Contents

Title Page

Copyright Notice

Dedication

Introduction: The Proven Principles for Achieving Hockey Stick Growth

Stage I: Tinkering

1.   Hitting the Ice: Beginning to Develop Your Idea

2.   Skating on Thin Ice: Leveraging Seed Capital to Get Started

Stage II: The Blade Years

3.   Let the Game Begin: Getting to Market

4.   Always Be Shooting to Score: Marketing and Selling During the Blade Years

5.   Fighting Your Way Off the Boards: Improving Your Model to Achieve Takeoff Growth

Stage III: The Growth-Inflection Point

6.   Go, Go, Go!: Ramping Up Your Newly Discovered Model

7.   Playing in the Big Leagues: Raising Growth Capital

Stage IV: Surging Growth

8.   No Goal Is Scored Alone: Building and Managing Your Team

9.   Leave the Ice or Skate On?: To Sell or Not to Sell

Acknowledgments and a Brief History

Glossary

Endnotes

Index

About the Author

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