{"product_id":"9781119839736","title":"The Resilient Founder Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs","description":"\u003ch1\u003eThe Resilient Founder\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eLessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eMahendra Ramsinghani\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics \/ Corporate Finance \/ Venture Capital\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eManaging your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs acclaimed investor and entrepreneur Ben Horowitz once stated, managing your own psychology is the hardest skill for any founder or CEO.  In \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder: Lessons in Endurance from Startup Entrepreneurs,\u003c\/i\u003e Mahendra Ramsinghani gathers insights from over a hundred founders to deliver an intuitive and insightful guide to understanding our psychology and navigating the psychological pressures of startup leadership. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVenture backed companies are expected to grow at high velocity, raise large amounts of capital, build teams effectively to achieve unicorn, no decacorn status. Yet the journey is long, filled with uncertainties, extremities and black swan events.  It can wear out the best and the brightest.  On the outside, a CEO can demonstrate sheer bravado, an invincible spirit as they behead dragons in the business battlefield. And on the inside, they deal with their dark side, subconscious struggles, emotional barriers, shame or guilt. The role of a founder can be lonely, frustrating and filled with high-highs and low-lows - all of this leading to anxiety, depression even suicide. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book addresses the fundamentals of understanding our own inner workings and explores practical ways of overcoming our inner hurdles.  Filled with simple, yet concrete strategies, lessons and insights, founders and business leaders can work with stress, anxiety, and other mental challenges presented by the life of an entrepreneur. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn this book, readers will learn to: \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eUnderstand the basics of founder psychology, and how our inner workings can help or hurt us\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eThe importance of building a healthy ego, leading to resilience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDraw on the lessons of established startup leaders on how to wrestle with their own mental and emotional challenges\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for founders, entrepreneurs and Chief Executive Officers, \u003ci\u003eThe Resilient Founder\u003c\/i\u003e leads a gentle path to self-awareness, compassionate soul-care and inner wellbeing. Entrepreneur, Investor and author Brad Feld calls this book \"dynamite\".  Case studies, philosophical perspectives and a generous dose of poetry is sprinkled across this book, which can be a companion for all those misfits, rebels and the crazy ones. For all those perpetually hitched on the roller coaster ride of entrepreneurial journey, this book is first of a kind to delve into the dark side and present a balanced approach to building your inner core as you build your company.  This is no quick-fix guide, and we are perpetual work-in-progress. Today is Day One. Let us start the journey.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMAHENDRA RAMSINGHANI, B. Engg., MBA, \u003c\/b\u003eauthored this book as an empathetic attempt to support the wounded entrepreneur — the silent soldiers struggling on the startup battlefield, fending for themselves as they recover. In his fifteen years of investment experience, he has seen first-hand, the struggle with the siren call of startups. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Business of Venture Capital\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley, 2021) and co-author of \u003ci\u003eStartup Boards\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley) with Brad Feld and Matt Blumberg. His articles have appeared in \u003ci\u003eMIT Technology Review, Forbes, and TechCrunch\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founder of Secure Octane, a San Francisco–based venture fund and has advised sovereign and corporate venture funds in the United States as well as the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 December 2021\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWiley\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781119839736\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e320\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e22.4\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Wiley","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44380460318860,"sku":"9781119839736","price":25.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781119839736_d853cbd7-cf33-4114-a3ca-02908c86498f.jpg?v=1780617260","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781119839736","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}