The Startup Players Handbook: A Roadmap to Building SaaS and Software Companies

This book provides founders with a working understanding of dozens of fields and SaaS skills to scale a company. It covers when to bootstrap, apply to accelerators, seek seed capital, write a mission statement, find investors, use technical stacks, HR, sell, and when to spend time on each discipline. It also covers the tech stack and the ever-changing landscape to keep technical debt low and respond to market forces.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 679 pages
Publication date: 20 May 2023
Publisher: APress

Modern startups follow an assembly line-like journey, spanning from seed to later-stage series financing. Founders must possess a comprehensive understanding of dozens of fields to successfully scale their companies. SaaS is a specialized set of skills that applies across these disciplines. This book aims to provide founders with a working grasp of the roles and responsibilities of specialists as their organizations grow. It also explores how founders can leverage foundational knowledge to initiate these capabilities, ensuring that when professionals are hired, they can hit the ground running with authentic materials. As startups achieve success, founders face numerous challenges, and this book offers guidance on how to navigate each discipline at different stages of growth. The hardest part of starting a startup is often just taking the first step. This book covers crucial considerations such as deciding when to bootstrap, applying to accelerators, seeking seed capital, and where to pursue these opportunities. It also addresses earlier questions such as crafting a mission statement, identifying investors, selecting technical stacks, managing human resources, selling, and determining the appropriate allocation of time for each discipline. By examining the tech stack and the ever-evolving landscape, this book aims to maintain low technical debt and enhance the ability to respond to market forces.

What You'll Learn:

The fundamentals of choosing the right corporate structure, its tax implications, equity, and additional philosophical considerations.

Conducting thorough research, pricing, and planning to bring a remarkable innovation to market and expand into a portfolio.

Exploring various leadership styles and strategies to enhance the domain of leadership.

Moving beyond inspiration, encompassing regular meetings, fostering growth, and effective task management.

Acquiring basic accounting and finance skills, including terminology and guidance on revenue recognition.

Weight: 1038g
Dimension: 155 x 233 x 42 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781484293171
Edition number: 1st ed.