It seems to me that "Silicon Valley" is somewhat of a Roman a clef, as such I think it would be great if the HN readers could provide the "key". Anyone out there willing to give it a shot ?
Gavin Belson = Marc Benioff
Denpak Singh = Deepak Chopra
Peter Gregory = Peter Thiel
Erlich Bachman = Sean Parker
Russ Hanneman = Mark Cuban
Laurie Bream = Marissa Mayer
Philz Coffee onsite = Facebook
Hooli tunnel = Zynga tunnel
0. https://www.instagram.com/danbilzerian/ (NSFW)
OP plz
it's so obvious when you look at the sources - Peter Thiel and Blueseed/libertarian idealist offshore things, and the oil rig offshore thing in the first season.
and WHO PUT RADIO ON THE INTERNET?!?!?! THAT'S RIGHT - ME. Never met Mark Cuban, is he really anything like that?
Laurie Bream is still Peter Thiel. The character is nothing like Marissa Mayer. MM doesn't really have an analogue in the SV show.
http://www.recode.net/2015/4/13/11561406/hbos-silicon-valley...
https://backchannel.com/who-are-the-real-life-models-of-sili...
cocaine is a hell of a drug.