How to Launch a Tech Start-Up: Robotics, Gaming and Other Tech Jobs
Discover what it's really like to launch a start-up, and all of the other jobs in the tech industry, in this fascinating illustrated guide written by entrepreneur Michelle You.
Learn about how to design your tech product, what a coder does and how to grow your start-up. Curious about other tech jobs? From software engineers and AI safety researchers to digital fashion designers and gaming content creators, there are lots of different jobs in technology.
- Software engineers design and build apps, websites and computer programs
- Games designers come up with the look and feel of new video games
- AI engineers program and train artificial intelligence systems so they can think and learn like humans
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How to Launch a Tech Start-Up is the ideal book for children interested in working in tech.
Other titles in the series include:
- How to Be an Astronaut and Other Space Jobs (shortlisted for Blue Peter Book Award 2020)
- How to Be a Detective and Other Crime-Fighting Jobs
- How to Be an Actor and Other Film and TV Jobs
- How to Be a Footballer and Other Sports Jobs
- How to Be a Vet and Other Animal Jobs
- How to Be a Doctor and Other Life-Saving Jobs
Michelle You (Author)
Michelle You is co-founder and CEO of carbon removal marketplace Supercritical. Michelle is a former venture partner at LocalGlobe, where she focused on climate investments. She's also a repeat entrepreneur. As co-founder of Songkick, she grew the company to over 20 million monthly unique users and raised capital from Y Combinator, Index Ventures and Sequoia before exiting to Warner Music Group in 2017.
Michelle is based in London, UK. How to Launch a Tech Start-Up is her first children's book.
Sol Linero (Illustrator)
Sol is a children's book illustrator and graphic designer from Buenos Aires. Her illustrations are filled with details and beautiful colors focused on children's products like books, puzzles, board books and memory games. Sol has worked for Airbnb, Pottery Barn Kids, Unicef and international magazines such as Oprah, Jamie Oliver, Wired and The Washington Post.