The Startup Squad: Face the Music, Paperback

Girls mean business in Brian Weisfeld and Nicole C. Kear's Face the Music, the second novel in The Startup Squad, a series about friendship and entrepreneurship

Harriet's brothers are hoping to enter a local battle of the bands. Winning could get them on a reality TV show But low funds have left them without even a working guitar. The Startup Squad jumps into action--and quickly pulls together a plan to sell T-shirts to raise money.

The girls have a lot of great ideas--until everything starts to go wrong. When all the problems start turning disappointed fans into an angry mob, the girls realize they have to get back into the groove before the band members--and the Startup Squad--break up for good

Each book in this middle-grade series also features business tips and a profile of a real-life girl CEO.

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The Startup Squad

"An inspiring story about entrepreneurial girls. I loved this story of girls finding their way in the world of entrepreneurship."
--Ann M. Martin, author of the Baby-Sitters Club series and Newbery Honor winner A Corner of the Universe

"The Startup Squad encourages girls to dream big, work hard, and rely on each other to make good things happen. It teaches them how to succeed--and reminds all of us that girls mean business "
--Sheryl Sandberg, COO of Facebook and founder of LeanIn.Org and OptionB.Org

This title has common core connections.

Brian Weisfeld has been building businesses his entire life. In elementary school, he bought 95 pounds of gummy bears and hired his friends to sell them. As a teen, he made and sold mixtapes (ask your parents what those are), sorted baseball cards (he got paid in cards), babysat four days a week after school, and sold nuts and dried fruit (and more gummy bears) in a neighborhood store. As an adult, Brian helped build a number of well-known billion-dollar companies including IMAX Corporation and Coupons. Brian is the Founder and Chief Squad Officer of The Startup Squad, an initiative dedicated to helping girls realize their potential and follow their dreams, whatever their passions. Brian lives in Silicon Valley and can often be found eating gummy bears with his wife while watching his two daughters sell lemonade from the end of their driveway.
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Nicole C. Kear grew up in New York City, where she still lives, with her husband, three firecracker kids and a ridiculously fluffy hamster. She's written lots of essays and a memoir, Now I See You, for grownups, and The Fix-It Friends series for kids. She has a bunch of fancy, boring diplomas, and one red clown nose from circus school. Seriously.