
Do More Faster
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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 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.
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Content
- Intro
- Do More Faster
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Organization of the Book
- About Techstars
- Introduction
- Chapter 1 Do More Faster
- Chapter 2 Do or Do Not
- There Is No Try
- THEME ONE: IDEA AND VISION
- Chapter 3 Trust Me, Your Idea Is Worthless
- Chapter 4 Start with Your Passion
- Chapter 5 Look for the Pain
- Chapter 6 Get Feedback Early
- Chapter 7 Usage Is Like Oxygen for Ideas
- Chapter 8 Forget the Kitchen Sink
- Chapter 9 Find That One Thing They Love
- Chapter 10 Don't Plan. Prototype!
- Chapter 11 You Never Need Another Original Idea
- Chapter 12 Get It Out There
- Chapter 13 Avoid Tunnel Vision
- Chapter 14 Focus
- Chapter 15 Iterate Again
- Chapter 16 Fail Fast
- Chapter 17 Pull the Plug When You Know It's Time
- Chapter 18 Love Doesn't Scale, or Does It?
- Chapter 19 Reconciling Vision and Focus
- THEME TWO: PEOPLE
- Chapter 20 Be Open to Randomness
- Chapter 21 Entrepreneurship Is a Group Sport
- Chapter 22 Avoid Cofounder Conflict
- Chapter 23 Hire People Better than You
- Chapter 24 How to Find and Engage Mentors
- How Do You Find Potentially Great Mentors?
- What Makes a Great Mentor?
- Approaching Potential Mentors
- Engaging Potential Mentors
- A Great Example
- Building the Relationship
- Mentorship Evolved
- The Fruits of Meaningful Engagement with Great Mentors
- Chapter 25 Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly
- Chapter 26 If You Can Quit, You Should
- Chapter 27 Build a Balanced Team
- Chapter 28 Startups Seek Friends
- Chapter 29 Engage Great Mentors
- Chapter 30 The Mentor Manifesto
- The Mentor Manifesto
- Chapter 31 Define Your Culture
- Chapter 32 Two Strikes and You Are Out
- Chapter 33 Karma Matters
- THEME THREE: WORKING EFFECTIVELY
- Chapter 34 Assume That You're Wrong
- Chapter 35 Make Decisions Quickly
- Chapter 36 It's Just Data
- Chapter 37 Use Your Head, then Trust Your Gut
- Chapter 38 Progress Equals Validated Learning
- Chapter 39 The Plural of Anecdote Is Not Data
- Chapter 40 Don't Suck at Email
- Chapter 41 Use What's Free
- Chapter 42 Be Tiny Until You Shouldn't Be
- Chapter 43 Don't Celebrate the Wrong Things
- Chapter 44 Be Specific
- Chapter 45 Learn from Your Failures
- Chapter 46 Quality over Quantity
- Chapter 47 Have a Bias Toward Action
- THEME FOUR: PRODUCT
- Chapter 48 Don't Wait Until You Are Proud of Your Product
- Chapter 49 Find Your Whitespace
- Chapter 50 Focus on What Matters
- Chapter 51 Obsess over Metrics
- Chapter 52 Avoid Distractions
- Chapter 53 Know Your Customer
- Chapter 54 Beware the Big Companies
- Chapter 55 Throw Things Away
- Chapter 56 Pivot
- THEME FIVE: FUNDRAISING
- Chapter 57 There's More than One Way to Raise Money
- Chapter 58 Beware of Angel Investors Who Aren't
- Chapter 59 Don't Forget about Bootstrapping
- Chapter 60 You Don't Have to Raise Money
- Chapter 61 Seed Investors Care about Three Things
- Chapter 62 Practice Like You Play
- Chapter 63 If You Want Money, Ask for Advice
- Chapter 64 Show, Don't Tell
- Chapter 65 Turn the Knife after You Stick It In
- Chapter 66 Don't Overoptimize on Valuations
- Chapter 67 Get Help with Your Term Sheet
- Chapter 68 Focus on the First One-Third
- THEME SIX : LEGAL AND STRUCTURE
- Chapter 69 Choose the Right Company Structure
- Chapter 70 Form the Company Early
- Chapter 71 Default to Delaware
- Chapter 72 Lawyers Don't Have to Be Expensive
- Chapter 73 Vesting Is Good for You
- Chapter 74 Your Brother-in-Law Is Probably Not the Right Corporate Lawyer
- Chapter 75 To 83(b) or Not to 83(b), There Is No Question
- THEME SEVEN: WORK-LIFE HARMONY
- Chapter 76 Discover Work-Life Harmony
- Chapter 77 Practice Your Passion
- Chapter 78 Follow Your Heart
- Chapter 79 Turn Work into Play
- Chapter 80 Don't Make Yourself Indispensable
- Chapter 81 Get Out from Behind Your Computer
- Chapter 82 Stay Healthy
- Chapter 83 Get Away from It All
- Conclusion
- Appendix 1: The Evolution of Techstars
- What Motivated Us to Start Techstars?
- Why Techstars Started in Boulder
- How Techstars Came to Boston
- How Techstars Came to Seattle
- So You Want to Start a Techstars Accelerator in Your Community or Company?
- Techstars in 2019 and Beyond
- Techstars Foundation: Increasing Diversity in Entrepreneurship
- Appendix 2: Original Edition's Foreword
- Appendix 3: Where are the Techstars Companies Now?
- About the Authors
- Acknowledgments
- Index
- EULA
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