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The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business

by David S. Rose

A step-by-step framework for building a startup

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A step-by-step framework for building a startup

David S. Rose organizes startup building into 25 steps, covering the path from planning and launch through growth and exit. This second edition updates that framework for a business environment shaped by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change. Alongside practical tasks, it explains their rationale and points to online tools and resources. Topics include incorporation, hiring, intellectual property, stock issuance, fundraising, managing growth, and planning an exit. The book also addresses common founder mistakes and investor behavior, giving the checklist both an operational focus and a view of the decisions surrounding company financing.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • New founders seeking a structured guide to starting and developing a high-growth company.
  • Experienced entrepreneurs interested in how AI and technological change affect startup practices.
  • Entrepreneurs preparing to address fundraising, hiring, intellectual property, or growth planning.

Themes

Startup planning and executionCompany growth and scalingFundraising and investor behaviorArtificial intelligence in businessFounder mistakes and risk management

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Book overview

An irreplaceable, start-to-finish guide for entrepreneurs building high-growth companies in the era of artificial intelligence

In the first edition of The Startup Checklist: 25 Steps to a Scalable, High-Growth Business, Rose tackled the other half of the investor-entrepreneur relationship, explaining - in straightforward, granular detail drawn from a lifetime of successful experience in technology leadership - how to build exceptional companies that grow exponentially and lead to life-changing exits.

Now, Rose revisits the advice he offered in The Startup Checklist with a brand-new edition of his widely read entrepreneurship classic. The Startup Checklist, Second Edition, refines and builds on the concrete, step-by-step strategies of the book, adapting them for a market that's been utterly transformed by artificial intelligence and rapid technological change.

In the book, you'll not only find the down-and-dirty tasks you need to complete to plan, launch, scale, and exit your company (and exactly how to perform them), but the "why" of what you're doing, the online tools and technologies you need to save you time and money, and the resources that will multiply your efforts. You'll explore the psychology and behaviors of your potential investors so you can understand what they're thinking without being told.

You'll also find:

  • Comprehensive discussions of the most common - and crippling - mistakes made by startup founders and specific strategies for avoiding them (as well as their expensive, time-consuming consequences)
  • Deep insights into how the accelerated pace of technological change is impacting the types of businesses that are attracting investments today and how you can get ahead of that curve
  • How to incorporate the latest artificial intelligence technologies to streamline your processes, realize permanent efficiencies, and outrun your ferocious rivals
  • A complete strategy guide for building a scalable, high-growth company, including specific approaches for incorporation, hiring, IP protection, stock issuance, fundraising, growth management, and structuring your exit

Perfect for entrepreneurs at every level of experience, from brand-new founders who want a one-stop, from-scratch guide to everything they need to know to build a high-growth business to seasoned entrepreneurs looking for insights into how new technologies have changed the game, the latest edition of The Startup Checklist is the ideal roadmap to contemporary entrepreneurship.

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