Hipster CEO

Hipster CEO
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Publisher: Getchoo Creations
Reviewed On: iPhone
Cert: 12A
Available On: iPhone,iPod touch

Fancy yourself as the next Mark Zuckerberg? Now's your chance to prove it – without risking your life savings. Hipster CEO gives you a taste of what it's like to head up a tech startup, growing it from a tiny one-person operation located in your bedroom to a force to be reckoned with in the industry. Along the way you'll have to make choices and deal with investors (some more aggressive than others), hire the correct staff, and beef up your product with new features and functions. You have to balance keeping staff happy with watching your outgoings so you don't go bust. Are pool tables, canteen facilities and an on-site petting zoo needed to keep staff from jumping ship to a competitor? Contracts will have to be re-negotiated as staff skill up, running everything from social media campaigns to getting a buzz going about your product to researching new niche markets. All of the adrenaline rush with none of the real-life financial risk.

Ciara O'Brien

Ciara O'Brien

Ciara O'Brien is an Irish Times business and technology journalist