High Growth Handbook

Elad Gil

出版社

Stripe Press

出版时间

2018-07-17

ISBN

9781732265103

评分

★★★★★
书籍介绍

Well-known technology executive and angel investor Elad Gil has worked with high growth tech companies like Airbnb, Twitter, Google, Instacart, Coinbase, Stripe, and Square as they've grown from small companies into global brands. Across all of these break-out companies, a set of common patterns has evolved into a repeatable playbook that Gil has codified in High Growth Handbook.

Covering key topics including the role of the CEO, managing your board, recruiting and managing an executive team, M&A, IPOs and late stage funding rounds, and interspersed with over a dozen interviews with some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley including Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn), Marc Andreessen (Andreessen Horowitz), and Aaron Levie (Box), High Growth Handbook presents crystal clear guidance for navigating the most complex challenges that confront leaders and operators in high-growth startups.

In what Reid Hoffman, cofounder of LinkedIn and co-author of the #1 NYT bestsellers The Alliance and The Startup of You calls "a trenchant guide," High Growth Handbook is the playbook for turning a startup into a unicorn.

Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Checkr, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, Wish, and others. He is cofounder and chairman at Color Genomics.

Previously, he was the VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, where he also ran various product (Geo, Search) and other operational ...

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  • "你需要奠定一套原则和作风然后贯彻为企业文化。"
  • "从产品到分销的思维转换 初创公司取得成功的方式通常是开发出一款富有吸引力、差异化鲜明的产品,从而将大量客户从传统产品那里拉了过来。于是,庞大的客户基础就成为公司向前发展的一大资产。公司的其他产品也可以卖给这些客户,为公司争取到更多时间或金钱。 既然最初成功的原因是专心做产品,爆品公司的创始人常常就认为产品开发是公司的首要竞争力和资产。事实上,分销渠道和来自第一款产品的客户基础才是公司最重要的发展优势和拉开差距的地方。"
  • "香农:就消费品而言,我会百分之百地说,你投入最大的领域应该是产品营销。本质上,你要试图设立路线图。你要努力理解人们如何使用产品,对产品是喜欢还是不喜欢。我不会一上来就投资品牌,因为你必须确保市场契合,而且产品符合用户的使用习惯。"
  • "对CMO的头一条要求就是有卓越的领导力。因为你现在需要擅长做100件事,你不可能件件事都精通,我不是在夸张。要想当成功的营销负责人,你必须对100项技能都略知一二,从写文案到创作,从研究到计算净推荐值(NPS。 领导力超级重要。决策能力超级超级重要。"
  • "产品营销 产品营销(有时就叫“营销”,不加前缀)是传统老派的营销,包括客户服务质量反馈、功能需求、用户调查与访谈、竞争者分析、附带营销和案例研究。当年(20世纪七八十年代),产品营销和产品管理往往是一体两面,但现在已经逐渐分化。"
  • "组织架构要实事求是 新手CEO和创业者经常找我讨论组织架构。常见的问题包括:我应不应该聘COO?营销副总裁应该向谁汇报工作?产品部和工程部应该分开吗?海外分部应该自组一套班子,还是与美国总部构成矩阵关系? 创业者脑子里往往有一种恐惧,觉得组织架构有一个“正确”答案,而且如果他“答错”了,结果就是灾难性的。这种看法不正确。大多数时候都不存在“正确”答案,组织架构其实就是一个实用、实践的问题。这就是说,根据公司可用的人力、需要追求的目标、公司未来12~18个月的投资期限,合适的公司架构是什么样的?"
  • "高管带宽可能比传统的汇报链更重要。作为CEO,你应该观察自己的团队,分配职责时要在一定程度上基于谁有时间和能力专心投入。并使其负责的领域取得成功。"
  • "组织架构常与裁决有关 汇报链归根结底是决策问题。比方说,工程与产品管理天然就有冲突,那么如果两方意见不统一,你希望大部分决策要在哪里做出?最终,同时接受双方汇报的人会承担起裁决部门间分歧的职责。思考组织架构问题时,这是一条应当牢记的优秀启示。"
作者简介
Elad Gil is an entrepreneur, operating executive, and investor or advisor to private companies such as Airbnb, Coinbase, Checkr, Gusto, Instacart, OpenDoor, Pinterest, Square, Stripe, Wish, and others. He is cofounder and chairman at Color Genomics. Previously, he was the VP of Corporate Strategy at Twitter, where he also ran various product (Geo, Search) and other operational teams (M&A and Corporate Development). Elad joined Twitter via the acquisition of MixerLabs, a company where he was co-founder and CEO. MixerLabs ran GeoAPI, one of the early developer-centric platform infrastructure products. Elad spent many years at Google, where he started the mobile team and was involved in all aspects of getting that team up and running. He was involved with three acquisitions (including the Android team) and was the original product manager for Google Mobile Maps and other key mobile products. Prior to Google, Elad had product management and market-seeding roles at a number of Silicon Valley companies. He also worked at McKinsey & Co. Elad received his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and has degrees in Mathematics and Biology from the University of California, San Diego.
用户评论
Elad Gil近年来在硅谷很活跃,这本书像是一本工具书,很多文章都是他的博客合集。另外他在自己的个人网站上已经放出来了免费全文,可以去http://growth.eladgil.com/ 看到。
很好,因为对high-growth公司的书太少了。主要读了marc andreessen的访谈(其他的对我也没啥意义): (1) product -> distribution. 过了p/m fit阶段,渠道与客户资源是最重要的,优秀产品/功能很容易被复制; (2) M&A很重要也很容易被忽视. google, fb都做了大量MA. 国内头条其实也一样 (3) 怎么做出下一个关键产品,核心在是否有优秀的人才,这类人其实很少. 其次才是划分工程师资源. network effect来得快,去得也快 (myspace).
超级实用细节的tips,甚至包括怎样不尴尬地移除board member。虽然作者是主要写给founders of startup after market fit,但是对于investor,tech行业employee也很有价值,可以看看好的PM,com manager,sales是什么标准,学习从strategic角度看整个公司发展,正确看待M&A。
又一本教科书。是什么人这么喜欢写教科书啊?
适合创业公司创始人参考
mark anderson的访谈超级无敌好!
关于board管理有不少有意思的故事和经验分享
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