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Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

Startup Weekend: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours

          
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Tested principles for transforming an idea into a fully operational company Startup Weekend—the organization behind 54-hour events where developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiasts come together to share ideas, form teams, build products, and create startups—has spawned both a global initiative in entrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups. Startup Weekend, the book, contains best practices, lessons learned, and empowering examples derived from the organization's experiences for individuals and small organizations to follow as they launch businesses. Each of the key beliefs outlined has been tested by Startup Weekend and has yielded powerful results. The principles described in each chapter will give any business idea a greater chance for success. Chapter topics include trust and empowerment, flexible organizational structures, the power of experiential education, action-based networking, and much more Describes consequences for startup development as entrepreneurs and founders begin doing much more, even faster Profiles successful Startup Weekend companies, including two powerful examples: Memolane, an application that captures a user's online life in one timeline making it easy for users to travel back in time and relive memories; and Foodspotting, a mobile and desktop app that allows users to find and share the foods they love Apply these simple actionable principles to launch your own startup revolution.

Table of Contents:
Foreword Carl Schramm and Steve Blank xi Preface xxi Acknowledgments xxv Introduction: Why Starting Up Is All about Trust and Empowerment 1 Marc Nager and Clint Nelsen 3 How Trust Led Us to the Greatest Adventure of Our Lives 7 Franck Nouyrigat 9 How We Empower People to Get the Most Out of Startup Weekend 13 Why You Have to Have Trust to Be a Successful Entrepreneur 15 1. No Talk, All Action: Action-Based Networking 21 You Must Join a Team 26 Breaking Down Barriers 31 Taking Advantage of High-Energy, Low-Risk Settings 34 Get Out of Your Bubble 38 If Not an Actual Startup, at Least Always Build Relationships 43 Diversity of Backgrounds Is Key 45 How Do You Keep the Momentum Going? 47 2. Good Ideas Need Great Teams: Pitch for Talent Not for Funding 51 The Magic of 60 Seconds 54 Deliver a Solution with One Sentence 57 Build a Team 60 What You Need—Talent and Energy 61 3. Experiential Education: Step Outside Your Comfort Zone While Working Together as a Team 67 The Importance of Context, Deadlines, and Instant Feedback 71 Braindump 74 So You Have a Viable Idea—Now What? 77 Learning by Doing 79 Risk Mitigation 81 Allocating Tasks 83 Recognizing Failure 86 The Three Main Criteria 90 4. The Startup Business Model: Adapt, Stay Lean, and Reiterate 95 The Customer Development Revolution 102 Getting Lean, Staying Agile, Preparing to Pivot 107 Communication Is Key 112 Stick with the Basics 115 The Missing Pieces of the Entrepreneur’s Curriculum 118 5. Mapping the Startup Ecosystem and Subversive Reconstruction 121 The Entrepreneurship Leap 124 The Cofounder Leap 126 The Startup Leap 130 The Funded Leap 133 The Scaling Leap 135 External Growth Leap 136 Leaping More Often 137 The Future of Startup Weekend 140 The Startup Foundation 141 Conclusion 143 Viva la Revolution 145 The Entrepreneur Culture 149 Your Next Iteration 150 Further Readings 153 Index 159


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781118105092
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Publisher Imprint: John Wiley & Sons Inc
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Weight: 272 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1118105095
  • Publisher Date: 10 Nov 2011
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Height: 213 mm
  • No of Pages: 208
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours
  • Width: 142 mm


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