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Do More Faster
Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
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ISBN-13:
9781119583288
Veröffentl:
2019
Erscheinungsdatum:
11.07.2019
Seiten:
400
Autor:
Brad Feld
Gewicht:
787 g
Format:
238x163x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
DAVID G. COHEN is recognized globally as a thought leader on entrepreneurship. As cofounder and co-CEO of Techstars, he has worked with thousands of companies and individuals. His Techstars accelerators have produced companies like SendGrid, Pillpack, DigitalOcean, ClassPass, and countless others, helping to create billions in value.
BRAD FELD is a bestsellling author on entrepreneurship, community building, and finance. His books include Venture Deals, Startup Boards, Startup Communities, and Startup Life. He is the cofounder of Techstars and Foundry Group and writes regularly on the blog, Feld Thoughts.
BRAD FELD is a bestsellling author on entrepreneurship, community building, and finance. His books include Venture Deals, Startup Boards, Startup Communities, and Startup Life. He is the cofounder of Techstars and Foundry Group and writes regularly on the blog, Feld Thoughts.
Foreword xiii
Preface xv
About Techstars xix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Do More Faster 3
David Cohen
Chapter 2 Do or Do Not; There Is No Try 7
Brad Feld
Theme One: Idea and Vision 9
Chapter 3 Trust Me, Your Idea Is Worthless 13
Tim Ferriss
Chapter 4 Start with Your Passion 17
Kevin Mann
Chapter 5 Look for the Pain 21
Isaac Saldana
Chapter 6 Get Feedback Early 25
Nate Abbott and Natty Zola
Chapter 7 Usage Is Like Oxygen for Ideas 29
Matt Mullenweg
Chapter 8 Forget the Kitchen Sink 33
David Cohen
Chapter 9 Find That One Thing They Love 37
Darren Crystal
Chapter 10 Don't Plan. Prototype! 39
Greg Reinacker
Chapter 11 You Never Need Another Original Idea 43
Niel Robertson
Chapter 12 Get It Out There 45
Sean Corbett
Chapter 13 Avoid Tunnel Vision 49
Bijan Sabet
Chapter 14 Focus 51
Jared Polis
Chapter 15 Iterate Again 55
Colin Angle
Chapter 16 Fail Fast 59
Alex White
Chapter 17 Pull the Plug When You Know It's Time 63
Paul Berberian
Chapter 18 Love Doesn't Scale, or Does It? 67
Nicole Glaros
Chapter 19 Reconciling Vision and Focus 71
David Cohen
Theme Two: People 73
Chapter 20 Be Open to Randomness 75
David Cohen
Chapter 21 Entrepreneurship Is a Group Sport 79
Mark O'Sullivan
Chapter 22 Avoid Cofounder Confl ict 83
Dharmesh Shah
Chapter 23 Hire People Better than You 87
Will Herman
Chapter 24 How to Find and Engage Mentors 91
David Cohen
Chapter 25 Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly 99
Matt Blumberg
Chapter 26 If You Can Quit, You Should 103
Laura Fitton
Chapter 27 Build a Balanced Team 107
Alex White
Chapter 28 Startups Seek Friends 111
Micah Baldwin
Chapter 29 Engage Great Mentors 115
Emily Olson
Chapter 30 The Mentor Manifesto 119
David Cohen
Chapter 31 Define Your Culture 123
Greg Gottesman
Chapter 32 Two Strikes and You Are Out 129
Brad Feld
Chapter 33 Karma Matters 133
Warren Katz
Theme Three: Working Effectively 137
Chapter 34 Assume That You're Wrong 139
Howard Diamond
Chapter 35 Make Decisions Quickly 143
Ari Newman
Chapter 36 It's Just Data 145
Bill Warner
Chapter 37 Use Your Head, then Trust Your Gut 149
Ryan McIntyre
Chapter 38 Progress Equals Validated Learning 153
Eric Ries
Chapter 39 The Plural of Anecdote Is Not Data 157
Brad Feld
Chapter 40 Don't Suck at Email 161
David Cohen
Chapter 41 Use What's Free 165
Jason Seats
Chapter 42 Be Tiny Until You Shouldn't Be 169
Jeffrey Powers
Chapter 43 Don't Celebrate the Wrong Things 173
Rob Johnson
Chapter 44 Be Specific 179
Brad Feld
Chapter 45 Learn from Your Failures 181
Fred Wilson
Chapter 46 Quality over Quantity 183
Andy Smith
Chapter 47 Have a Bias Toward Action 187
Ben Casnocha
Theme Four: Product 191
Chapter 48 Don't Wait Until You Are Proud of Your Product 193
Ajay Kulkarni and Andy Cheung
Chapter 49 Find Your Whitespace 197
Raj Aggarwal
Chapter 50 Focus on What Matters 201
Dick Costolo
Chapter 51 Obsess over Metrics 203
Dave McClure
Chapter 52 Avoid Distractions 205
Andy Sack
Chapter 53 Know Your Customer 209
Bill Flagg
Chapter 54 Beware the Big Companies 213
Michael Zeisser
Chapter 55 Throw Things Away 215
Eric Marcoullier
Preface xv
About Techstars xix
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 Do More Faster 3
David Cohen
Chapter 2 Do or Do Not; There Is No Try 7
Brad Feld
Theme One: Idea and Vision 9
Chapter 3 Trust Me, Your Idea Is Worthless 13
Tim Ferriss
Chapter 4 Start with Your Passion 17
Kevin Mann
Chapter 5 Look for the Pain 21
Isaac Saldana
Chapter 6 Get Feedback Early 25
Nate Abbott and Natty Zola
Chapter 7 Usage Is Like Oxygen for Ideas 29
Matt Mullenweg
Chapter 8 Forget the Kitchen Sink 33
David Cohen
Chapter 9 Find That One Thing They Love 37
Darren Crystal
Chapter 10 Don't Plan. Prototype! 39
Greg Reinacker
Chapter 11 You Never Need Another Original Idea 43
Niel Robertson
Chapter 12 Get It Out There 45
Sean Corbett
Chapter 13 Avoid Tunnel Vision 49
Bijan Sabet
Chapter 14 Focus 51
Jared Polis
Chapter 15 Iterate Again 55
Colin Angle
Chapter 16 Fail Fast 59
Alex White
Chapter 17 Pull the Plug When You Know It's Time 63
Paul Berberian
Chapter 18 Love Doesn't Scale, or Does It? 67
Nicole Glaros
Chapter 19 Reconciling Vision and Focus 71
David Cohen
Theme Two: People 73
Chapter 20 Be Open to Randomness 75
David Cohen
Chapter 21 Entrepreneurship Is a Group Sport 79
Mark O'Sullivan
Chapter 22 Avoid Cofounder Confl ict 83
Dharmesh Shah
Chapter 23 Hire People Better than You 87
Will Herman
Chapter 24 How to Find and Engage Mentors 91
David Cohen
Chapter 25 Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly 99
Matt Blumberg
Chapter 26 If You Can Quit, You Should 103
Laura Fitton
Chapter 27 Build a Balanced Team 107
Alex White
Chapter 28 Startups Seek Friends 111
Micah Baldwin
Chapter 29 Engage Great Mentors 115
Emily Olson
Chapter 30 The Mentor Manifesto 119
David Cohen
Chapter 31 Define Your Culture 123
Greg Gottesman
Chapter 32 Two Strikes and You Are Out 129
Brad Feld
Chapter 33 Karma Matters 133
Warren Katz
Theme Three: Working Effectively 137
Chapter 34 Assume That You're Wrong 139
Howard Diamond
Chapter 35 Make Decisions Quickly 143
Ari Newman
Chapter 36 It's Just Data 145
Bill Warner
Chapter 37 Use Your Head, then Trust Your Gut 149
Ryan McIntyre
Chapter 38 Progress Equals Validated Learning 153
Eric Ries
Chapter 39 The Plural of Anecdote Is Not Data 157
Brad Feld
Chapter 40 Don't Suck at Email 161
David Cohen
Chapter 41 Use What's Free 165
Jason Seats
Chapter 42 Be Tiny Until You Shouldn't Be 169
Jeffrey Powers
Chapter 43 Don't Celebrate the Wrong Things 173
Rob Johnson
Chapter 44 Be Specific 179
Brad Feld
Chapter 45 Learn from Your Failures 181
Fred Wilson
Chapter 46 Quality over Quantity 183
Andy Smith
Chapter 47 Have a Bias Toward Action 187
Ben Casnocha
Theme Four: Product 191
Chapter 48 Don't Wait Until You Are Proud of Your Product 193
Ajay Kulkarni and Andy Cheung
Chapter 49 Find Your Whitespace 197
Raj Aggarwal
Chapter 50 Focus on What Matters 201
Dick Costolo
Chapter 51 Obsess over Metrics 203
Dave McClure
Chapter 52 Avoid Distractions 205
Andy Sack
Chapter 53 Know Your Customer 209
Bill Flagg
Chapter 54 Beware the Big Companies 213
Michael Zeisser
Chapter 55 Throw Things Away 215
Eric Marcoullier
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Refreshed, updated, and expanded. Do More Faster provides time-tested advice, tips, and experiences by founders and mentors of Techstars to help entrepreneurs succeed!
David Cohen and Brad Feld, leading advocates for entrepreneurs and startups, team up to provide first-time entrepreneurs with the tools, insights, and experiences to help them do more faster. The authors share their decades of experience working with thousands of startup founders and have enlisted the advice of dozens of Techstars startup founders and mentors. Contributors include Tim Ferriss, Eric Ries, Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), Isaac Saldana (SendGrid), and other successful entrepreneurs.
Co-founders of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, Cohen and Feld recognize the daunting task of creating a sustainable business and have seen first-hand the common mistakes first-time entrepreneurs make over and over. The authors take the complexity and uncertainty of starting a business and distill the critical factors into seven themes: Ideas and Vision, People, Working Effectively, Product, Fundraising, Legal and Structure, and Work and Life Harmony. They share their hard-won successes, failures, and advice for anyone with an idea who wants to create a business.
Throughout the book crucial questions are raised and addressed from multiple perspectives.
* How important is it to have an original idea?
* How is founder conflict handled?
* What are the tradeoffs between bootstrapping and financing?
Make-or-break decisions like company structure, hiring, and legal consequences are presented in an easy-to-understand style. Do More Faster will elevate your thinking on a range of important topics, help you avoid costly mistakes, and provide you with a resource to consult as you go from idea to successful business.
If you have the drive and desire to start a business, need to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in your community, or want to spark greater innovation in your organization--don't go it alone. Use the advice, tips, and tactics found throughout Do More Faster to give yourself the best chance of succeeding.
David Cohen and Brad Feld, leading advocates for entrepreneurs and startups, team up to provide first-time entrepreneurs with the tools, insights, and experiences to help them do more faster. The authors share their decades of experience working with thousands of startup founders and have enlisted the advice of dozens of Techstars startup founders and mentors. Contributors include Tim Ferriss, Eric Ries, Matt Mullenweg (WordPress), Isaac Saldana (SendGrid), and other successful entrepreneurs.
Co-founders of Techstars, the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed, Cohen and Feld recognize the daunting task of creating a sustainable business and have seen first-hand the common mistakes first-time entrepreneurs make over and over. The authors take the complexity and uncertainty of starting a business and distill the critical factors into seven themes: Ideas and Vision, People, Working Effectively, Product, Fundraising, Legal and Structure, and Work and Life Harmony. They share their hard-won successes, failures, and advice for anyone with an idea who wants to create a business.
Throughout the book crucial questions are raised and addressed from multiple perspectives.
* How important is it to have an original idea?
* How is founder conflict handled?
* What are the tradeoffs between bootstrapping and financing?
Make-or-break decisions like company structure, hiring, and legal consequences are presented in an easy-to-understand style. Do More Faster will elevate your thinking on a range of important topics, help you avoid costly mistakes, and provide you with a resource to consult as you go from idea to successful business.
If you have the drive and desire to start a business, need to create a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in your community, or want to spark greater innovation in your organization--don't go it alone. Use the advice, tips, and tactics found throughout Do More Faster to give yourself the best chance of succeeding.