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Founded by Bill Pollock in 1994.1
Private company
American publishing company
No Starch Press is an American publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the geek, hacker, and DIY subcultures. Popular titles include Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Andrew Huang's Hacking the Xbox, and How Wikipedia Works.2 It was founded by Bill Pollock.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
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No Starch Press is an American publishing company, specializing in technical literature often geared towards the geek, hacker, and DIY subcultures. Popular titles include Hacking: The Art of Exploitation, Andrew Huang's Hacking the Xbox, and How Wikipedia Works.2
Founded by Bill Pollock in 1994.1
Who has led No Starch Press, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.
Listed on Wikidata.1
Where the company's money came from, by calendar year: private offerings filed with the SEC, federal grants, loans, contracts and other assistance from USAspending.gov, and PPP loans from the SBA. Each bar links to the records below.
| Year | PPP loans | Total |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | $378.2K | $378.2K |
Paycheck Protection Program loans of $150,000 and up, approved April 2020 to July 2021, from the SBA3. Matched to this company by name and state.
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