Bøger af Ashlee Vance

In the spirit of Steve Jobs and Moneyball, Elon Musk is both an illuminating and authorized look at the extraordinary life of one of Silicon Valleys most exciting, unpredictable, and ambitious entrepreneursa real-life Tony Starkand a fascinating exploration of the renewal of American invention and its new makers.Elon Musk spotlights the technology and vision of Elon Musk, the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity, who sold one of his Internet companies, PayPal, for $1.5 billion. Ashlee Vance captures the full spectacle and arc of the geniuss life and work, from his tumultuous upbringing in South Africa and flight to the United States to his dramatic technical innovations and entrepreneurial pursuits.Vance uses Musks story to explore one of the pressing questions of our age: can the nation of inventors and creators who led the modern world for a century still compete in an age of fierce global competition? He argues that Muskone of the most unusual and striking figures in American business historyis a contemporary, visionary amalgam of legendary inventors and industrialists including Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes, and Steve Jobs. More than any other entrepreneur today, Musk has dedicated his energies and his own vast fortune to inventing a future that is as rich and far-reaching as the visionaries of the golden age of science-fiction fantasy.Thorough and insightful, Elon Musk brings to life a technology industry that is rapidly and dramatically changing by examining the life of one of its most powerful and influential titans.

South African born Elon Musk is the renowned entrepreneur and innovator behind PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla, and SolarCity. Musk wants to save our planet; he wants to send citizens into space, to form a colony on Mars; he wants to make money while doing these things; and he wants us all to know about it. He is the real-life inspiration for the Iron Man series of films starring Robert Downey Junior.The personal tale of Musk s life comes with all the trappings one associates with a great, drama-filled story. He was a freakishly bright kid who was bullied brutally at school, and abused by his father. In the midst of these rough conditions, and the violence of apartheid South Africa, Musk still thrived academically and attended the University of Pennsylvania, where he paid his own way through school by turning his house into a club and throwing massive parties.He started a pair of huge dot-com successes, including PayPal, which eBay acquired for $1.5 billion in 2002. Musk was forced out as CEO and so began his lost years in which he decided to go it alone and baffled friends by investing his fortune in rockets and electric cars. Meanwhile Musk s marriage disintegrated as his technological obsessions took over his life ...Elon Musk is the Steve Jobs of the present and the future, and for the past twelve months, he has been shadowed by tech reporter, Ashlee Vance. Elon Musk: How the Billionaire CEO of Spacex and Tesla is Shaping our Future is an important, exciting and intelligent account of the real-life Iron Man.

From his humble beginnings in apartheid South Africa, he showed himself to be an exceptionally bright child, and overcame brutal bullying to become the world's most exciting entrepreneur, founding PayPal, SpaceX, Tesla and Solar City. He has emerged as something of a superhero-like figure for today's generation of children.

Nyd bestseller succesen som lydbog på din telefon, i bilen eller lige hvor du har lyst - når du har lyst. Den anmelderroste bog om Elon Musk er tilgængelig som digital download i MP3 format indtalt af Henrik Hartvig-Jørgensen.Få et unikt indblik i hverdagen og historien bag verdens vigtigste erhvervsleder, Elon Musk. Manden bag Tesla Motors. Erhvervslivets Iron Man.Den utrolige beretning forestås af den erfarne teknologi-journalist Ashlee Vance. Bag firmaerne Tesla Motors, PayPal, SolarCity og SpaceX, står Elon Musk, hvilket gør ham til en af de mest driftige og mest succesfulde iværksættere i Silicon Valley. Bogen er skrevet med forfatterens eksklusive adgang til Elon Musk i utallige samtaler samt med hans familie og venner.Det er beskrivelsen om rejsen fra en hård opvækst i Sydafrika til toppen af den internationale erhvervselite. Om en mand der ofte på randen af personlig ruin har revitaliseret et uddøende amerikansk industrielt produktionsapparat. Om nye innovative højder og anseelig modstand fra en etableret industri. Vance bruger fortællingen om Elon Musk til at udforske spørgsmålet: Er de bærende kræfter som skabte den moderne verden over et århundrede stadig konkurrencedygtige i en tid med massiv kynisk global konkurrence?Elon Musk er en af de mest usædvanlige skikkelser i amerikansk erhvervsliv nogensinde – et nutidigt amalgam af ikoner som Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes og Steve Jobs. En ultra-karismatisk leder som inspirerer med et radikalt syn på alt fra design til software, fossile brændstoffer og kunstig intelligens.

"Inspiring stories and practical insights challenge readers to live a life of everyday greatness. Best-selling author Stephen Covey and ""Reader's Digest"" have joined forces to produce an extraordinary volume of inspiration, insight, and motivation to live a life of character and contribution.

Luces y sombras del 'nuevo Steve Jobs' que está revolucionando la industria energética, automovilística y aeroespacialEsta es una mirada compleja a un hombre complejo, una moderna combinación de Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes y Steve Jobs. Su nombre es Elon Musk, y es el empresario que está detrás de Tesla Motors, SpaceX y SolarCity, empresas innovadoras en sus respectivos campos --la automovilística, la aeronáutica y la energía-- con las que Musk está consiguiendo hacer realidad lo que hasta hace poco no era más que ciencia ficción Nacido en Sudáfrica, Musk tuvo una infancia difícil de niño prodigio con la mirada puesta en Estados Unidos. En cuanto pudo, cruzó medio mundo para estudiar en Pennsylvania. Vendió la primera empresa que creó, Zip2, por 300 millones de dólares, y la segunda PayPal, por 1,500. A partir de ese momento, empezó a soñar a lo grande: coches eléctricos a precios asequibles, cohetes espaciales, colonias en Marte, un tren capaz de circular a 1,200 kilómetros por hora, baterías de litio en las que almacenar energía y poder prescindir de las eléctricas... Esta es la verdadera historia de la tumultuosa ascensión a las cumbres del mundo empresarial de Musk, un hombre que ha revolucionado la industria americana y ha roto todos los límites de la innovación, ganándose inevitablemente unos cuantos enemigos por el camino. Más que un inventor, más que un pensador, más que un genio, Musk es el perfecto ejemplo del emprendedor que persigue cambiar nuestra vida cotidiana hasta extremos que todavía no somos capaces de imaginar.

An Instant New York Times Bestseller A momentous look at the private companies building a revolutionary new economy in space, from the New York Times bestselling author of Elon MuskIn When the Heavens Went on Sale, Ashlee Vance illuminates our future and unveils the next big technology story of our time: welcome to the Wild West of aerospace engineering and its unprecedented impact on our lives.With the launch of SpaceX's Falcon 1 rocket in 2008, Silicon Valley began to realize that the universe itself was open for business. Now, Vance tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied intergalactic land grab by following four pioneering companies?Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs, and Rocket Lab?as they build new space systems and attempt to launch rockets and satellites into orbit by the thousands.With the public fixated on the space tourism being driven by the likes of Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Richard Branson, these new, scrappy companies arrived with a different set of goals: to make rocket and satellite launches fast and cheap, thereby opening Earth's lower orbit for business. Vance has had a front-row seat and singular access to this peculiar and unprecedented moment in history, and he chronicles it all in full color: the top-secret launch locations, communes, gun-toting bodyguards, drugs, espionage investigations, and multimillionaires guzzling booze to dull the pain as their fortunes disappear.Through immersive and intimate reporting, When the Heavens Went on Sale reveals the spectacular chaos of the new business of space, and what happens when the idealistic, ambitious minds of Silicon Valley turn their unbridled vision toward the limitless expanse of the stars. This is the tale of technology's most pressing and controversial revolution, as told through fascinating characters chasing unimaginable stakes in the race to space.

"Highly recommended for high school and ambitious middle school readers.” —School Library Journal"A valuable addition to STEM-themed collections." —VOYAAn in-depth look into the extraordinary life of the world's most important entrepreneur, Elon MuskThis fascinating and easily accessible paperback young readers' adaptation of Ashlee Vance's New York Times bestselling Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future features black-and-white photographs throughout and an epilogue. The version for adults has been praised as "riveting” (The Financial Times), "spirited” (The Wall Street Journal), and "masterful” (Vice). Now younger readers can read about this innovative leader who is revolutionizing three industries at once: space, automotive, and energy.There are few people in history who could match Elon Musk's relentless drive and vision. A modern combination of famous inventors and industrialists like Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, and Steve Jobs, Elon is the man behind companies such as SpaceX, Tesla Motors, SolarCity, and PayPal that are transforming the way we live.Written with exclusive access to Elon, his family, and his friends, this book traces Elon's journey from a kid in South Africa to a young man in the United States, his dramatic technical inventions, and his world-changing companies. Elon has sparked new levels of innovation in the world, and this book gives young readers a detailed but fast-paced look at his story. A Junior Library Guild Selection!

The definitive guide to the places and people that built the area between San Francisco and San Jose, California, evoking a sense of the Hollywood-like magic that made Silicon Valley a locale envied the world over.

Få et unikt indblik i hverdagen og historien bag verdens vigtigste erhvervsleder, Elon Musk. Manden bag Tesla Motors. Erhvervslivets Iron Man.Den utrolige beretning forestås af den erfarne teknologi-journalist Ashlee Vance. Bag firmaerne Tesla Motors, PayPal, SolarCity og SpaceX, står Elon Musk, hvilket gør ham til en af de mest driftige og mest succesfulde iværksættere i Silicon Valley. Bogen er skrevet med forfatterens eksklusive adgang til Elon Musk i utallige samtaler samt med hans familie og venner.Det er beskrivelsen om rejsen fra en hård opvækst i Sydafrika til toppen af den internationale erhvervselite. Om en mand der ofte på randen af personlig ruin har revitaliseret et uddøende amerikansk industrielt produktionsapparat. Om nye innovative højder og anseelig modstand fra en etableret industri. Vance bruger fortællingen om Elon Musk til at udforske spørgsmålet: Er de bærende kræfter som skabte den moderne verden over et århundrede stadig konkurrencedygtige i en tid med massiv kynisk global konkurrence?Elon Musk er en af de mest usædvanlige skikkelser i amerikansk erhvervsliv nogensinde – et nutidigt amalgam af ikoner som Thomas Edison, Henry Ford, Howard Hughes og Steve Jobs. En ultra-karismatisk leder som inspirerer med et radikalt syn på alt fra design til software, fossile brændstoffer og kunstig intelligens.