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You can use this page to email Hunter Walk and Maya Baratz about The Startup Chef.
About the Book
A cookbook by people who make technology products may seem a bit counterintuitive at first. Technology, after all, is about bytes, not bites.
But the creative process that goes into cooking a great meal -- and the raw vision, passion and imagination one applies to making something new out of a sum of unsuspecting ingredients -- is not so different from the process of creating innovative technology products.
Much like the process of creating a startup, this book is a work in progress. And the 75-and-counting recipes, vignettes and photos in it (we will continue to add more to the book, in dynamic fashion, as we gather them) provide a sneak peek into the more personal side of the founders, investors and writers that power the tech industry.
What does the founder of the most popular blogging platform on the internet make for breakfast? What type of creative pastry do Randi Zuckerberg and her sister Donna whip up for their family during the holidays? It’s all in here, with their own personal stories and recipes, for you to make and enjoy (in a totally non-creepy, non-Single-White-Female sort of way).And of course it wouldn’t be a launch if there wasn’t that ‘one more thing’: all proceeds from the book will go to charities aiming to end hunger -- ranging from feeding hungry children in the US to helping feed families severely affected by Hurricane Sandy.
We’re thankful to work in an industry filled with warm-hearted leaders who can not only cook a great meal, but help feed those who need it. Thanks for taking this first step with us. We hope it’s love at first bite!
With love and thanks,
Maya and Hunter
P.S. If you’d like your recipe to be considered for inclusion in an upcoming version of “The Startup Chef,” please submit it here.
The Startup Chef has been featured in: The New York Times, TechCrunch, The Huffington Post, & Mashable
About the Authors
When not baking thumbprint cookies, Hunter lives in San Francisco with his wife and daughter, making stuff at YouTube. You can follow him on Twitter via @hunterwalk.
Maya leads the creation of new products at ABC News. Before that, she spearheaded product and editorial efforts at companies ranging from Flickr to The Wall Street Journal. You can follow her on Twitter via @mbaratz.