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SportsJunky · 03-03-2022, 01:30 PM

Reading now - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup
This is the story of Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. The depths of greed and bizarre behaviour exhibited by many involved is stunning. I'd recommend it so far.

Recently finished - Power House, The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency
This is another great book by James Andrew Miller. He is so good at presenting an historical breakdown of a very entertaining subject. He previously did books on ESPN and Saturday Night Live. Both were brilliant.
As for this book, the real life characters are fascinating. CAA was founded in the 70s by Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer and they did literal battle against massive agencies like the William Morris Agency that had a strangle hold on the industry and then lost that control in a fairly short amount of time to CAA. It's a big book (700+ pages paperback) but a very fast read.

03-03-2022, 01:30 PM	#42
SportsJunky Uncle Chester Join Date: Feb 2007 Exp:	Reading now - Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup This is the story of Theranos and its founder, Elizabeth Holmes. The depths of greed and bizarre behaviour exhibited by many involved is stunning. I'd recommend it so far. Recently finished - Power House, The Untold Story of Hollywood's Creative Artists Agency This is another great book by James Andrew Miller. He is so good at presenting an historical breakdown of a very entertaining subject. He previously did books on ESPN and Saturday Night Live. Both were brilliant. As for this book, the real life characters are fascinating. CAA was founded in the 70s by Michael Ovitz and Ron Meyer and they did literal battle against massive agencies like the William Morris Agency that had a strangle hold on the industry and then lost that control in a fairly short amount of time to CAA. It's a big book (700+ pages paperback) but a very fast read.