Startupland, Mikkel Svane
Startupland, Mikkel Svane
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Startupland
How Three Guys Risked Everything to Turn an Idea into a Global Business

Author: Mikkel Svane, Carlye Adler

Narrator: Christopher Price

Unabridged: 5 hr 20 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 03/24/2022


Synopsis

Startupland is the story of Zendesk, founded in the kitchen of a Copenhagen loft, and now a 500-person company with customers in 140 countries and one of the hottest companies in Silicon Valley. Zendesk provides customer service software to major clients. Much like Zendesks mission itselfto remove the friction, the barriers and the mystery in order to make software easier and more approachablethis book removes some of the myths about startups and startup founders. Instead of making things murky and complicated, this book inspires and empowers you to follow your own dream and create your own story. This book makes you want to go out and do somethingnot just because theres an opportunity in the market, or a path to make money, but because you want to build something that you believe in, are determined to design your own destiny, and understand that what you do matters. While there are books by consultants who tell you how to build businesses, or entrepreneurs now running billion dollar businesses, there are few books from people still in the trenches who acutely remember what it was like. Startupland is indispensable reading for all entrepreneurs who want to make their ideas the next big thing.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Herve on September 02, 2015

Many of my friends and colleagues tell me that video and movies are nowadays better than books for documenting real life. I still feel there is in books a depth I do not find anywhere else. A question of generations, probably. HBO’s Silicon Valley may be a funny and close-to-reality account of what......more

Goodreads review by Pooja on March 13, 2018

Very easy read and some good lessons for start-ups overall......more

Goodreads review by Yee on May 22, 2016

An inspirational true story of how Zendesk starts from nothing and reaches to this far. Business related books are never my cup of tea because most of the authors telling the readers on how miracles happened to them, how they create miracles or only people with similar level with them can achieve wh......more

Goodreads review by Vignesh on May 16, 2016

A short interesting read on how a small gang of ambitious Danish techies formed one of the successful businesses of the decade. Mikkel Svane keeps you engaged in his lucid writing which is devoid of contemporary business mumbo-jumbo. & the book feels like a well articulated medium article in itself.......more

Goodreads review by deleted on December 22, 2015

average cool startup story Building a start-up is all about developing new ideas and taking risks, so there’s no one formula for success. Get a strong team together, watch out for disingenuous investors, be prepared to make mistakes and adapt your strategy when things don’t go as planned. You’ll hit......more