Case Studies
There are only three paths you can take as a startup founder. Read stories about the three different paths you can take below.
Which path will you take? Lifestyle, Buy or Be Bought, or IPO?
Lifestyle:
Tim Ferris does an excellent job highlighting some startups that are making it with Lifestyle businesses. If you haven't yet, read his book the 4-Hour Work Week.
https://tim.blog/2017/12/30/how-to-build-a-million-dollar-one-person-business/
Buy or Be Bought:
The best place to hear about stories of Entrepreneurs succeeding in an acquisition strategy is "How I built This" hosted by Guy Raz a podcast on NPR.
https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510313/how-i-built-this
IPO:
This is the big mountain with the biggest rewards. Learn about the rewards of an IPO in these 25 case studies of companies that went public in 2020.
https://news.crunchbase.com/news/tech-cos-gone-public-in-2020/
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