High Tech Start Up: The Complete Handbook for Creating Successful New High Tech Companies

by John L. Nesheim

Book Overview

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.

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 068487170X
• ISBN13: 9780684871707
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Free Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.34 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

Still dated, but still excellent

Here's the bottom line. If you are thinking of starting your own company, you'd be crazy not to buy this book. Consider it your first expense. Even with a "revised and updated" version, most of the data used is at least 5 years old, but that doesn't make the book any less useful. Entrepreneurs should not use book as a guide when setting valuations, but as you sit at your kitchen table and ponder whether to take the plunge, READ THIS BOOK!Chapters 3 (The Process of Forming the Company), 5 (Preparing the Business Plan), 6 (The Team), and 8 (Personal Rewards and Costs) are must reads. The book will force you to think through your assumptions, your business plan, your revenue model, your motivations, and just about everything else you might not have considered while mentally spending your IPO riches.If you are not planning on starting your own company, don't spend the money. It won't give you any new insight into the startup world, unless you are trying to understand your founder CEO a little better.

The classic treatise

The updated version is even better than the original edition, yet all the information that made the original so valuable has been retained. As a source for insider tips and real-world advice for high-tech entrepreneurs, the book is unequaled. The book is crisply and succintly written. Everyone interested in high-tech entrepreneurship should have a copy.

A Must Read for those participating in a start-up

I'm really glad I read this book while interviewing with a dot.com start-up. Helped me to ask many of the right questions, reassured me that the managment team knew what they were doing and helped me identify weaknesses that I would have to overcome for the company if hired. I was.A very easy, articulate and well thought out book. I encourage any and all. Money well spent.

Good startup book

There is no doubt that this book fits the bill. It goes into sufficient details so that the reader understands startups and how they can grow into thriving companies. Notable emphasis is on strategy and making good decisions from day one.I also recommend a useful and well-regarded companion book that would work well as you build a company that needs the full help of its employees during startup: "The Leader's Guide: 15 Essential Skills."

A must have

Regardless of where you are in the startup process, this is a must have. It shows its' age, but fundementally, the book is right on. You simply can not afford to not have this book if you are even considering starting a .com company, or if you becoming involved in one. Don't agree with it all, but the fact is, the people you will deal with tend to, so.... In the investment timeline of your company, you can not afford to not have this book. Even negative intelligence has great value. Put a lot of perspective to a number of business situations I have encountered in real life. Trust me. Get it.