Do Cool Sh*t

Can a person build a working life around what they love, and how can each day be spent with purpose? Entrepreneur and angel investor Miki Agrawal takes up these questions and argues that the answer is yes.

Agrawal traces her path through business and personal reinvention. She recounts learning to act beyond her comfort zone while living in a foreign country, playing soccer for the New York Magic, and partnering with Tony Hsieh of Zappos to bring her dream company to life.

The book is also a practical guide. Agrawal explains how to start a company on a tight budget, fund it, assemble people to help shape a business plan, test a product, and win free press coverage, all while keeping a life worth being proud of. Along the way she makes the case that caring and taking initiative are worthwhile, that mistakes are part of the process, that meaningful hard work is rewarding, and that persistence matters when the odds are against you.