Do more faster : Techstars lessons to accelerate your Startup
David Cohen and Brad Feld
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.