Download Hot Seat The Startup CEO Guidebook Dan Shapiro Books

Product details Paperback 322 pages Publisher O'Reilly Media; 1 edition (May 22, 2015) Language English ISBN-10 9781449360733 ISBN-13 978-1449360733 ASIN 1449360734

Hot Seat The Startup CEO Guidebook Dan Shapiro Books Reviews

• Building a venture capital funded start-up is one of the hardest things that most people will ever do. This is the best book I've found on building a start-up, from funding through exit. If you are founding a start-up or working for one, this book is essential reading.
  
  The press reports of SnapChat turning down a $3 billion acquisition offer from Facebook, or an app called Yo (which sends the text message "yo" to your friend's phone) getting $1 million venture funding reflects the mythology of start-ups. The book Hot Seat describes the reality.
  
  Dan Shapiro is not some "Master of the Universe" who founded a start-up during the dot-com boom and managed to sell out before the crash. He has built multiple start-ups from the ground up, the hard way. There's no business jargon in Hot Seat, no empty platitudes. He writes about the mistakes he made, along with his successes. He writes about how hard it is to raise money as a first time founder. But he tries to give you some of the knowledge that you will need to succeed.
  
  Dan Shapiro is an excellent writer and he presents the critical information in Hot Seat in an engaging manner. He writes not only of his own experience, but of the experiences of people he knows.
  
  The first half of the book discusses some of the challenges a start-up CEO will face. Raising money, attracting co-founders and early employees, dealing with investors, some of the critical forms you need to file. This book is so good that I have absolutely no doubt that I will read it again.
  
  The second half of the book is about how to manage your success after you survive the early challenges. Dan writes that there are always challenges and risks, they just change in nature. I have to confess that I didn't read the second half as closely because I kept thinking "I should be so lucky". But if I do succeed, I will be rereading the second half.
  
  One of the scariest things about founding a company is that there are few guides. This book is one of the best you're going to find.
• A wonderful book for someone think of starting a company. The book is written with verve and style. I, who have no intention of starting a company, found the book's philosophical and management content refreshingly interesting. I could see that even if I had worked up to a high position in an established company, the only ways to know of the unique problems encountered in starting a new company (e.g., raising money, dual problems of leadership and management, etc.) and learn how to handle them was to read a books such as this one, or get experience by working in a start-up or two.
• I loved this book. It was terrifyingly on point and brutally honest about what it takes to be a successful CEO. There were no glossed over details and there was no happy hand-waving, just truth and information. It was very readable despite being packed with information. I highly recommend this to anyone who may be starting a company or has started a company.
• One of the best startup books I've come across. I recommend it highly. I've also read Lean Startup, Startup Owner's Manual, Hard Thing about Hard Things, Art of the Start, etc. so I'm not entirely new to the genre.
• Despite the fact (or maybe because) my career has lots of parallels with the author, I found this book amazingly useful. Great, honest read that gives an important inside view of what it's like to be a startup CEO. Even if you aren't going to be the CEO of a startup, many people could benefit from this understanding. For those who are, it's sure to make you feel less alone.
• Dan Shapiro's book is the definitive guide for startups for a reason it answers nearly any question that you would want to know about how to go from an idea to a viable company. Highly recommended reading for any entrepreneur, whether in the tech sector or not.
• if you are thinking of building a startup, this book offers good insights of things you need to pay attention to or else you will pay a painful price... good read.
• A wonderful insight into the complexity of running a startup company without the pretension so many other books have. a real companion.