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The Start-Up ReviewSilicon Valley and cliffhangers may be strange bedfellows, but Palo Alto writer Sadie Hayes debut, "The Start-Up," is an unexpectedly addictive new novel that combines high tech hi-jinks with high tech publishing: a serial eNovel with monthly new releases planned.
Adam and Amelia Dory are Stanford freshmen; orphans raised by foster families attending the west coast's answer to the Ivy League on scholarship. In a neat twist, it is Amelia who's the geek - the introverted programmer more comfortable in The Bill Gates Computer Science Center than at a frat party. Not so for Amelia's computer-matched roommate, Patty Hawkins, privileged party girl whose wealthy parents are also trustees of the university. Brother Adam is likeable and ambitious, a part-time bar tender for a caterer fully aware of the millions being made in California's latest Internet Gold Rush. So when the decidedly not materialistic Amelia stumbles onto an opportunity to join a new high-profile technology incubator, she demurs, much to Adam's dismay. The simple plot quickly thickens when the twins find themselves entangled in multi-billion dollar acquisitions, top-tier venture capitalists, family tensions, and fledgling love affairs, mixing to create a delicious stew of treachery, deceit, power, and envy, that is, just another day in America's capital of innovation.
Hayes writes an easy but confident prose; lean and clean story lines unencumbered by unnecessary trappings or pretension; here is an author who knows her stuff and, more importantly, knows how to tell a story. Her characters are authentic - having lived and worked in Silicon Valley for the nearly two decades, I've "known" every one of her cast, from the reclusive programmer genius with little regard for the money guys to the arrogant and powerful denizens of Sand Hill Road to the clueless wannabes who'd die to be either. Stanford's leafy campus, Atherton's overdone mansions, and Palo Alto's University Café ring true as the arenas where the brilliant and the shallow-minded collide and rebound.
Hayes' serial format is as intriguing as it is risky, but for one, I'm anxiously waiting for the next episode to see how Adam and Amelia extract themselves from dilemma they've innocently created. Bravo, Sadie!
The Start-Up OverviewSet against the fast-paced, winner-take-all world of Silicon Valley, where today's software geek is tomorrow's billionaire, The Start-Up chronicles the meteoric rise of Adam and Amelia Dory, a talented brother and sister team. With only each other to rely on, the naïve eighteen-year-olds must make their way through a treacherous world of money, power, and envy.This suspenseful and exciting episode is the first installment in an ongoing serial story. “Who knew Silicon Valley could be sexy? Sadie Hayes' debut ebook series The Start-Up describes the real side of Silicon Valley and how its power corrupts. You will tear through this page-turner and will be begging for more!" -Amy Gleason“In The Start-Up we see the beginning of Adam and Amelia Dory's climb to wealth and power' This fast-paced novel has provocative characters trying to figure out how to navigate a world controlled by money and bad intentions. I dare you to put it down!" -Becky Julian“Sadie Hayes is on her way to becoming a new kind of bestseller - an eBook bestseller." -Grady Harp“Exciting, entertaining, and informative - The Start-Up is a must read for anyone interested in the fast paced worlds of entrepreneurship, Silicon Valley, and venture capital." -J.R. Sedivy, Chairman and CEO, Analytika, Inc.“A well-crafted, fast-moving tale of the conflict which arises when honesty and integrity confront the wealth and oft-corrupted power of the high-tech world of Silicon Valley. An excellent read." Frederick J. Masterman“Sadie Hayes provides a screen shot of technology's sordid underbelly in this riveting e-book novella." -Bill Bentrim“Sadie Hayes has blown me away with this series. This is something new in the YA genre'get to your nearest Ereader device and buy these books." - Courtney Wyant, Courtney's Book Nook“Deep-seated greed and corruption intricately blended with naivety and intelligence, The Start Up by Sadie Hayes, is sharp, fun and full of angsty dramatic brilliance. Gossip, intrigue and illegal corporate tactics sing from Silicon Valley, telling us of the money to be made and the people who will destroy anyone in their way to get that money." -Jen, In the Closet with a Bibliophile“I loved these novellas! The Start-Up and The Anti-Social Network are, in my opinion, on the forefront of what is sure to be a great YA genre in the future because the topic of advancing technology is extremely relevant." -Sandra, Panda ReadsEpisode 2: The Anti-Social NetworkAvailable Now!The Dory twins grew up with nothing. Now on the verge of having everything, their fledgling company-built on Amelia's intellect and Adam's ambition-threatens to be torn apart by new, powerful enemies and old, malicious ones. Episode 3: Beautiful Code Available Now!As their industry profiles rise, Adam and Amelia Dory fly to Hawaii to keynote TechCrunch's Maui Waves of Disruption conference. Patty Hawkins also finds herself in Hawaii as the maid of honor in her sister Shandi's wedding to Chad' but Chad and Patty can't seem to get past the secret night they spent together. Both Patty and the twins quickly discover that the energy, lust and enemies of Silicon Valley follow you-no matter how far you go.

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