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#Top 10 BEST-SELLER in Computers & Technology and Business & Investing Categories. Do you want to start a Tech Startup but have limited technical expertise? Or you interested in growing your startup? The 30 Day Startup examines the concept of building a minimum viable product (MVP) in 6 Weeks for under $50,000. Sam Kamani and Will Schmidt will take you through case studies of how successful companies got started with their MVP in a matter of days instead of weeks and months. ✨This book also covers practical steps and tactics on growth and scaling your startup. ✨ This book is divided into two main parts. PART 1 The first half of the book focuses on: ✅ How to get started with an MVP (minimum viable product) ✅ Different type of MVPs to suit different business models, industries and startups ✅ Case studies and inspiring stories on how billion-dollar companies like Airbnb or Dropbox, as well as smaller not-so-famous but still successful and profitable startups, got off the ground by starting small, testing, and iterating. PART 2 The last half of the book takes a closer look at practical growth tactics of successful startups, for example: ✅ Content and Video marketing ✅ Power of MicroTools ✅ Event marketing and using influencers ✅ Using correct monetization strategy for growth This book does not need to be read cover to cover. Feel free to flip through to chapters that interest you. Hopefully this book will inspire some future successful startup founders and nudge them off of the starting block. Perhaps you?

The phenomenal success of the initial public offerings (IPOs) of many new internet companies obscures the fact that fewer than six out of 1 million business plans submitted to venture capital firms will ever reach the IPO stage. Many fail, according to start-up expert John Nesheim, because the entrepreneurs did not have access to the invaluable lessons that come from studying the real-world venture experiences of successful companies. Now they do. This revised and updated edition of Nesheim's underground Silicon Valley bestseller incorporates twenty-three case studies of successful start-ups, including tables of wealth showing how much money founders and investors realized from each venture. Acclaimed by entrepreneurs the world over, this practical handbook is filled with hard-to-find information and guidance covering every key phase of a start-up, from idea to IPO: how to create a winning business plan, how to value the firm, how venture capitalists work, how they make their money, where to find alternative sources of funding, how to select a good lawyer, and how to protect intellectual property. Nesheim aims to improve the odds of success for first-time high-tech entrepreneurs, and offers an insider's perspective from firsthand experience on one of the toughest challenges they face -- convincing venture capitalists or investment banks to provide financing. This complete, classic reference tool is essential reading for first-time high-tech entrepreneurs, and entrepreneurs already involved in a start-up who want to increase their chances of success to rise to the top.

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