Startup Opportunities

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<b>Start strong with essential early-stage guidance from the VC perspective</b><p><i>Startup Opportunities</i> is the go-to guide for anyone with a great business idea. Whether it's your first business or your fifth, realistic assessment from the outset can save you a lot of time and money; why pour your heart and soul into a venture that is doomed to fail? Instead, position yourself to win from the very beginning. In this book, accomplished venture capitalists share their insight on startups and entrepreneurs: who will fail, who will succeed and why, and what you should do to give your business the very best shot at becoming a global success story. You'll learn how to evaluate your business with a critical eye, and how early customer development can be key in turning a good idea into a great opportunity. If you're serious about building a business that lasts, this book provides invaluable guidance that you really cannot miss.<p>More than five million people will launch a business this year, and many of them will be great ideasyet few will be around in five years, and even fewer in ten years. A great idea is not enough to build a successful business. You need to fortify your idea with the proper foundation, and a scaffolding of good planning and early action. This book shows you how.<ul><li>Assess your business's viability using the 10x Rule</li><li>Learn when you can quit your day jobor not</li><li>Take the key steps to making your business succeed</li><li>Discover the opportunities worth selling everything for</li></ul><p>This expert author team has witnessed more than 30,000 pitches over two decades, and have participated in over 500 startup launches.<i>Startup Opportunities</i> gives you the benefit of their experience to help you start strong and stay strong.

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<p><b>SEAN WISE</b> is an expert on startups and venture capital. He hosts<i>The Naked Entrepreneur</i>, which airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network, and is a prolific business educator, bestselling author, and an international business speaker. He is a partner at Ryerson Futures, a seed-stage venture capital fund and technology accelerator.<p><b>BRAD FELD</b> has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur for over twenty years. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and Intensity Ventures, a company that helped launch and operate software companies. He's also a co-founder of Techstars.

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