Startup

I need to update this because after absorbing this book and the contents of this read I can genuinely say what I want to say about this one. I am rating this a 2 star review. I hated how much emphasis on the sexual interactions was within this book. I was pretty infuriated throughout when the main male CEO of the startup was this womanizer and coming off as this high and all mighty ego prick. I have a startup of my own. I've been many accelerators and incubators and have interacted with all walks whether they are east coast, west coast, and midwest/belt located startups and I can assure you that its not THAT toxic of an environment. Yes the portrayal of getting beta, and the hustle and flow of getting funded and the stress a CEO experiences to kick off running and be profitable, beautifully spot on. But this book was disgusting over emphasized on the sexual interactions and inappropriate work place harassment of many of the characters. I know this is just a fiction book but these stereotypes upset many of those of us taking the risk of throwing all they got into their vision and companies...I've never read anything Shafrir and I will say the flow of the story was good, I just didn't like the characters and how the women came off as throwing themselves to have sex with these big name CEOs and being weak within the confines of workplace harassment. I know this has happened to many women in tech including big name startups like Uber and Twitter but an everyday startup is more focused on getting kicked off than all this other nonsense. I wish there was more emphasis on pitching to investors, and how the engineers and marketers work instead of this scandal focus on who the CEO is sleeping with... I will say when this first started it really described the rush of competing and being a part of a startup but then this other element of unnecessary proportions unraveled and I just was more disgusted than anything.