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24 alternatives to Re/code Media - Dan Lyons, Author, “Disrupted”

From Fake Steve Jobs to HBO’s “Silicon Valley”

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Re/code Media - Dan Lyons, Author, “Disrupted” launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-up Bubble by Dan Lyons▲20

   Veteran journalist takes a job in GenY-oriented high tech

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble ▲6

   Dan Lyons wild ride at Hubspot

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Valley Speak▲94

   Deciphering the jargon of Silicon Valley

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Chaos Monkeys▲94

   Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Chaos Monkeys▲74

   Obscene fortune and random failure in Silicon Valley

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Disrupted▲78

   My misadventure in the start-up bubble

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Road to learn React – Build a Hacker News App on the Way▲339

   2016 · robinwieruch.de · its alternatives →

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   Fresh Air - A 'Misadventure in the Start-up Bubble'▲56

   An interview with the man behind the Fake Steve Jobs blog

   2016 · its alternatives →

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   Re/code Decode - Nick Denton▲62

   Facebook is the boss, and Gawker will fall in line

   2016 · its alternatives →

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    Re/code Decode - Jeremy Stoppelman, Yelp CEO▲91

    Virtual reality and why Google has 'lost its mind'

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Collapse Comments on Hacker News▲93

    2016 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →

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    What "Disruption" Really Means▲152

    An illustrated explanation, from Hardbound

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Love Your Work w/ David Kadavy – Is Silicon Valley Leading Us Into The Robot Apocalypse? ▲63

    An interview with Nir Eyal

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Recode Decode: Satirizing Silicon Valley▲63

    This is your life in Silicon Valley: I wanted to hit a nerve

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    BBC Tech Tent - Seeking Satoshi▲55

    From the BBC, a dissection of the biggest issues in tech.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Ship it▲281

    Free book where Silicon Valley product managers reveal all 🙊

    2018 · its alternatives →

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    Re/code Decode - Shyp CEO, Kevin Gibbon▲128

    This podcast is the Uber for “Why?”

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    The Program – A fictional podcast inspired by Hacker News stories▲162

    2018 · programaudioseries.com · its alternatives →

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    Bloomberg Studio 1.0 - Emily Chang with Brad Stone, Gary Vaynerchuk and Biz Stone▲72

    New media and the making of Silicon Valley

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    TrapCrunch▲126

    "Someone Made A TechCrunch Parody Site And It’s Hilarious"

    2014 · its alternatives →

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    Building Nexcast Part 13 - False Start▲60

    How we got dropped from the new Apple TV show 😥

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Startupland▲118

    The story of Zendesk: From idea to IPO

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Fearless Genius ▲80

    The digital revolution in Silicon Valley 1985 - 2000

    2015 · its alternatives →

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    Chaos Monkeys▲72

    An exposé of life inside the tech bubble

    2016 · its alternatives →

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