
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Startup Tactics
15 Tactics to Turn Your Business Plan into a Business
Paul Cheek(Author)
Wiley (Publisher)
Published on 25. March 2024
Book
Hardback
288 pages
978-1-394-22335-0 (ISBN)
Description
A hands-on, practical roadmap to get from great idea to successful company
In Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, renowned entrepreneur and Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Paul Cheek delivers an actionable field guide to transforming your one great idea into a functional, funded, and staffed startup. Building on the ideas presented in the bestselling Disciplined Entrepreneurship, the author delivers a startlingly complete and comprehensive set of solutions you can implement immediately to advance your company to its next stage of growth.
This is not a theoretical book. You'll find ground-level, down-and-dirty entrepreneurial tactics-like how to conduct advanced primary market research, market and sell to your first customers, and take a scrappy approach to building your first products-that keep your firm growing. These tactics maximize your impact with limited resources. You'll also discover:
Effective marketing tactics specific to early startups that go beyond cookie-cutter digital MarTech solutions
Tactics for designing and testing your product concepts yourself before investing limited resources in developing a fully functional product
Methods for equity distribution that minimize conflict and maximize investor return
An invaluable resource for founders and entrepreneurs, Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics will also benefit any professional working at an early-stage startup or launching new products looking for concrete solutions to the most common and difficult problems faced by young companies and the people who work in them.
In Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics, renowned entrepreneur and Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship Paul Cheek delivers an actionable field guide to transforming your one great idea into a functional, funded, and staffed startup. Building on the ideas presented in the bestselling Disciplined Entrepreneurship, the author delivers a startlingly complete and comprehensive set of solutions you can implement immediately to advance your company to its next stage of growth.
This is not a theoretical book. You'll find ground-level, down-and-dirty entrepreneurial tactics-like how to conduct advanced primary market research, market and sell to your first customers, and take a scrappy approach to building your first products-that keep your firm growing. These tactics maximize your impact with limited resources. You'll also discover:
Effective marketing tactics specific to early startups that go beyond cookie-cutter digital MarTech solutions
Tactics for designing and testing your product concepts yourself before investing limited resources in developing a fully functional product
Methods for equity distribution that minimize conflict and maximize investor return
An invaluable resource for founders and entrepreneurs, Disciplined Entrepreneurship: Startup Tactics will also benefit any professional working at an early-stage startup or launching new products looking for concrete solutions to the most common and difficult problems faced by young companies and the people who work in them.
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Edition
1
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 221 mm
Width: 220 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
844 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-394-22335-0 (9781394223350)
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Paul Cheek
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Startup Tactics
15 Tactics to Turn Your Business Plan into a Business
E-Book
03/2024
1st Edition
Wiley
€23.99
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Paul Cheek
Disciplined Entrepreneurship Startup Tactics
15 Tactics to Turn Your Business Plan into a Business
E-Book
03/2024
1st Edition
Wiley
€23.99
Available for download
Persons
PAUL CHEEK is a serial tech entrepreneur, entrepreneurship educator, software engineer, and patented inventor. He is the Executive Director of the Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship and a Senior Lecturer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the MIT Sloan School of Management. Paul was MIT's first Hacker in Residence and has since taught, mentored, and advised thousands of entrepreneurs around the world. Paul was named to Forbes 30 Under 30, the definitive list of young people changing the world. Paul is a co-founder of Oceanworks, a for-profit company with a mission to end plastic pollution and previously co-founded Work Today, a venture-backed digital staffing and recruiting company. Paul advises startups and both speaks and consults with Fortune 500 companies and universities globally to advance entrepreneurship. You can learn more about Paul on his website, PaulCheek.com, or follow him on LinkedIn.
Content
Foreword
Introduction to Tactics
Stage 1: Foundations
Task 1: Goals - Operational Goals and KPIs - Charting the Course to Major Milestones
Task 2: Systems - Startup Tooling and Systems
Stage 2: Market Testing
Task 3: Market Research - Advanced Primary and Secondary Market Research - Quantifying Qualitative Research
Task 4: Assets - Developing Startup Visual Assets
Task 5: Marketing - Proving Persona Assumptions with Digital Advertising
Task 6: Sales - Early Customer Demand Generation
Stage 3: Product Development
Task 8: Design - Minimum Viable Business Product Design
Task 9: User Testing - Validating the Product *Actually* Works
Task 10: Engineering - Transitioning From Product Design to Development
Stage 4: Resource Acquisition
Task 11: Legal - Incorporation and Legal Documents for Your Startup
Task 12: Finance - Path to Greatness: Building the Financial Model and Setting Up the Piggy Bank
Task 13: Pitch Deck Design - Pitch Decks for Startups
Task 14: Fundraising - Executing Your Venture's Fundraising Plan
Task 15: Hiring - Finding and Onboarding Your First Ten Employees
Next Steps
Index
Introduction to Tactics
Stage 1: Foundations
Task 1: Goals - Operational Goals and KPIs - Charting the Course to Major Milestones
Task 2: Systems - Startup Tooling and Systems
Stage 2: Market Testing
Task 3: Market Research - Advanced Primary and Secondary Market Research - Quantifying Qualitative Research
Task 4: Assets - Developing Startup Visual Assets
Task 5: Marketing - Proving Persona Assumptions with Digital Advertising
Task 6: Sales - Early Customer Demand Generation
Stage 3: Product Development
Task 8: Design - Minimum Viable Business Product Design
Task 9: User Testing - Validating the Product *Actually* Works
Task 10: Engineering - Transitioning From Product Design to Development
Stage 4: Resource Acquisition
Task 11: Legal - Incorporation and Legal Documents for Your Startup
Task 12: Finance - Path to Greatness: Building the Financial Model and Setting Up the Piggy Bank
Task 13: Pitch Deck Design - Pitch Decks for Startups
Task 14: Fundraising - Executing Your Venture's Fundraising Plan
Task 15: Hiring - Finding and Onboarding Your First Ten Employees
Next Steps
Index