Life Is a Startup - by Noam Wasserman (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book shows us how to apply the habits of the most successful startup founders to our everyday lives. Like entrepreneurs, we all deal with uncertainty, toughdecision making, and necessary problem solving. This book offers important advice for those envisioning a change in their lives--from contemplating the next step in a relationship to making a radical career move--and managing changes to which they've already committed. With his database of tens of thousands of entrepreneurship case studies, Noam Wasserman is able to go deeply into the entrepreneurial mindset and show us how startups provide specific lessons for crafting our most successful lives.

Book Synopsis

This book shows us how to apply the habits of the most successful startup founders to our everyday lives. Like entrepreneurs, we all deal with uncertainty, toughdecision making, and necessary problem solving. This book offers important advice for those envisioning a change in their lives-from contemplating the next step in a relationship to making a radical career move-and managing changes to which they've already committed. With his database of tens of thousands of entrepreneurship case studies, Noam Wasserman is able to go deeply into the entrepreneurial mindset and show us how startups provide specific lessons for crafting our most successful lives.

Review Quotes

"Life Is a Startup is an essential book for anyone seeking wisdom on making better life decisions. Drawing from decades of research on entrepreneurship, psychology, and adult development, Noam Wasserman lays out the big life choices and changes we all face, and offers guidance that is often surprising and always entertaining."--Teresa Amabile "Harvard Business School and co-author of The Progress Principle"

"Noam Wasserman has been bringing to light the most potent lessons from successful entrepreneurs for nearly two decades. Now, he takes the winning tactics of founders and points them at something even bigger: our everyday lives. Wasserman offers innovative - often counterintuitive - advice on how to manage life changes, thrive as partners and friends, and build good habits. Life Is a Startup offers a real roadmap to success for every aspect of our lives."--Eric Ries "New York Times bestselling author of The Lean Startup and The Startup Way"

"Noam Wasserman is a leading expert on founders, and he makes a compelling case that an entrepreneurial mindset can help us make important decisions in every part of our lives. This book is a practical resource for reflection and action."--Adam Grant "New York Times best-selling author of Originals, Give and Take, and Option B with Sheryl Sandberg"

"Writing for people entering new endeavors--switching jobs, relocating, or entering a creative activity--the author seeks to tap the wisdom of successful entrepreneurs and their counterintuitive thinking for their relevance to life decisions, and he provides numerous examples...A delight to read, this book will be especially relished by those with entrepreneurial mindsets. Highly recommended."--C. Wankel "CHOICE"

About the Author

Noam Wasserman holds the Lemann Chair in Entrepreneurship and is Founding Director of the Founder Central initiative at the University of Southern California's Greif Center for Entrepreneurial Studies. He is the author of the best-selling The Founder's Dilemmas: Anticipating and Avoiding the Pitfalls That Can Sink a Startup (2012).