Curious about what the world’s next “Facebook” will be? This book is your must-read guide to the best, new companies. Not just any startups... these are The Coolest Startups in America! This book is a compilation of the best upstarts around our great nation, curated by startup expert & entrepreneur Doreen Bloch. It’s written for people who don’t read TechCrunch, expect “Mashable” to be a property of potatoes, or think foursquare is just an outdoor ballgame! The Coolest Startups in America is your guide about the awesome startups in the USA today that will be global household names tomorrow. Cool startups are about innovative thinking, a knack for the neat, and something “wow” about which to talk. Don’t wait another second to start up your discovery of The Coolest Startups in America.
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"Identifies companies that are disrupting traditional industries... [Author Doreen Bloch] uncovered 7 common characteristics of the most successful startups..." -- DARYL BERNSTEIN, Chief Executive Officer of RightSignature
About the Author
Doreen Bloch is a startup expert, entrepreneur and author in New York City (via Silicon Valley). Doreen is the author of The Coolest Startups in America, and the co-founder of an early-stage technology startup. She is a graduate of the Haas School of Business undergraduate program at the University of California, Berkeley where she was awarded the Jack Larson Fellowship for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. Doreen is a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council. Doreen's work has been featured by The New York Times, Inc.com, Under30CEO, Fox Buisness, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Forbes Women, Women 2.0, MSN's Business on Main, Feministing, Girls in Tech, The Daily Muse & more.
Product Details
Paperback: 312 pages
Publisher: Building Bloch Books (February 14, 2012)
Doreen Bloch is an entrepreneur, startup expert, and author in New York City (via Silicon Valley). She is the author of The Coolest Startups in America, and the co-founder of an early-stage technology startup.
Doreen is a graduate of the Haas School of Business undergraduate program at the University of California, Berkeley where she was awarded the Jack Larson Fellowship for Entrepreneurship & Innovation. She is also a member of the Young Entrepreneur Council.
Doreen's work has been featured by The New York Times, Inc.com, Under30CEO, Fox Business, The Huffington Post, Forbes, Forbes Women, Women 2.0, MSN's Business on Main, Feministing, Girls in Tech, The Daily Muse & more.
This book is the first one of its kind and must read! It indeed provides a wonderful introduction to the world of startups! It is well written,right to the point and entertaining. It describes not only the individual startups but explains the processes all startups go through to make them successful. The selection of the startups in the book spans many industries, its current and therefore gives the reader a great opportunity to open the eyes to the technological advencements created daily by the founders and visioneries that run those startup companies. The book is very easy to understand, its witty as well as it is well researched by the author. I recommend it to anybody who wants to see how the technology world will impact each and every one of us now and in the very near future, and it is a great tool for graduating university students to reasearch possibilities for employment and/or intership. I also would recommend the book for enterpreners, investors, business people and young and old alike to get the first hand knowledge of the most current technology. I recommend this book and give it a 5 stars!!!It can make a great gift!
Coolest Startups is the first hard-cover startup catalog. The language is witty, the puns are fun, and the graphics are neat. For the outsider, it's a fantastic book, showcasing some of the most interesting startups in the US (plus three from outside the US).
If you are actually in the startup scene, you'll notice that the book is superficial in parts. The most glaring error I found was about Bespoke Innovations - they don't do prosthetic legs; instead the do only covers for prosthetic limbs. This should have been obvious to the author, who marvels at one point in Chapter 65 that the cost is only a few hundred dollars. This is a completely unrealistic price point for a prosthesis, and in fact Bespoke's website lists prices around $3000.
Other than that, the book is a quick and useful read, and you may fund out about a few useful startups you hadn't heard before: TaskRabbit, RentAStudent, Second Market, Axial Market, askSunday etc. Recommended.
This is really a very creatively written book, and is extremely informative without being 'heavy'. From the first word to the last, the author's enthusiasm and sincerity come through very clearly. I seldom, if ever, write a review but a book like this, and a young author like her, are too compelling. Highly recommended for anyone who has even the remotest interest in understanding start-ups -- from an unique angle.
