How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars

<p><b>'A fast-paced highly readable history of one of the defining companies of our time. If you're interested in Snapchat or just plain mystified by it you must read this book' -- Brad Stone</b><br><br><b>Would you turn down three billion dollars from Mark Zuckerberg?</b><br><br>When he was just twenty-three years old Evan Spiegel the brash CEO of the social network Snapchat stunned the world when he and his co-founders walked away from a three-billion-dollar offer from Facebook: how could an app teenagers use to text dirty photos dream of a higher valuation? Was this hubris or genius?<br><br>In <i>How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars</i> Billy Gallagher takes us inside the rise of one of Silicon Valley&#146;s hottest start-ups. Snapchat began as a late-night dorm room revelation before Spiegel went on to make a name for himself as a visionary CEO worth billions linked to celebrities like Taylor Swift and his fianc&#233;e Miranda Kerr.<br><br>A fellow Stanford undergrad and fraternity brother of the company&#146;s founding trio Billy Gallagher has covered Snapchat from the start. His inside account offers an entertaining trip through the excess and drama of the hazy early days with a professional insight into the challenges Snapchat faces as it transitions from a playful app to one of the tech industry&#146;s preeminent public companies. In the tradition of great business narratives <i>How to Turn Down a Billion Dollars</i> offers the definitive account of a company whose goal is no less than to remake the future of entertainment.</p>