Start Me Up: Tips, Tales, and Truths about Starting Up and Starting Over

This irreverent blend of actionable career tips, helpful life advice and vivid memoir is a delightful, quick read. Through the story of one ordinary (and at times extraordinary) life lived “like a startup,” the author provides dozens of useful insights, each supported by a narrative that is entertaining, informative and relatable.

Who is this book for?

Starting Up

Students or mid-life career changers asking “What do I do now?” will find inspiration and motivation in the tales told by this author about her own successes, and lessons learned from her failures.

Starting Over

Anyone who has been through divorce, a death in the family, addiction, homeschooling, or entrepreneurship will find the truths in this book extremely, deeply, personally relatable. Plus it’s a fun read!

Startups

Whether you’ve fantasized about launching a new product or service, or you’re already on your way, you’ll find practical, actionable tips from a seasoned entrepreneur and startup advisor.

        Praise for 'Start Me Up'!

"Even the most experienced of us can learn from our contemporaries, which Jeannie proves again and again with each uniquely named chapter. You’ve gotta read this!"

— Dave Berkus

"Clearly Start Me Up is what Jeannie was meant to create and share with the world, to inspire others to reinvent themselves, as she has, and to do it successfully."

— Chip Conley