Start Small, Stay Small: A Developer's Guide to Launching a Startup - Paperback

by Rob Walling (Author), Mike Taber (Editor)

Start Small, Stay Small is a step-by-step guide to launching a self-funded startup. If you're a desktop, mobile or web developer, this book is your blueprint to getting your startup off the ground with no outside investment.This book intentionally avoids topics restricted to venture-backed startups such as: honing your investment pitch, securing funding, and figuring out how to use the piles of cash investors keep placing in your lap.This book assumes:

• You don't have $6M of investor funds sitting in your bank account
• You're not going to relocate to the handful of startup hubs in the world
• You're not going to work 70 hour weeks for low pay with the hope of someday making millions from stock options

Author Biography

Rob is a serial startup startup founder, angel investor, and author. He's been sharing his startup insights since 2005. Rob has written 3 books about how to start startups, been interviewed in the Wall Street Journal, Forbes and Inc., and reached hundreds of thousands of people through hundreds of interviews, talks, books and articles.