Young idealist Zack Penny usually gets to work early to take in the surroundings and breathe in the crisp, mechanically filtered air, knowing that one day his own company will be very different from Display Technik. As he follows the vision of his highly successful, results-at-all-costs mentor and CEO Allen Henley, Zack quietly nurtures a big dreamto create a new company of high morals and values, one that will revolutionize the world through the...

"Meet Asha Ray. Brilliant coder and possessor of a Pi tattoo, Asha is poised to revolutionize artificial intelligence when she is reunited with her high school crush, Cyrus Jones. Cyrus inspires Asha to write a new algorithm. Before she knows it, she's abandoned her PhD program, they've exchanged vows, and gone to work at an exclusive tech incubator called Utopia. The platform creates a sensation, with millions of users seeking personalized rituals...

"Budding entrepreneurs face a challenging road. The path isn't made any easier by all the clichés they hear about how to make a startup succeed-from platitudes and conventional wisdom to downright contradictions. This witty and wise guide to the dilemmas of entrepreneurship debunks widespread misconceptions about how the world of startups works and offers hard-earned advice for every step of the journey. Instead of startup myths-legends spun from...

"A founder's wild memoir of startup success, told from hot tub inception to $50 million exit with the humor of a comic and the perspective of an educator. In The Startup Story: An Entrepreneur's Journey from Idea to Exit, renowned serial entrepreneur Martin Warner takes a fledgling company all the way from zero to hero, selling it for $50 million after a mere 17 months. It's a memoir of whirlwind entrepreneurial success, a nonfiction narrative that...

All the great leaders had to start somewhere. And Theresa ("Resa" for short) is starting with the lemonade stand competition her teacher assigned to the class-but making it a success is going to be a lot harder than Resa thinks. The prize: line-skipping tickets to Adventure Central. The competition: Val, Resa's middle school nemesis. And the biggest obstacle to success: Resa's own teammates. Harriet is the class clown, Amelia is the new girl who thinks...

From goals to product to investors KEY FEATURES ● Product management.● Recruiting co-founders and core team.● Pitching to investors. DESCRIPTION This book has been written for budding startup founders. Startups are complex organizations, and it becomes very difficult to succeed without knowing the startup best practices. The book teaches startup best practices in a simple and concise manner. The book covers best practices related to startup...

Mental models are a representation of how things work in our minds, and you can use them to try to explain things and events. These mental models can change your behavior and point of view. I hope that in this book, you will find some eye-opening ideas and answers to many of your curiosities. It will help and provide insights into the matters of work, world, and growth. It is not necessary to read these models in a sequence, you can read these models...

Learn the hard-won business wisdom by award-winning entrepreneur and business coach Brad Pedersen, discovering how he built, crashed, and then rebuilt a thriving toy empire before launching environmental enterprises committed to a triple bottom line. Startup Santa takes you on a captivating adventure through Brad Pedersen's extraordinary life, offering a one-of-a-kind "how-to" guide to entrepreneurship. Unlike any other business book, this narrative...

Culture Can Make or Break Your STARTUP A great culture enables you to create an unassailable competitive advantage. It helps you to attract and keep your talent, create happiness in the workplace, increase your people's engagement with their work, drive high performance, and attract investors and customers alike. You improve your odds of growing a successful and sustainable business, because your people are aligned with your vision, they know what...

Startup Mixology combines 20 "key ingredients" for starting, growing and running a business. The book is comprised of actionable items, mixed in with stories from successful entrepreneurs and companies. It will answer questions that entrepreneurs have when starting up, from structural questions to how to getting traction with your product and more. Lessons include: • How to think like an entrepreneur • Turning your ideas into action • How to...