Founders at Work

Author| Jessica Livingston
Country| United States
Language| English
Publisher| Apress

Publication date

| 2007
Media type| Hardcover
ISBN| 1-59059-714-1

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups' Early Days (2007) is a book written by Jessica Livingston composed of interviews she did with the founders of famous technology companies concerning what happened in their early years.[1]

## Contents

* 1 Interviews
* 2 Reception
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Interviews

1. Max Levchin - PayPal
2. Sabeer Bhatia - Hotmail
3. Steve Wozniak - Apple Computer
4. Joe Kraus - Excite
5. Dan Bricklin - Software Arts
6. Mitch Kapor - Lotus
7. Ray Ozzie - Iris Associates, Groove Networks
8. Evan Williams - Pyra Labs (Blogger.com)
9. Tim Brady - Yahoo
10. Mike Lazaridis - Research in Motion
11. Arthur van Hoff - Marimba
12. Paul Buchheit - Gmail
13. Steve Perlman - WebTV
14. Mike Ramsay - TiVo
15. Paul Graham - Viaweb
16. Joshua Schachter - del.icio.us
17. Mark Fletcher - ONElist, Bloglines
18. Craig Newmark - craigslist
19. Caterina Fake - Flickr
20. Brewster Kahle - WAIS, Internet Archive, Alexa Internet
21. Charles Geschke - Adobe
22. Ann Winblad - Open Systems, Hummer Winblad
23. David Heinemeier Hansson - 37signals
24. Philip Greenspun - ArsDigita
25. Joel Spolsky - Fog Creek Software
26. Steve Kaufer - TripAdvisor
27. James Hong - HOT or NOT
28. James Currier - Tickle
29. Blake Ross - Creator of Firefox
30. Mena Trott - Six Apart
31. Bob Davis - Lycos
32. Ron Gruner - Alliant Computer, Shareholder.com

## Reception

* Chris Anderson, editor-in-chief of Wired Magazine stated "this book offers both wisdom and engaging insights straight from the source."
* The Motley Fool says "The stories are fascinating, filled with many valuable lessons."[2]
* Silicon India list it at the top of its list Five Books that Every Entrepreneur Must Read [3]

## References

1. ↑ "Interviews". Founders at Work. http://www.foundersatwork.com/interviews.html. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
2. ↑ Taulli, Tom (2012-05-07). "Foolish Book Review: "Founders at Work"". Fool.com. http://www.fool.com/investing/general/2007/05/30/foolish-book-review-founders-at-work.aspx. Retrieved 2012-07-05.
3. ↑ "Five Books that Every Entrepreneur Must Read". Siliconindia.com. 2011-08-29. http://www.siliconindia.com/shownews/Five_Books_that_Every_Entrepreneur_Must_Read-nid-89760-cid-100.html. Retrieved 2012-07-05.

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