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Reid Hoffman Cites Noam’s Research in a Recent Post

Noam’s Founder-CEO studies have made their way to Reid Hoffman’s recent post, titled “If, Why, and How Founders Should Hire a “Professional” CEO.” To Read More  

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Brad Feld: FeldThoughts blogs a Review of The Founder’s Dilemmas

“If you are a founder, or considering being a founder, a board member, or an investor, buy The Founder’s Dilemmas right now. One of your goals should be to do everything you can to maximize your chance of success. This

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Eric Ries’ Startup Lessons Learned: Founder’s Dilemmas — Equity Splits

“If you’re starting a new company, you probably already know that a crazy variety of landmines await you. What if you had a map that showed exactly where they are and how to avoid them? Having seen these dilemmas derail

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BostonInno: 5 Founder Lessons From a Decade of Data on Startups

“If you work or plan to work in startups, you ought to pick up this book.” Article includes a synopsis of The Founder’s Dilemmas and select lessons from the book. To Read More

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New York Journal of Books Reviews Founder’s Dilemmas

“…the single-most indispensable guide for founders of startups. Comingling research, straight talk, and a human voice—so often lacking in books with an academic bent—Dilemmas totally rocks as a business school required read and a founder’s gripping, absolute must-read.” To Read

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Forbes: HBS’s Noam Wasserman Brings Moneyball to Start-ups

“It looks like Wasserman’s book is on track to take as lofty a position in the entrepreneurial literature as HBS’s Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma did in the field of technological change.” To Read More

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Joel On Software (Blog of Joel Spolsky): The Founder’s Dilemmas

“My friend Noam Wasserman at Harvard Business School has spent years researching startups. His work is great, because he actually does real, quantitative research on the kinds of things that everybody has opinions about.” To Read More

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Avoiding Founder Failure: 26 Quick Tips and Real Data

Dharmesh Shah of OnStartups.com: List of 26 Tweet-able Tips for Founding a Startup (based on The Founder’s Dilemmas) To Read More

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Publisher’s Weekly: The Founder’s Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup

A “seminal work on the startup phase of the entrepreneurial venture…[based on] a decade of research on common issues faced by founders.” An “illuminating and captivating read.” To read more

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PEhub: HBS’s Noam Wasserman on Cofounders, Equity Splits, and Reality Distortion Fields

Interview with Noam that captures some of the observations he made during the book’s writing, and lessons he hopes will help entrepreneurs avoid the pitfalls of their predecessors. To read more

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