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From cryptocurrencies, blockchain, the metaverse, Web3, and NFTs, to self-driving vehicles, delivery drones, solid state batteries, eVTOLs, and more, technology bubbles have been inflating and popping for many years. Each time a bubble pops, tens if not hundreds of billions of investment dollars disappear with them. Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles arms the reader with the tools required to differentiate between bubbles and genuine, sustainable technological revolutionaries. Under the expert tutelage of Jeffrey Funk, you will learn: • The economics of modern businesses and how they lead to bubbles forming. • How to assess new technologies to sift viable investments from hype-driven bubbles. • That you can be a far better judge of new technologies than so-called “industry experts”. • How to identify exciting new opportunities in a world of money-losing startups.","forthcoming":false,"isbn13":"9781804090886","publication_date":"20241022","publisher":"Harriman House","slug":"unicorns-hype-and-bubbles","subtitle":"A Guide to Spotting, Avoiding, and Exploiting Investment Bubbles in Tech","title":"Unicorns, Hype, and Bubbles"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"BUS017030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Venture Capital","score":0.8331,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS036060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Stocks","score":0.7618,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS036090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Portfolio Management","score":0.7595,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"BUS017030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Venture Capital","score":0.8331,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS036060","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Stocks","score":0.7618,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"BUS036090","confidence_band":"medium","label":"Portfolio Management","score":0.7595,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"BUS017030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Venture Capital","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BUS068000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Economic Development","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"BUS069030","confidence_band":"high","label":"Economic Theory","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Venture Capital","score":0.8331,"slug":"venture-capital"},{"label":"Stocks","score":0.7618,"slug":"stocks"},{"label":"Portfolio Management","score":0.7595,"slug":"portfolio-management"}],"reader_fit":["Investors assessing new technologies and startup opportunities","Readers seeking ways to distinguish viable tech investments from hype"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Jason Calacanis"],"book_id":"9780062560704","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780062560704.jpg?v=c05fcbcab12eac9d","score":0.7139,"title":"Angel","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780062560704"},{"authors":["Andrew Packer"],"book_id":"9780893348953","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780893348953.jpg?v=03d70dd75d9a88c4","score":0.7084,"title":"Uncharted","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780893348953"},{"authors":["Ric Edelman"],"book_id":"9781668002322","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781668002322.jpg?v=3f708940b9aa36da","score":0.6919,"title":"The Truth About Crypto","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781668002322"},{"authors":["Sebastian Mallaby"],"book_id":"9780525559993","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780525559993.jpg?v=b9dd4fb803ee44bc","score":0.6916,"title":"The Power Law","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780525559993"},{"authors":["Alison McCauley"],"book_id":"9781492057970","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781492057970.jpg?v=98d14732b6ce227c","score":0.6898,"title":"Unblocked","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781492057970"},{"authors":["Pranay Gupta","Mandy Tham Tze Tham"],"book_id":"9781547417087","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781547417087.jpg?v=709640c0cc155bb4","score":0.6854,"title":"Fintech","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781547417087"},{"authors":["James Deitch"],"book_id":"9783110649413","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9783110649413.jpg?v=6fa0d4d49b8a0d48","score":0.6775,"title":"Disruptive Fintech","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9783110649413"},{"authors":["Mehran Gul"],"book_id":"9781982110536","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781982110536.jpg?v=8cf779fccf1d0ce2","score":0.6772,"title":"The New Geography of Innovation","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781982110536"}],"topics":[{"evidence_refs":["keyword:investor ideas"],"label":"Ideas","score":0.0281,"slug":"ideas"}],"what_you_get":["Themes: Technology investment bubbles, Assessing emerging technologies, Startup economics.","Themes: Ideas.","Reading lane: Venture Capital and Stocks."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"unknown","reader_fit":["Investors assessing new technologies and startup opportunities","Readers seeking ways to distinguish viable tech investments from hype"],"themes":["Technology investment bubbles","Assessing emerging technologies","Startup economics"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":26,"goodreads_ratings_count":22,"goodreads_reviews_count":3,"quality_score":0.8499}}