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The Startup
Student.

From Student to CEO: The Essential Handbook for Launching Your First Company.

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Built for student
entrepreneurs.

Finding Your Idea

How to spot real problems worth solving — not just ideas that sound cool.

Finding the Time

Balancing classes, jobs, and a startup without burning out.

Building the Product

From prototype to something people actually want to use.

Finding Customers

Getting your first 10 users — and then your first 100.

Fundraising

When to raise, how to pitch, and what investors actually look for in student founders.

Your unfair advantage
starts here.

College is the best time to start a company. You have access to mentors, low living costs, a built-in network, and the freedom to take risks. But most students don't know where to begin.

After working with hundreds of college entrepreneurs as Davidson's Innovator-in-Residence, I kept hearing the same questions: How do I find an idea? How do I find the time? How do I get customers? How do I fundraise?

This book distills those conversations into a practical, step-by-step guide for students ready to build something real.

600+
Robots shipped at Lucid Bots
$34M+
Venture funding raised
30u30
Forbes 30 Under 30
YC S19
Y Combinator alum

Written by someone who's
been in your shoes.

I started Lucid Bots from a garage with a $12 soldering iron while playing D1 baseball and finishing Davidson College in three years. Today we're the world's largest provider of drones and robots for exterior cleaning. I wrote this book because I wish I'd had it when I was getting started.

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