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High Growth Handbook: Scaling Startups from 10 to 10,000 People
Elad Gil · 2018 · 344 pages
Global technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high-growth tech companies including Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Stripe, and Square as they've grown from small companies into global enterprises.
Across all of these breakout companies, Gil has identified a set of common patterns and created an accessible playbook for scaling high-growth startups, which he has now codified in High Growth Handbook. In this definitive guide, Gil covers key topics, including:
- The role of the CEO
- Managing a board
- Recruiting and overseeing an executive team
- Mergers and acquisitions
- Initial public offerings
- Late-stage funding.
Informed by interviews with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley, including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), and Aaron Levie (Box), High Growth Handbook presents crystal-clear guidance for navigating the most complex challenges that confront leaders and operators in high-growth startups.
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Reid Hoffman
“If you want the chance to turn your startup into the next Google or Twitter, then read this trenchant guide from someone who played key roles in the growth of these companies.”↗
Brian Armstrong
“The author's advice has been key for Coinbase as we go through hypergrowth, from hiring executives to improving M&A.”↗
Leo Polovets
“Founder book recs: Founder's Dilemmas by @noamwass (founder issues) High Growth Handbook by @eladgil (general) Monetizing Innovation by @madhavansf (pricing) Traction by @yegg/@jwmares (growth) Understanding Michael Porter by Magretta (strategy)”↗
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