Seeing Your Startup Through, from Idea to IPO
Buch, Englisch, 208 Seiten, Format (B × H): 151 mm x 228 mm, Gewicht: 326 g
ISBN: 978-1-4302-4647-3
Verlag: Apress
How did a college student with no real-world business experience take a relatively simple idea and then, less than ten years later, turn it into a $100 billion dollar company? What specific steps did Facebook take along its journey to creating perhaps the most innovative startup of the 21st century? What approach did it take when pitching venture capitalists, and how did it go about forging its many strategic partnerships? And, most importantly, how can would-be founders learn and effectively utilize Facebook's unique techniques and strategies in their own startup efforts? In
How to Create the Next Facebook,
tech guru Tom Taulli answers all of these questions and more, crystallizing the process by which Facebook was shepherded from idea to IPO to provide a guided blueprint for budding entrepreneurs who are ready to start building their own great business.
Regardless of what stage of development your startup is in,
How to Create the Next Facebook
provides you with clear, compelling, and ultimately actionable advice extracted from Facebook's startup success story. You'll learn how Facebook handled the very same situations your startup is confronting—from how it arrived at its mission statement to what its priorities were during its talent search process—before gaining access to all the concrete, practical guidance you need to make the right decisions for yourcompany and continue moving forward with confidence. And, of course, because Facebook didn't get
everything
right at first, author Tom Taulli painstakingly details the company's most costly mistakes, documenting everything from its protracted legal struggles to its many failed attempts at establishing multiple revenue streams, so that you can arm your company against the various challenges that threaten to sink even the very best startups.
By the time you turn the final pages of
How to Create the Next Facebook
, you'll realize that Facebook is more than just a fun place to catch up with old friends; it is the ideal model to follow for those who, like you, are ready to build the world's next great startup.
Zielgruppe
Popular/general
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Unternehmensgründung
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaft: Sachbuch, Ratgeber
- Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Medien-, Informations und Kommunikationswirtschaft Informationstechnik, IT-Industrie
Weitere Infos & Material
Introduction
Chapter 1: The Mission
Chapter 2: Legal Structure
Chapter 3: The Product
Chapter 4: Raising Capital
Chapter 5: The Pitch
Chapter 6: Deal Terms
Chapter 7: Go-to-Market
Chapter 8: The Financials
Chapter 9: The Business Model
Chapter 10: Being a Great CEO
Chapter 11: The Team
Chapter 12: M&A
Chapter 13: Selling Your Company
Chapter 14: The IPO
Chapter 15: Wealth Management
Chapter 16: Conclusion
Glossary