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From Start-Up to Grown-Up by Alisa Cohn

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From Start-Up to Grown-Up

by Alisa Cohn

What People Are Saying

β€œThe Miami tech movement has been born and bred out of an innovative and collaborative spirit. From Start-up to Grown-up is an incredible resource to help the founders who are building our ecosystem grow as their companies scale.”

β€” Francis Suarez, Mayor of Miami

β€œStart-up founder to CEO is a big stretch along the entrepreneurial path. Read this useful, tough-love guidebook, and you will understand why Alisa is such a sought-after start-up coach.”

β€” Eric Schurenberg, CEO of Inc. and Fast Company

β€œAs a former start-up founder, I know first-hand how difficult the journey is from founder to CEO. Luckily, entrepreneurs now have an indispensable guidebook. From Start-up to Grown-up is a great read filled with excellent insights.”

β€” Maxine Clark, Founder and Former CEO, Build-a-Bear Workshop

β€œBeing a start-up CEO is lonely, and the more successfully you grow your company, the lonelier it gets. Alisa's book From Start-up to Grown-up offers friendly frameworks that will help any start-up founders and all leaders navigate that path with grace.”

β€” Kim Scott, Author, 'Radical Candor'

β€œAlisa wrote the guidebook for defining your own personal operating manual for CEOs. I wish I read this before starting my company. This is a goldmine of resources for every founder to win, and win the right way.”

β€” Mert Iseri, Founder and CEO, Swipesense

β€œAlisa is the #1 start-up coach in the world and reading From Start-up to Grown-up feels like getting coached by her directly. It will help you build your start-up into a world-class company.”

β€” Marshall Goldsmith, World's #1 CEO Coach and Thinkers50 #1 Leadership Thinker

β€œFrom Start-up to Grown-up is a treasure trove for company leaders of all stripes. It is rich with Alisa's years of battle-tested wisdom and sparkles with her warmth and humanity. Every start-up founder should invest in a copy.”

β€” Nir Eyal, Angel investor; bestselling author of 'Hooked' and 'Indistractable'

β€œAlisa's book provides a blueprint for becoming a better leader. It's not just about startups or CEOs - every leader will find bits of wisdom in here! I only wish I had the opportunity to read it sooner in my career.”

β€” Andrey Akselrod, Cofounder, Smartling and CTO, People.ai

β€œFinally, I have a comprehensive resource I can give to all aspiring entrepreneurs. Everything you need is in From Start-Up to Grown-Up, including the templates which are so valuable on their own!”

β€” Mo Bunnell, Author, 'The Snowball System'

About This Book

Grow your leadership to grow your business. Executive coach Alisa Cohn shares lessons from helping companies like Etsy, Foursquare, and InVision become headline names, focusing on founder self-management and team leadership.

Read if...

Read if you are a founder who needs to grow as a leader alongside your company.

Skip if...

Skip if you are still validating your idea and have not yet built a team.

Topics

leadershipfounder-growthself-managementteam-building

What Founders Say

β€œAs my team grew from 5 to 50, I struggled to scale my leadership. This book gave me the frameworks to evolve from doer to leader.”

β€” Jessica PatelCEO @ CloudScale

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