AStartup Cookbook

How to invent, launch, and run a modern startup with Issue-driven development and I am You Language.

By Cale McCollough

Content Table

1. Overview
   1. Case Study: Cale McCollough
   2. Mission and Vision
   3. Repositories
   4. Markdown
   5. Workspace
   6. Summary
   7. Exercises
2. Psychology
   1. Case Study:
   2. Classical Conditioning
   3. Compulsion Loops
   4. Reciprocity
   5. Commitment and Consistency
   6. Story Telling
   7. Personalization
   8. Novelty Experience
   9. Social Proof
   10. Summary
   11. Exercises
3. Philosophy
   1. Case Study:
   2. Dharma
   3. Buddhism
   4. Formal Arguments
   5. Critical Thinking
   6. Summary
   7. Exercises
4. Documentation
   1. Case Study: Leonardo De Vinci
   2. Documentation Science
   3. Development Logs
   4. Wikis
   5. Technical Writing
   6. Cookbooks
   7. Summary
5. Development
   1. Case Study:
   2. Revision Control System
   3. Issue Tracking System
   4. Development Patterns
   5. Development Style
   6. Project Management
   7. Issue-driven Development
      1. Parking Tickets
      2. Search Engine Optimization
      3. Summary
   8. Summary
6. Inventing
   1. Case Study: Thomas Edison
   2. Documenting Inventions
   3. Story Boards
   4. Inventing Techniques
   5. Moving Quickly
   6. Basic Drawing Skills
   7. Philosophy
   8. Summary
7. Entrepreneurship
   1. Case Study: Bill Gates
   2. Beginner's Mindset
   3. Persuasion
   4. Organization Structures
   5. Startups
   6. Agreements
   7. Business Models
   8. Business Plans
   9. Common Pitfalls
   10. Reading People
   11. Sharing the Wealth
   12. Leverage
   13. Time Management
   14. Money Management
   15. Aggressive Patience
   16. Summary
   17. Exercises
8. Productivity
   1. Case Study:
   2. Flow State
   3. Consolidation
   4. Completion
   5. Lean Workspace
   6. Operating Systems
   7. Summary
9. Modeling
   1. Case Study:
   2. Abstraction
   3. Business Models
   4. Data Structures
   5. Summary
10. Design
    1. Case Study: The 50s Train Guy
    2. Design Patterns
    3. Design Processes
    4. Requirements Identification
    5. Feasibility
    6. Pen and Paper Tricks
    7. Summary
11. Engineering
    1. Case Study: Elon Musk
    2. Engineering Think
    3. Engineer Classes
    4. Prototyping
    5. Precision Engineering
    6. Common Acronyms
    7. Problem Solving
    8. Summary
12. Legal
    1. Case Study: Albert Einstein
    2. Intellectual Property
    3. Contracts
    4. Summary
13. Teams
    1. Case Study:
    2. Team Structures
    3. Team Etiquette
    4. Conflict Resolution
    5. Communication
    6. Recruiting
    7. Leadership
    8. Summary
    9. Exercises
14. Analytics
    1. Case Study:
    2. Customer Interviews
    3. Market Validation
    4. Summary
15. Marketing
    1. Case Study:
    2. Marketing Documents
    3. Websites
    4. Pitches
    5. Presentations
    6. Summary
    7. Exercises
16. Servicing
    1. Case Study:
    2. Right to Repair
    3. Repair Documentation
    4. Outsourcing
    5. Summary
17. Manufacturing
    1. Case Study:
    2. Review Documentation
    3. Manufacturing Documentation
    4. Deployment Documentation
    5. Business Replication
    6. Summary
    7. Excises
18. Appendix
19. Bibliography

Quickstart

1. Clone the AStarStartup GitHub Organization workspace.

git clone https://github.com/AStarStartup/AStartStartup.git --recursive

1. Clone the AStartupCookbook git repo.

git clone https://github.com/CookingWithCale/AStartupCookbook.git

License

Copyright ©2014-22 Cale McCollough; most rights reserved, Third-party commercialization prohibited, mandatory improvement donations, licensed under the Kabuki Strong Source-available License that YOU MUST CONSENT TO at https://github.com/CookingWithCale/AStartupCookbook.

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