Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur

By James A. Swanson and Michael L. Baird

Thinking of starting your own business in high-tech? Do yourself a huge favor by reading this book first. The authors, both veterans of many start-ups, address topics vital to your start-up success,... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1888577916
• ISBN13: 9781888577914
• Release Date: September 2003
• Publisher: Professional Publications Inc
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.5" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

eysu.org contained the entire contents of this book online

In a bold marketing experiment, Professional Publications, Inc., once made available online at eysu.org the entire contents of this all-new 2003 2nd Edition of "Engineering Your Start-up." Every page was searchable in PDF files. Michael Baird (co-author)

A Must-Read for Any Entrepreneur

Baird provides a fantastic mix of practical information and advice. The explanations are easy to understand and as the sub-title indicates, this really is a "Guide." From helping you determine whether founding a startup is right for you, to understanding the differences between ISO's and NQSO's, Baird has it all.

Best among all

This is the best book among the six I've read recently on the subject. It contains numerous practical tips which I couldn't find anywhere else. The book has helped me tremendously in finding answers I want and in broadening my perspective on the subject. It is also written in a way that it is so easy to read and understand, unlike many others which I think are meant to be read by attorneys only. I am really pleased with the book. It's so good that I feel compelled to thank and compliment the author for a job well done.

a must read in combination with others

More substantive and more "specific" then any other such book I have read. Much more useful then "High Tech Startup" by Nesheim. Very enjoyable read without constantly reminding you that you might lose your house . One negative: very much written as a guide for engineers with an idea and no business knowledge; this means it lacks some depth when it comes to marketing issues.

Concise, Substantive advice with terrific staying power

I read this book in early 1995. I realized then that starting my own company based on a new technology would be premature. Now, nearly 4 years later, I've had the chance to watch the underlying technology mature and grow. Following the logical, practical and spcific plans outlined out in this book, I have a development and business team incorporated with two years of seed funding, and can build toward the next stage. I don't actually own this book. In fact, I logged in here to buy it, so I could review the principles involved in the next stage. However, the few thorough readings I gave it back in 1995 have probably saved me many years of what would have been a very hard entrepreneurial experience.