High Growth Handbook
Elad Gil
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Alexis Ohanian: "[Elad Gil's] book is required reading"
Everyone interested in the growth stage of startups should read it.”
Brian Armstrong: "Elad is one of the most experienced operators in Silicon Valley having seen numerous companies hit their inflection point.
Aaron Levie: “Elad jam packs every useful lesson about building and scaling companies in a single, digestible book.
Book Summary
Global technology executive, serial entrepreneur, and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high-growth, tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Stripe, and Square as they've grown from small companies to global enterprises.
Across all of these breakout companies, a set of common patterns has evolved into a repeatable playbook that Gil has now codified in High Growth Handbook. In this definitive guide, Gil covers key topics, including:
- the role of the CEO
- managing a board
- recruiting and managing an executive team
- mergers and acquisitions
- initial public offerings
- late-stage funding
Interspersed with and informed by interviews with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), and Aaron Levie (Box), High Growth Handbook presents crystal-clear guidance for navigating the most complex challenges that confront leaders and operators in high-growth startups.
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