Alnoor Bhimani - Financial Management for Technology Start-Ups: A Handbook for Growth

Praise for Financial Management for Technology Start-ups

Mandatory reading for tech investors and entrepreneurs. Packed with straightforward illustrations and principles that blend finance into innovative business models. A smart, jargonless book that shows how accounting numbers can be used to propel a tech start-up to success. Srikant M Datar, Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and Faculty Chair, Harvard Innovation Lab, Harvard University, USA

Having a clear but flexible financial strategy is critical to a successful start-up. This guide is a must-read for any aspiring entrepreneur. Lance Uggla, Chairman and Chief Executive, IHS Markit, UK

A great resource for founders looking to understand the key financial measures that impact their businesses, with many worked examples and cases directly relevant to the real challenges start-ups face. An essential addition to any founders toolkit. Kamran Malik, Partner, EY, UK

If you are involved in early-stage technology firms, be it as an entrepreneur, mentor or investor, this book will give you the financial management angle required to sustainably support and scale your start-up. It offers in a focused and persuasive manner what entrepreneurs need to know and investors want to know about tech start-ups. Claudia Zeisberger, Professor, and Director, Global Private Equity Initiative, INSEAD

Tech start-ups are distinct from traditional companies they operate with fewer resources and in environments with more uncertainty, creating higher returns for certain activities such as continuous experimentation. Thus, specific skills are required to compete effectively including start-up-oriented financial management. Al Bhimani has written the best text yet on this topic: concise and pragmatic. The book is a must-read. Ajay Agrawal, Founder, Creative Destruction Lab, Cofounder, The Next 36, and Peter Munk Professor of Entrepreneurship, University of Toronto, Canada

Almost impossible to stop reading! This book for tech start-ups fills a big void. It will put the power of financial management at your fingertips in a way thats never been done before. Mthuli Ncube, Professor, University of Oxford, UK, and Head, Quantum Global Research Lab, Switzerland

One of the biggest obstructions for tech start-ups reaching out to investors is lack of financial savvy. Now that obstacle is removed. This hands-on manual shows how to extract financial returns from tech innovations. Jussi Siitonen, Chief Financial Ocer, Amer Sports, Finland

Al Bhimani provides a practical and ready-to-use roadmap for tech entrepreneurs to build their ideas and grow their new ventures with solid financial strategy and management. this guide will support big ideas and life-changing innovations by allowing entrepreneurs to establish strong foundations, accelerate growth and create value. Kerry Healey, President, Babson College, USA

The coolest book for the next generation of technology start-ups! Al Bhimani totally demystifies accounting to show how value can be unleashed from innovation. He does this by jettisoning long-held beliefs about finance and strategy. Leif Sjoblom, Professor of Financial Management, IMD, Switzerland

Start-ups are chances to realize ambitions and reshape the world, but their success depends on more than good ideas. Effective financial management is crucial. Al Bhimani offers state-of-the-art guidance to entrepreneurs who need to know how each stage of business growth works, what to expect of financial professionals, and what questions to ask potential funders and partners. Craig Calhoun, President, Berggruen Institute, USA

This elegant book deals with important issues missing from standard finance texts. A really useful guide for tech innovators looking to experience sustained growth. Joshua Yindenaba Abor, Professor of Finance, and Dean of the University of Ghana Business School, Ghana

The only accounting book that will grip you until the end! This guide is indispensable for techpreneurs and tech investors in a hurry. It zeroes in on all the strategic financial insight tech start-ups hungry for growth require. Antonio Dvila, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Accounting, IESE Business School, Spain

I wish this book had been written earlier from founding my start-up through to IPO this would have been my finance bible. Agam Jain, Founding Director, Jayex.com , Australia

An invaluable resource on the essentials of financial management for established and aspiring entrepreneurs alike. Mark Maloney, Director of LSE Careers, UK

Bhimanis book covers what start-ups need to become profitable and get funded. The book is clear, concise, and easy to understand.