically witty: a briliant read
The author Paul Carr is that most skilled and talented of writers: he's able to elicit empathy from his readers, alongside mild revulsion. Read more
Published on 29 Sep 2008 by Zoe Margolis
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