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Cut off a spider's head, and it dies; cut off a starfish's leg and it grows a new one, and that leg can grow into an entirely new starfish. Traditional top-down organisations are like spiders, but now starfish organisations are changing the face of business and the world. What's the hidden power behind the success of Wikipedia and Skype? What does Ebay have in common with the women's rights movement? The authors have discovered some unexpected answers, gripping stories and a tapestry of unlikely connections.

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Ori Brafman is a lifelong entrepreneur. His adventures include a wireless start-up, a health-food advocacy group, and a network of CEOs working on public benefit projects, which he co-founded with Rod A. Beckstrom. He holds a BA in peace and conflict studies from the University of California at Berkeley and an MBA from Stanford Business School. He lives in San Francisco. Rod A Beckstrom is a serial start-up entrepreneur. He founded CATS Software Inc., which he took public, and has helped start and build other high-tech firms. Rod has served on various private and nonprofit boards. He holds a BA and an MBA from Stanford and was a Fulbright Scholar. He lives in Palo Alto.

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