{"product_id":"9781773101514","title":"Unicorn in the Woods","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eGlobe and Mail\u003c\/i\u003e Top 100 Selection\u003cbr\u003eLonglisted, National Business Book Award\u003cbr\u003eA \u003ci\u003eCBC\u003c\/i\u003e New Brunswick Book List Selection\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs tech investors the world over search for elusive unicorns (start-ups valued at over $1 billion), acclaimed business journalist Gordon Pitts asks whether there can be a place for high-tech innovation and unicorn-like value creation outside of major urban centres, whether in Atlantic Canada, rust-belt New York, or Northern Ontario.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJourneying back to the origins of Radian6 and Q1 Labs — two New Brunswick companies that sold for a combined $1 billion — in the basements and offices of a group of geeks and dreamers, Pitts tells a story of two remarkable companies and the legacies that continue to this day. But theirs was not a simple tale of overnight success; there were sellouts and firings, comebacks and vindication, and still unfulfilled promise.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a story of high-tech value creation far from Silicon Valley, a story of the mythical unicorn in the woods. Are the stories of Radian6 and Q1 Labs outliers, rogue datapoints that should be discarded, or the foundation for a new knowledge economy outside of the mainstream?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Goose Lane Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65419467194717,"sku":null,"price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/3893\/2573\/files\/9781773101514.jpg?v=1790250730","url":"https:\/\/shop.gazellebookservices.co.uk\/products\/9781773101514","provider":"Gazelle Book Services","version":"1.0","type":"link"}