- Paperback: 288 pages
- Publisher: W&N (14 Aug 2008)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 029785545X
- ISBN-13: 978-0297855453
- Product Dimensions: 23 x 15.2 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 394,675 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It's like a booze, drug and sex-fuelled genius teenager's diary and you can't not chuckle" (CITY AM )
"Carr is an excellent storyteller, and you'll end up really wanting to corner him at the bar one of these nights" (NEW MEDIA KNOWLEDGE )
"his limitless capacity for drink, work and web-related ideas are utterly endearing. This is completely addictive reading" (PRESS ASSOCIATION )
Christmas recommendation: "Anyone who wants a glimpse into the world of the successful - and not so successful - London internet entrepreneur need look no further" (Edie Lush THE SPECTATOR )
"Carr is an excellent storyteller, and you'll end up really wanting to corner him at the bar one of these nights" (NEW MEDIA KNOWLEDGE )
"his limitless capacity for drink, work and web-related ideas are utterly endearing. This is completely addictive reading" (PRESS ASSOCIATION )
Christmas recommendation: "Anyone who wants a glimpse into the world of the successful - and not so successful - London internet entrepreneur need look no further" (Edie Lush THE SPECTATOR )
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As a journalist covering the first dot.com boom, Paul Carr spent his life meeting the world's most successful young Internet entrepreneurs. In doing so he came to count many of them amongst his closest friends. These friendships meant he was not only able to attend their press conferences and speak at their events, but also get invited to their ultra-exclusive networking events in London and New York, get drunk at their New Year parties in their luxury Soho apartments and tag along when they threw impromptu parties at strip clubs after raising tens of millions of pounds in funding. And being a lowly hack, rather than a super-hyped new media mogul, Paul was able to enjoy this bizarre world of excess without actually having to be part of it. To help the moguls celebrate raising their millions without having to face the wrath of the venture capitalists himself. There was just one problem. He wanted to be rich and famous too. So, at the age of 25, 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, with a second Internet boom on the horizon, he decided it was time to do something about it. In 'Bringing Nothing to the Party', Paul uses his unparalleled (and totally uncensored) access to tell the real story of a unique group of hard-partying, high-achieving young entrepreneurs - and his attempts to join them, whatever the cost.
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Bringing nothing to the party,
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This review is from: Bringing Nothing to the Party: True Confessions of a New Media Whore (Paperback)
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. Therefore - annoyingly well written.
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This review is from: Bringing Nothing To The Party: True Confessions Of A New Media Whore (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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Business Dunce / Journalist genius,
By A. I. Mackenzie "alimack" (Glasgow, Scotland.) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER) (VINE VOICE) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Bringing Nothing To The Party (Paperback)
This is a very funny book.
The book chronicles Paul's move from journalist to web entrepreneur and back again, with real wit and a complete lack of shame. Paul Carr is an excellent journalist, but was ill-suited to run an internet business as he admits. He skewers the overly pompous, although it's hard to see why he takes a dislike to some people (Ben Cohen for example) when he seems to be pretty shameless about self-promotion himself - he seems to share the same faults! Read it if you're interested in web business or really just fancy a laugh. Apparently it's not necessary to have actually met the author before you read (or review) the book, although he still get pretty good sales even if that's his only audience.
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