Committed

Does your tech startup have in you what it takes to survive and thrive?Great tech simply isnt enough, and many first-time technical founders dont know what they dont know. Books on business strategy are abundant, but candid, practical advice is hard to find from technical founders who have walked the path and received an MBA from the School of HardKnocks. To the first-time technical startup founder, most business books focused on startup strategies might seem inaccessible, outdated, and off-topic.To that end, Eldon Sprickerhoff, cofounder of cybersecurity firm eSentire, has assembled a list of everything he didnt know as a first-time technical startup founder before his firm rocketed to a valuation of over $1 billion, including: finding product-market fit, raising early- stage capital, competing against bigger and better-funded competitors, building resilience, pushing through failureand dealing with success.In Committed, Sprickerhoff offers readers survival strategies that encourage technical founders to embrace their new title, the one that matters most: Chief Survival Officer.