Thursday, January 16, 2014

Q A with Betas, Amazon's Show About Startup Life in Silicon Valley

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Popular culture may have turned its gaze westward, toward the mirage of wunderkind coders, open floor plans studded with perks, and suddenly ubiquitous apps that make their makers insta-millionaires. But the competition to get Silicon Valley right has been flaccid. I was burned by Bravo , bored by Bloomberg , and avoided The Internship like a sticker pack . However Betas , Amazon's original series about social awkward 20-somethings building a social app called "brb," gets some details surprisingly right. Read more...