Hot Seat : The Startup CEO Guidebook

Shapiro, Dan

ISBN 10: 1449360734 / ISBN 13: 9781449360733

Published by O'Reilly Media, Incorporated, 2015

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Hot Seat : The Startup CEO Guidebook
• Publisher: O'Reilly Media, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1449360734
• ISBN 13: 9781449360733
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

What avoidable problem destroys more young startups than any other?

Why is it a mistake to ask for introductions to investors?

When do you play the CEO card?

Should you sell out?

Author and four-time founder/CEO Dan Shapiro tells the stories of dozens of startups whose companies lived and died by the advice in these pages. From inception to destruction and triumph to despair, this rollercoaster read takes aspiring entrepreneurs from the highs of billion-dollar payouts and market-smashing success to the depths of impostor syndrome and bankruptcy.

Hot Seat is divided into the five phases of the startup CEO experience:

• Founding explains how to formulate your idea, allocate equity, and not argue yourself to death
• Funding provides the keys to venture capital, angels, and crowdfunding, plus clear advice on which approach to choose
• Leadership lays out a path to build a strategy and culture for your team that will survive good times and bad
• Management reveals how to manage your board, argue with your team, and play the CEO card
• Endgame explains how to finish a company's existence with grace, wealth, and minimal litigation

About the Author

Dan Shapiro works at Google, who acquired his most recent company Sparkbuy Inc. Dan was the founder and CEO of Sparkbuy, a comparison shopping website that offered unprecedented depth and accuracy of information through a simple and innovative user interface. Previously, Shapiro was founder and CEO of Ontela, a pioneering mobile imaging company, where he was named CEO of the Year by MobileBeat. Ontela was frequently recognized including the Dow Jones Top 10 in Wireless list, receiving the CTIA award for Best Social Networking Application, and being named Breakthrough Startup of the Year by the WTIA. Ontela merged with Photobucket in December of 2009 where Shapiro now holds a seat on the Board of Directors. Prior to founding Ontela, Shapiro managed development of the RealArcade service at RealNetworks, enabling thousands of end-users to play classic games such as Monopoly, Scrabble and Rollercoaster Tycoon on their desktops. He arrived at RealNetworks by way of Wildseed, where he managed software development for the Identity Cellular Phone. Shapiro started his career at Microsoft working on Windows 98, Windows 2000, and Windows XP. Shapiro's articles have been published in the Washington Post, Wireless Week, and the Seattle PI, and he is a frequent speaker at conferences and events. He serves on the board of Bonanzle, an ecommerce company backed by Ignition, Matrix, and Voyager, and on the board of the nonprofit Washington Technology Industry Association. He is a mentor for both the Founder's Institute and Techstars. He has been awarded five US patents, and received his B.S. in Engineering from Harvey Mudd College.