After two decades of research on founders, a best-selling book on the subject, and experience teaching and mentoring thousands of students in this field, Noam Wasserman is a prominent authority on startups. Hearing from countless readers and students that his insights helped them with important...

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- PART I. INTRODUCTION AND PRE-FOUNDING -- PART II. FOUNDING TEAM DILEMMAS -- PART II. BEYOND THE FOUNDING TEAM: HIRES AND INVESTORS -- PART IV. CONCLUSION -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix A: Quantitative Data -- Appendix B: Summary of Startups and People...

The future calls : do you answer? -- Your best answer : how to move forward -- Will failure and success bring you down? -- Fail and succeed productively -- Are you blocked by your blueprint and hooked on routine? -- Redraw your blueprint and rethink your routines -- Are you playing with fire and...