How to Grow Your Startup Career When You're Not the Founder
English language
Published Dec. 16, 2021 by Independently Published.
In today's tech startup world, career paths are nonlinear. Startup founders may become worth millions before their mid-twenties. Employees live through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) that dramatically change our lives and skyrocket our careers. On the flip side, some of us invest our best working years at startups that suddenly shutter. By some estimates, nearly 90% startups will end in failure. A startup career can be rewarding but it can also be challenging and often confusing.
While a ton of proverbial ink has been spilled about how to "crush it" as a founder or startup leader, there's very little in the way of guidance for how we employees can hack our own careers. In this engaging book, get the tools and tips to navigate the world of tech startups and make better decisions about your career along the way. Get practical advice on topics including how to ask for a …
In today's tech startup world, career paths are nonlinear. Startup founders may become worth millions before their mid-twenties. Employees live through Initial Public Offerings (IPOs) that dramatically change our lives and skyrocket our careers. On the flip side, some of us invest our best working years at startups that suddenly shutter. By some estimates, nearly 90% startups will end in failure. A startup career can be rewarding but it can also be challenging and often confusing.
While a ton of proverbial ink has been spilled about how to "crush it" as a founder or startup leader, there's very little in the way of guidance for how we employees can hack our own careers. In this engaging book, get the tools and tips to navigate the world of tech startups and make better decisions about your career along the way. Get practical advice on topics including how to ask for a promotion and raise, level up in your career, manage your boss, navigate startup failure (and success!), and more.
Quick read full of fairly solid advice for startup employees who aren't founders. Not perfect (I certainly don't agree with some of the sweeping characterizations of startup life) but if you don't have a lot of context, and are headed into your first startup job, this would be a great starting place.
