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Book excerpts are carefully curated from books selected by StartupNation’s editorial staff, written by leading business authors, thought leaders and entrepreneurs.

Your Playbook For Success Means Understanding Your Workplace Rules

This is a modified excerpt from "Impact Players: How to Take the Lead, Play Bigger, and Multiply Your Impact" by Liz Wiseman. Copyright 2021 by the author and reprinted by permission of Harper Business. ...

byLiz Wiseman

August 30, 2022

What Every Startup Needs To Understand About Growth

Adapted from "Navigate the Swirl: 7 Crucial Conversations For Business Transformation" by Richard Hawkes. Copyright 2022 by Wiley. What does “growth” mean? In business, the term is used in many different ways. Broadly speaking, it...

byRichard S. Hawkes

August 16, 2022

5 Foundational Pillars for a Successful Entrepreneur Lifestyle

Being an entrepreneur isn’t a job. It’s a lifestyle built around your businesses. You have to be all in, fully engaged, and willing to do whatever it takes to make your business successful. However, beyond...

byBob Schlegel

August 9, 2022

Here’s Why Market Timing is Everything When it Comes to Startup Success

The following is excerpted from “SUPER FOUNDERS: What Data Reveals About Billion-Dollar Startups” by Ali Tamaseb. Copyright © 2021. Available from PublicAffairs, an imprint of Hachette Book Group, Inc. In 1995, General Magic, the startup company where Tony...

byAli Tamaseb

August 9, 2022

Want the Best Exit Strategy Outcome? Prepare, Prepare, Prepare

The following is an excerpt from “Exit Path: How to Win the Startup End Game” by Touraj Parang. Copyright 2022 by McGraw Hill. RATIONALE AND TIMING Plans are worthless, but planning is everything. —Dwight...

byTouraj Parang

August 2, 2022

What Is Profit, Anyway? Why Entrepreneurs Need To Get Clear To Be Successful

This is an adapted excerpt from "True Profit!: No Company Ever Went Broke Turning a Profit" by Hermann Simon. Copyright 2021 by Springer. “I’m for profit maximization!” If you want to infuriate large portions of...

byHermann Simon

August 2, 2022

The Cofounder Prenup and Why Your Startup Needs One

This excerpt is from “From Start-Up to Grown-Up” by Alisa Cohn ©2021 and is reproduced and adapted with permission from Kogan Page Ltd. Learn more. The best way to ensure that you and your cofounder...

byAlisa Cohn

July 27, 2022

Meditation Allows Leaders to Achieve More by Doing Nothing

As business leaders, we are so often called to do things: make decisions, fix problems, manage money. The irony is, the more we do, the less control we have. Effective leadership requires composition, control and...

byRob Dube

July 19, 2022

8 Reasons Why Your Startup Needs Media Coverage

The following is an excerpt from “Exposure: Insider Secrets to Make Your Business a Go-To Authority for Journalists” by Felicity Cowie. Copyright 2022 by Practical Inspiration Publishing. In the foreword to "Exposure: Insider Secrets...

byFelicity Cowie

June 28, 2022

Everyone Has Unfair Advantages. Learn to Leverage Yours

Excerpted from "The Unfair Advantage: How You Already Have What It Takes to Succeed" by Ash Ali & Hasan Kubba. Copyright 2022 by the authors, and reprinted with permission of St. Martin's Publishing Group. Introducing...

byAsh Ali and Hasan Kubba

June 21, 2022

Why I Would Rather Be Guided than Driven

The following is adapted from "Stop Chasing Squirrels: 6 Essentials to Find Your Purpose, Focus, and Flow" by Ted Bradshaw. Copyright 2022 by Lioncrest Publishing. When I was a young businessman, chasing possibilities didn’t...

byTed Bradshaw

June 16, 2022

What About Mike? How to Handle a Weak Link on Your Payroll

The following is an excerpt from “Who’s Your Mike? A No-Bullshit Guide to the People You’ll Meet on Your Entrepreneurial Journey” by Kurt Wilkin. Copyright 2022 by Per Capita Publishing. Do you have a Mike?...

byKurt Wilkin

June 15, 2022

Eliminating Friction is Bad for Business. Embrace A Dose of Good Friction Instead.

The following is an excerpt on leadership from “Friction: Adding Value by Making People Work for It,” by Soon Yu and Dave Birss. Copyright 2022 by Zenkarma Media. Employers and employees have seen the...

bySoon Yu and Dave Birss

June 14, 2022

Build the Damn Thing: The 4 Steps to Defining Your Idea

byKathryn Finney

June 7, 2022

‘The Startup of You’: Why You Need to Embrace Your Free Agency

Excerpted from "The Startup of You (Revised and Updated)" by Reid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha. Copyright © 2012 by Reid Hoffman. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without...

byReid Hoffman and Ben Casnocha

May 31, 2022

Resilience in the Face of Crisis: How to Rise Up to Challenges

The following is an excerpt from "Rise Up: Leadership Habits for Turbulent Times" by Mike Watson and Ali Grovue. Copyright 2022 by Figure 1 Publishing. Through COVID-19, my team and I at Ignite Management...

byMike Watson

May 17, 2022

The 4 Essential Factors That Make a Good Business Pitch

The following is excerpted from "Brag Better: Master the Art of Fearless Self-Promotion" by Meredith Fineman, in agreement with Portfolio, an imprint of Penguin Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House LLC. Copyright ©...

byMeredith Fineman

May 12, 2022

PR Is About Perception: The 5 Stages to Positive Branding

The following is an excerpt from “You Need PR” by Jenna Guarneri. Copyright 2022 by An Inc. Original. When a new house is constructed, the builder pulls together the brightest professionals from each construction trade....

byJenna Guarneri

May 10, 2022

How to Handle Career Uncertainty: Take Control of What You Can Change Now

Excerpted from The #Pace Process for Early Career Success. Copyright © 2022 by Mark Zides. Reprinted with permission from Armin Lear Press. All rights reserved. What can I do now? Not tomorrow, not next year, but now? We...

byMark Zides

April 19, 2022