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REIGNITION

TRANSFORMING STUCK STARTUPS INTO BREAKOUT WINNERS

Dave Hersh

ISBN 978-1-63909-034-1

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Publication: 27 JUNE 2024
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ISBN: 9781639090341
Price: £23.75
Binding: Hardback

Format: 216 x 140 mm
Extent: 232 pp
Thema: KJ Business

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The Secret Playbook for Transforming a Stuck Startup

Dave Hersh's new book, Reignition Transforming Stuck
Startups into Breakout Winners
gives readers a valuable outline on how to transform a
stuck startup into a lean, disciplined, focused organization
that thoughtfully experiments with growth before making
investments and that has the best chance of succeeding
on a large scale. Drawing on stories of successes and
failures, Hersh explains how companies that recover from
near-death experiences can have profoundly successful
second acts. This book will appeal to new or mature
Dave Hersh is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor based in San
Francisco with over 30 years of experience in business strategy and businesses, but the following will have special interest:

startups. His ideas on building lean, profitable, mission-driven 1. Startups and growth companies from $1M to $100M in
businesses have helped hundreds of businesses get "unstuck" and find revenue that have gotten stuck and must transform to
their breakaway path. He is currently a general partner at Metamorph survive and grow.
Capital, which acquires "stuck" venture-backed companies and 2. Founders and leaders of bootstrapped, healthy, or
transforms them into healthy, sustainable leaders. Dave was the earlier-stage startups who want to avoid common mistakes
Founding CEO of Jive (NASD: JIVE), which he grew from a small open- around premature scaling.
source project to its IPO in 2011. He then spent two years as a Board 3. Acquirers (and hired leaders) of stuck companies.
Partner (investor) at the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. 4. Investors and stakeholders who support these
companies and leaders.

Hersh is a needed voice in a startup ecosystem intent on
Sales: Star Book Sales LLP raising too much money, growing too quickly, and failing at
T: 01404 515050 a high rate. Instead, Hersh advises readers on how to
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twitter.com/starbooksales streamline a business down to its core, adopt an
appropriate leadership style, get profitable, and patiently
Orders: Combined Book Services Ltd. seek the right growth path. This is the first book in a brand
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Phone: 01892 837171 truths behind our decisions), vulnerability, and

Prices and specifications are provisional and are subject to change accessibility, mixed with real-world experience, practical
without notice. 16/01/2024 tools, and results from an experienced entrepreneur who
cares about his readers.