Entreprenerd
Subtitle: Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Business with Open Source
Publisher: Bruno Lowagie
Published: 2021
Place of publication: Sint-Amandsberg, Belgium
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781006996368
Copyright date: 2019-2021
First sentence: There are many books and business school case studies available today that describe the founding and ascent of the major software companies. While undoubtedly inspiring, they fail to really communicate what it’s like to build a company in its early stages.
Table of contents: label: Introduction
pagenum: 7; title: Foreword
pagenum: 9; title: Milestones
pagenum: 11; label: Part I
title: Failing Forward
pagenum: 19; label: Chapter 1
title: High School
pagenum: 21; label: Chapter 2
title: College
pagenum: 31; label: Chapter 3
title: Internship
pagenum: 39; label: Chapter 4
title: Early Career
pagenum: 45; label: Chapter 5
title: My First PDF Library
pagenum: 57; label: Chapter 6
title: The Birth of iText
pagenum: 67; label: Chapter 7
title: Frustrations
pagenum: 77; label: Part II
title: Building Free and Open Source Software
pagenum: 85; label: Chapter 8
title: Free Software
pagenum: 87; label: Chapter 9
title: Open Source Software
pagenum: 101; label: Chapter 10
title: iText in Action
pagenum: 115; label: Chapter 11
title: Intellectual Property
pagenum: 131; label: Chapter 12
title: 1T3XT BVBA
pagenum: 147; label: Chapter 13
title: iText Software Corporation
pagenum: 159; label: Chapter 14
title: Bootstrapping
pagenum: 175; label: Chapter 15
title: iText Software BVBA
pagenum: 189; label: Chapter 16
title: Monetizing Open Source
pagenum: 205; label: Chapter 17
title: Lessons Learned
pagenum: 217; label: Part III
title: From Start-up to Exit
pagenum: 225; label: Chapter 18
title: Dilemmas
pagenum: 227; label: Chapter 19
title: A Strategy for iText
pagenum: 243; label: Chapter 20
title: Winning
pagenum: 261; label: Chapter 21
title: A Roadmap for iText
pagenum: 279; label: Chapter 22
title: Partial Exit
pagenum: 291; label: Chapter 23
title: Year 1—A Search for Synergies
pagenum: 307; label: Chapter 24
title: Year 2—A Change of Strategy
pagenum: 321; label: Chapter 25
title: Year 3—A Change in Management
pagenum: 337; label: Chapter 26
title: Exit Through the Courtroom
pagenum: 351; label: Epilogue
pagenum: 367; title: New Challenges
pagenum: 369; title: Acknowledgments
pagenum: 375; title: Chronological Overview
pagenum: 379; title: Index
pagenum: 385