The Lockup Period
A fast, fun, and twisty ride through the underbelly of Silicon Valley—where fortunes are made overnight and everyone is chasing their cut.
Mario Kennedy yearns to be part of tech’s in-crowd. But with an unfair rap sheet and a job slinging pizzas, he’s stuck on the outside. When MenuAi—a startup in which he holds advisory shares—announces it’s going public, he finally gets his shot. That is, if he can survive the ninety-day lockup period… and the stock lives up to the hype.
Driving that hype is Ravi Singh, a rising star in venture capital determined to land his first unicorn—no matter the cost. Covering the frenzy is Jamie Villanueva, a young reporter caught between breaking the story and settling a personal score.
On the night of the IPO, a troubling twist:
A dead body turns up in the CEO’s apartment. Expose the truth, and everything collapses. Conceal it until the lockup period expires, and walk away rich.
In Silicon Valley, it may be that making a killing… isn’t just a figure of speech
About Vince
Vince Thompson has been a waiter on L.A.’s Sunset Strip, a door-to-door seller of television advertising, an executive at major media companies, a CEO, and a public-company board member. Along the way, he has done business with venture investors, celebrities, and—unknowingly at the time—a few crime figures, all of which provided inspiration for The Lockup Period.
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Narrator Chris Ciulla
Narrated by Chris Ciulla — An on-screen and commercial voice actor, who has narrated over 600 audiobook titles.
Chris recently received an Earphones Award from AudioFile Magazine for his performance of Elliot Ackerman’s Sheepdogs, and shares an Earphones Award for the multi-cast performance of The Correspondent by Virginia Evans.
As a TV and Film actor with credits in such shows as Castle and Gotham, Chris recently shot a recurring role in the new Apple TV show, Widow’s Bay. Audiences may also recognize Chris as the voice behind 30 characters in the Fallout game or the voice of The Ultimate History Quiz on your nearest Alexa device.
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