The Ultimate Startup Guide
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The Ultimate Startup Guide by Tom Hogan
Most start-ups fail.
And they die remarkably young: The typical start-up lasts 20 months and burns through $1.3 million in financing before closing its doors.
So what's the formula for success for those start-ups that make it through the early trials, leveraging their early success into either getting acquired or issuing an IPO (initial public offering)? What are the lessons that first-time entrepreneurs and employees need to know to navigate their way to success?
The Ultimate Start-Up Guide offers practical advice, insights, lessons, and best practices from the world of start-ups, including:
And they die remarkably young: The typical start-up lasts 20 months and burns through $1.3 million in financing before closing its doors.
So what's the formula for success for those start-ups that make it through the early trials, leveraging their early success into either getting acquired or issuing an IPO (initial public offering)? What are the lessons that first-time entrepreneurs and employees need to know to navigate their way to success?
The Ultimate Start-Up Guide offers practical advice, insights, lessons, and best practices from the world of start-ups, including:
- Strategies for hiring and building your team, culture, and values.
- How to pitch your company, secure funding, and distribute equity.
- Best practices in launching your business.
- How venture capitalist investors think, evaluate new companies, and advise entrepreneurs.
- War stories and red flags from top VC partners and entrepreneurs.
Tom Hogan and Carol Broadbent founded Crowded Ocean, Silicon Valley's top marketing firm for start-ups, in 2008. Hogan has more than 25 years of marketing experience, including roles as vice president of marketing at Oracle, Borland, Lucent, and VitalSigns Software. As Oracle's original creative director, he managed the global advertising, direct marketing, seminar/trade show, and creative departments. Hogan lives in Los Gatos, California. Carol Broadbent was vice president of corporate marketing at Bay Networks, senior vice president of corporate marketing at Aspect Communications, and director of marketing at Sun Microsystems. In addition, she led marketing at two Kleiner Perkins-funded startups: vice president of marketing at Asera, and director of market development at GO Corporation. Broadbent lives in Menlo Park, California.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781632650733 |
| ISBN 10 | 1632650738 |
| Title | The Ultimate Startup Guide |
| Author | Tom Hogan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Red Wheel/Weiser |
| Year published | 2017-01-25 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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