Before you Start Up: How to prepare to make your start up dream a reality by Pankaj Goyal
Introduction Renowned Silicon Valley investor Peter Thiel quoted in his book Zero to One , "A start up messed up at it's foundation cannot be fixed." This book covers in detail, how do you get the foundation right? In the narrative of your start up journey, you will only be able to sit in the driver's seat and drive to wherever you wish, until you are preparing. Your preparation would be completely under your control. And only that, once you kick it off, you will have more variables to cater to, than the time to think about control. Reid Hoffman once said about start ups, "You jump off a cliff, then figure out how to build an airplane on the way down." This book would help you prepare for the jump. Chapter 1 So you want to be an entrepreneur. Think again. The author intends to write this chapter to scare you off and will have you thinking about quitting.