The founder's dilemmas : anticipating and avoiding the pitfalls that can sink a startup / Noam Wasserman.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Main Author: Wasserman, Noam, 1969-
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Kauffman Foundation series on innovation and entrepreneurship.
Subjects:
New business enterprises > Management.
Entrepreneurship.
Physical Description:ix, 480 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Career dilemmas
  • The solo-versus-team dilemma
  • Relationship dilemmas : flocking together and playing with fire
  • Role dilemmas : positions and decision making
  • Reward dilemmas : equity splits and cash compensation
  • The three Rs system : alignment and equilibrium
  • Hiring dilemmas : the right hires at the right time
  • Investor dilemmas : adding value, adding risks
  • Failure, success, and founder-ceo succession
  • Wealth-versus-control dilemmas.