May 2017
Beginner
208 pages
4h 54m
English
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Acknowledgments
In 2014, during a conversation we were having about Sean’s video series The Naked Entrepreneur, we started talking about doing a book together to answer the question we each get asked all the time, “Is this a good idea?”
We started chewing on the idea for Startup Opportunities, and Sean was ready to go. Brad had a few false starts, but Sean stayed with him, even after Brad had a moment of total overwhelm and said, “I can’t deal with this right now.” We finally kicked into high gear in the summer, and when Brad returned from his sabbatical in November 2014, we were both refreshed and ready to finish things off.
The first edition of this book wouldn’t exist without the help of our friends at FG Press: Dane McDonald, Eugene Wan, Kevin Kane, and Dave Heal. Even though FG Press wasn’t a successful venture, its team’s patience, diligence, hard work, and endless professionalism was inspiring.
Wiley, with which Brad has published five other books, decided to publish a second edition of this book. We tidied it up, added a few things, and let the Wiley editing and production crew do their magic. Once again, we had the pleasure to work with Bill Falloon, who is Brad’s long-time editor.
Every book is challenging to write. In this case, we’ve both had enormous help from many of the people we’ve gotten to work with, along with exposure to endless ideas for new companies, often as many as 10 a day.
For starters, we stand on the shoulders of giants in the contemporary startup ...
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