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Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days

Jessica Livingston

What really happens in the earliest days of a startup, according to the founders who were there?

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Author: Jessica Livingston

Why read it

You will see that startups often begin as something the founder built for himself, as a bookmarking site did
You will learn how a company's first idea can give way to a better one, as a project tool gave way to Blogger
You will notice that lasting products can start inside other places, as Gmail did at Google and Lycos did in a university lab

Who it is for

Aspiring founder deciding whether to start a company
Engineer at a startup curious how others began
Investor who wants founders' own stories rather than hindsight

Contents

Foreword
Introduction
CHAPTER 1 Max Levchin Cofounder, PayPal
CHAPTER 2 Sabeer Bhatia Cofounder, Hotmail
CHAPTER 3 Steve Wozniak Cofounder, Apple Computer
CHAPTER 4 Joe Kraus Cofounder, Excite
CHAPTER 5 Dan Bricklin Cofounder, Software Arts
CHAPTER 6 Mitchell Kapor Cofounder, Lotus Development
CHAPTER 7 Ray Ozzie Founder, Iris Associates, Groove Networks
CHAPTER 8 Evan Williams Confounder, Pyra Labs (Blogger.com)
CHAPTER 9 Tim Brady First Non-Founding Employee, Yahoo
CHAPTER 10 Mike Lazaridis Cofounder, Research In Motion
CHAPTER 11 Arthur van Hoff Cofounder, Marimba
CHAPTER 12 Paul Buchheit Creator, Gmail
CHAPTER 13 Steve Perlman Cofounder, WebTV
CHAPTER 14 Mike Ramsay Cofounder, TiVo
CHAPTER 15 Paul Graham Cofounder, Viaweb
CHAPTER 16 Joshua Schachter Founder, del.icio.us
CHAPTER 17 Mark Fletcher Founder, ONElist, Bloglines
CHAPTER 18 Craig Newmark Founder, craigslist
CHAPTER 19 Caterina Fake: Cofounder, Flickr
CHAPTER 20 Brewster Kahle Founder, WAIS, Internet Archive, Alexa Internet
CHAPTER 21 Charles Geschke Cofounder, Adobe Systems
CHAPTER 22 Ann Winblad Cofounder, Open Systems, Hummer Winblad
CHAPTER 23 David Heinemeier Hansson Partner, 37signals
CHAPTER 24 Philip Greenspun Cofounder, ArsDigita
CHAPTER 25 Joel Spolsky Cofounder, Fog Creek Software
CHAPTER 26 Stephen Kaufer Cofounder, TripAdvisor
CHAPTER 27 James Hong Cofounder, HOT or NOT
CHAPTER 28 James Currier Founder, Tickle
CHAPTER 29 Blake Ross Creator, Firefox
CHAPTER 30 Mena Trott Cofounder, Six Apart
CHAPTER 31 Bob Davis Founder, Lycos

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