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- What’s the secret to crafting a pitch that makes investors say 'yes' before you’ve even built your final product?
- Have you ever wondered why your first few hires are more critical to your company's survival than your actual business plan?
- Are you curious about the counterintuitive strategies that allow a small start-up to achieve sustainable growth in a crowded market?
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Key Takeaways from How to Start a Start-up
- Discover why having multiple cofounders is crucial for building a sustainable start-up foundation that compensates for individual weaknesses.
- Learn how simplifying your growth initiatives and empowering your team without micromanaging can boost your company's overall performance by up to 50 percent.
- Find out why you should delay hiring, and how to identify passionate all-rounders who treat their work as a calling rather than just a job.
- Understand the value of memorable first impressions and why having your developers directly handle customer support leads to better product design.
- Master the strategy of acquiring new customers by actively building one-on-one connections at smaller, industry-relevant conferences.
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Quiz — Test Your Understanding
Question 1 of 7
Why does the book recommend that a start-up have multiple founders?
Question 2 of 7
According to former executive Keith Rabois, what is the most effective way for founders to delegate projects to employees?
Question 3 of 7
What type of employee should a start-up look for when making its very first hires?
Question 4 of 7
How did the start-up Wufoo ensure its software development team understood and responded to customer needs?
Question 5 of 7
When attending conferences to find potential customers, what strategy does the book recommend?
Question 6 of 7
According to the text, what are the three essential components of a perfect pitch to investors?
Question 7 of 7
What does it mean if your start-up's user retention curve keeps plummeting without flattening out?
How to Start a Start-up — Full Chapter Overview
- 1Recommendation
- 2Start-ups need skilled founders, simplified processes, and independent team members to grow.
- 3Your earliest hires should be passionate, eager generalists ready to tackle any challenge.
- 4Craft strong first impressions to begin lasting relationships with your customers.
- 5Win over customers with one-on-one interactions: listen carefully to them and follow up afterward.
- 6Refine your pitch to secure funding for your start-up and drive growth from an early stage.
How to Start a Start-up Summary & Overview
How to Start a Start-up (2015) is a practical guide to founding your own company. From pitching for funding to hiring employees, these blinks offer tips, strategies and insights about the first steps a start-up should take to forge a path toward solid, sustainable growth.
Who Should Listen to How to Start a Start-up?
- Budding entrepreneurs
- Business students thinking about their options after completing their degree
- Anyone interested in what goes on behind the scenes at start-ups
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