This book is based on 60 interviews with Russian business representatives who told their true stories about how they started their own business and succeeded. These stories were published on the pages of the daily newspaper "Business". The uniqueness of this publication is that the first part of the book is a frank and practical analysis of the patterns of formation of domestic “start-ups”. This is a kind of step-by-step guide to starting a business, written in the “blood” of those who have already walked this difficult path. The second part of the book - 60 stories - reads like an adventure novel of our time, like a detailed picture of the crazy nineties, when the foundation of free enterprise was laid. The publication is recommended primarily for those who intend to surpass the heroes of this book or at least repeat their success.