Private company

No Starch Press

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.

Overview

1994Founded1

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

The story

Founded by Bill Pollock in 1994.1

Leadership

Who has led No Starch Press, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Products and brands

  • book
  • software

Listed on Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. 1994Founded Founded1

Funding

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.

Money received by year$378.2K 2020–2020
Money received by yearMoney received by year, 2020–2020: $378.2K in all. PPP loans $378.2K.$0$100K$200K$300K$400K2020 · PPP loans: $378.2K2020
Figures by year
YearPPP loansTotal
2020$378.2K$378.2K

PPP loans

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.

  1. Apr 28, 2020$378.2K PPP loan (first draw) from KeyPoint CU3To NO STARCH PRESS INC, San Francisco CA; $383.3K forgiven Sep 17, 2021

Sources

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