Hot Seat

The Startup CEO Guidebook



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Price$4.25 - $11.02
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AuthorDan Shapiro
PublisherO'Reilly Media
Published2015
Pages322
LanguageEnglish
FormatPaper book / ebook (PDF)
ISBN-101449360734
ISBN-139781449360733
EBook Hardcover Paperback

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?
Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?
When do you play the CEO card?
Should you sell out?

Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read takes aspiring entrepreneurs from the highs of billion-dollar payouts and market-smashing success to the depths of impostor syndrome and bankruptcy.




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