Venture Labor : Work and the Burden of Risk in Innovative Industries

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. The Social Risks of the Dot-Com Era -- Risk Is Social -- Work Is Riskier -- Framing Risk -- Defining Venture Labor -- Venture Labor in the Internet Industry -- Methods -- Overview of the Book -- Why Risk Matters -- Chapter 2. The Origins and Rise of Venture Labor -- Naming the New Economy -- New Institutional Arrangements -- Political Rhetoric Supporting the New Economy -- The Cultural Shifts toward the New Economy -- The Rise of Silicon Alley -- From Play to Properties -- The First Clash of Values -- The Role of Venture Labor -- Chapter 3. Being Venture Labor: Strategies for Managing Risk -- Denouncing (and Announcing) Values -- Jobs as Investments: The Financial Strategy for Risk -- Nothing to Lose: The Creative Strategy for Risk -- Don't Count on Anything: The Actuarial Strategy for Risk -- Comparison of Strategies -- Chapter 4. Why Networks Failed -- Social Networking's Cultural Moment -- Networks of People and Technology -- Building Communities, Circles, and Industries -- The Importance of the Schmooze -- Homophilous Sectors -- The Work of Networking -- Conclusion: The Functions of Networks -- Chapter 5. The Crash of Venture Labor -- Framing the Crash -- Rationalizing Failure -- The Calcification of Individual Perceptions into Structures -- Chapter 6. Conclusion: Lessons from a New Economy for a New Medium? -- The Media Legacy of Silicon Alley -- Lessons for the Workplace -- Applying Venture Labor -- Consequences of Financialization and Privatization -- Going Forward -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.