Think Like a Startup Get Agile and Unleash Your Inner Entrepreneur

Reboot your entrepreneurial spirit and excel in the digital age

The days of being locked into a single career for life are long gone. It's time to reinvent yourself, transform your life and work the new economy for everything it's worth.

With the industrial age quickly vanishing in the rearview mirror, Think Like a Startup is your instruction manual for hacking your mind and acquiring the skills to take control of your life and fortunes in the digital age.

Inspirational, subversive, and with a wealth of insightful guidance, Think Like a Startup will help you to break from a lifetime of legacy programming and take full advantage of the technology revolution.

Steve Sammartino is a renowned futurist, technologist and a born entrepreneur with an uncanny ability to make sense of how emerging technology applies to any industry.

About the author vii

Preface ix

Part I: Revolution 1

1 A lesson about school 5

2 A proxy for happiness 15

3 The future is informal 29

4 The future of work 49

Part II: Revenue 71

5 The truth about money 73

6 Money isn’t money 85

7 The seeds of greatness 99

8 The future of money 119

9 The best way to invest money 127

Part III: Reinvention 149

10 Portfolio living 153

11 Freelancing is rad 173

12 Upskilling 183

13 Instant startup entrepreneur 199

14 DNA is DESTINY 213

Notes 221

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