The Startup Playbook: Secrets of the Fastest-Growing Startups from Their Founding Entrepreneurs [Hardcover]

According to the Kauffman Index of Entrepreneurial Activity, more than 565,000 new businesses were created in 2010 in the United States alone—each one of them hoping to strike gold.The Startup Playbookwill help them succeed. Going insider to insider with unprecedented access,New York Timesbestselling author and Clickable CEO, David Kidder, shares the hard-hitting experiences of some of the world's most influential entrepreneurs and CEOs, revealing their most closely held advice. Face-to-face interviews with 40 founders give readers key insights into what it took to build PayPal, LinkedIn, AOL, TED, Flickr, and many others into household names. Special sections include topics ranging from how to select the right idea to pursue to finding funding and overcoming inevitable obstacles. In an economy demanding change,The Startup Playbookis the go-to for entrepreneurs big and small.David S. Kidder is a serial entrepreneur, co-author of the bestselling Intellectual Devotional books, and the recipient of the Ernst and Young's Entrepreneur of the Year Award. He lives in Westchester, New York, with his wife and three sons. His website can be found at www.thestartupplaybook.com From technological entrepreneurs to social entrepreneurs,The Startup Playbookfeatures important tips from top American innovators that will change the way you think about your job, your business, and maybe even your industry. - Alexis Maybank, cofounder and chief strategy officer, Gilt Groupe David Kidder has curated, aggregated, and synthesized an opus for the entrepreneur-whether current or aspiring. The openness with which these great entrepreneurs shared their experiences and insights is an invaluable asset conveniently packaged by Kidder.The Startup Playbookis not some trendy tech book that captures the zeitgeist of the moment, but rather a timeless, actionable reference tool to be read and re-read and kept within reach. - Terence Kawaja, founder and CEO, Llƒ