Accelerated Startup · Everything You Need to Know to Make Your Startup Dreams Come True From Idea to Product to Company by Golomb, Vitaly -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Dedication About the Author Foreword Prologue: Why Is Innovation So Important? Part I: What Is a Startup and Is It for Me?

Chapter 1: A Brief History of Silicon Valley Chapter 2: A Startup is an Experiment Chapter 3: Choosing the Startup Career Path and Life Balance Part I—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part II: The Birth of an Idea

Chapter 4: Who is the Customer and What is the Problem? Chapter 5: Commercializing University Research Chapter 6: Intrapreneurship in Large Companies Part II—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part III: From Idea to Product

Chapter 7: Equity Chapter 8: Finding a Cofounder Chapter 9: Cofounder Relationships Chapter 10: Building the Core Team—Business, Engineering and Design Chapter 11: Prototypes and Minimum Viable Product—An Exercise in Self-Constraint Chapter 12: Working with Contractors Part III—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part IV: Social Proof

Part V: Everything You Need to Know About Accelerators

Part VI: Design Is the Product and The Technology Core

Chapter 19: Design Disciplines Chapter 20: User Experience 101 Chapter 21: Naming, Branding and Psychographics Chapter 22: Technology as a Core Competency Part VI—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part VII: Managing Time

Chapter 23: Busy Work vs. Important Work Chapter 24: Agile Development Chapter 25: Tools of the Trade Chapter 26: Gathering Customer Feedback as Early as Possible Part VII—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part VIII: Raising Money

Chapter 27: Venture Capital and Angel Investors 101 Chapter 28: Making the First Impression Chapter 29: Crowdfunding Chapter 30: The Art of the Pitch Chapter 31: Conferences and Pitch Competitions Part VIII—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part IX: Growth

Chapter 32: Measure Everything Chapter 33: The First 10,000 Users Chapter 34: Journalism in the Digital Age: A Blogger’s Perspective Chapter 35: The Sales Funnel, Elephant Hunting and Partnerships Chapter 36: Dialing For Dollars Chapter 37: Building a Community Chapter 38: Industry Events and Trade Shows Part IX—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part X: From Project to Company

Chapter 39: Transitioning From Startup to Company Chapter 40: Going International Chapter 41: Failing Forward Part X—Questions to Ask Yourself

Part XI: Paying It Forward

Chapter 42: The Silicon Valley Way Chapter 43: Becoming a Mentor

Epilogue: Some Final Thoughts Acknowledgements