The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup / Noam Wasserman.
2012
HD62.5 .W375 2012eb
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Title
The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup / Noam Wasserman.
ISBN
1400841933 (electronic bk.)
9781400841936 (electronic bk.)
9780691149134 (hbk.)
0691149135 (hbk.)
9780691158303 (pbk.)
0691158304 (pbk.)
9781400841936 (electronic bk.)
9780691149134 (hbk.)
0691149135 (hbk.)
9780691158303 (pbk.)
0691158304 (pbk.)
Published
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2012]
Copyright
©2012
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 480 pages) : illustrations
Other Standard Identifiers
9937046
Call Number
HD62.5 .W375 2012eb
System Control No.
(OCoLC)779828642
Summary
Often downplayed in the excitement of starting up a new business venture is one of the most important decisions entrepreneurs will face: should they go it alone, or bring in cofounders, hires, and investors to help build the business? More than just financial rewards are at stake. Friendships and relationships can suffer. Bad decisions at the inception of a promising venture lay the foundations for its eventual ruin. The Founder's Dilemmas is the first book to examine the early decisions by entrepreneurs that can make or break a startup and its team. Drawing on a decade of research, Noam Wasse.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-465) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Introduction
Career dilemmas
The solo-versus-team dilemma
Relationship dilemmas: Flocking together and playing with fire
Role dilemmas: Positions and decision making
Reward dilemmas: Equity splits and cash compensation
The three Rs system: Alignment and equilibrium
Hiring dilemmas: The right hires at the right time
Investor dilemmas: Adding value, adding risks
Failure, success, and founder-CEO succession
Wealth-versus-control dilemmas.
Career dilemmas
The solo-versus-team dilemma
Relationship dilemmas: Flocking together and playing with fire
Role dilemmas: Positions and decision making
Reward dilemmas: Equity splits and cash compensation
The three Rs system: Alignment and equilibrium
Hiring dilemmas: The right hires at the right time
Investor dilemmas: Adding value, adding risks
Failure, success, and founder-CEO succession
Wealth-versus-control dilemmas.
Source of Description
Print version record.
Series
Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Available in Other Form
Print version: Wasserman, Noam, 1969- Founder's dilemmas. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2012
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