The guiding intention for this book has been to share as much as possible the month by month developments in the first year of ten very successful technology companies. In doing this, the expectation is to encourage relatedness by way of revealing the extent to which very successful startups start in the same way as almost any startup. As such, the conclusions listed as follows are put forward not as recommendations but as mere reflections that will hopefully dislodge as many myths.
Successful technology companies can be started as empathy in action: More than half of the companies profiled (Shazam, StubHub, Etsy, ...
