{"product_id":"do-more-faster-9781119583288","title":"Do More Faster","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRefreshed, updated, and expanded. \u003ci\u003eDo More Faster \u003c\/i\u003eprovides time-tested advice, tips, and experiences by founders and mentors of Techstars to help entrepreneurs succeed!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDavid 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCo-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 st\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword xiii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout Techstars xix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 1 Do More Faster 3\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 2 Do or Do Not; There Is No Try 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme One: Idea and Vision 9\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 3 Trust Me, Your Idea Is Worthless 13\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTim Ferriss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 4 Start with Your Passion 17\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKevin Mann\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 5 Look for the Pain 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIsaac Saldana\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 6 Get Feedback Early 25\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNate Abbott and Natty Zola\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 7 Usage Is Like Oxygen for Ideas 29\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Mullenweg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 8 Forget the Kitchen Sink 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 9 Find That One Thing They Love 37\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDarren Crystal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 10 Don’t Plan. Prototype! 39\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Reinacker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 11 You Never Need Another Original Idea 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNiel Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 12 Get It Out There 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean Corbett\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 13 Avoid Tunnel Vision 49\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBijan Sabet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 14 Focus 51\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJared Polis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 15 Iterate Again 55\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eColin Angle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 16 Fail Fast 59\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 17 Pull the Plug When You Know It’s Time 63\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaul Berberian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 18 Love Doesn’t Scale, or Does It? 67\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Glaros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 19 Reconciling Vision and Focus 71\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Two: People 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 20 Be Open to Randomness 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 21 Entrepreneurship Is a Group Sport 79\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark O’Sullivan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 22 Avoid Cofounder Confl ict 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDharmesh Shah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 23 Hire People Better than You 87\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWill Herman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 24 How to Find and Engage Mentors 91\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 25 Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly 99\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Blumberg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 26 If You Can Quit, You Should 103\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLaura Fitton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 27 Build a Balanced Team 107\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 28 Startups Seek Friends 111\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMicah Baldwin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 29 Engage Great Mentors 115\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEmily Olson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 30 The Mentor Manifesto 119\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 31 Define Your Culture 123\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGreg Gottesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 32 Two Strikes and You Are Out 129\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 33 Karma Matters 133\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarren Katz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Three: Working Effectively 137\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 34 Assume That You’re Wrong 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward Diamond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 35 Make Decisions Quickly 143\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAri Newman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 36 It’s Just Data 145\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Warner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 37 Use Your Head, then Trust Your Gut 149\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRyan McIntyre\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 38 Progress Equals Validated Learning 153\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Ries\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 39 The Plural of Anecdote Is Not Data 157\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 40 Don’t Suck at Email 161\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 41 Use What’s Free 165\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Seats\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 42 Be Tiny Until You Shouldn’t Be 169\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeffrey Powers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 43 Don’t Celebrate the Wrong Things 173\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRob Johnson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 44 Be Specific 179\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 45 Learn from Your Failures 181\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFred Wilson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 46 Quality over Quantity 183\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 47 Have a Bias Toward Action 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBen Casnocha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Four: Product 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 48 Don’t Wait Until You Are Proud of Your Product 193\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAjay Kulkarni and Andy Cheung\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 49 Find Your Whitespace 197\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRaj Aggarwal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 50 Focus on What Matters 201\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDick Costolo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 51 Obsess over Metrics 203\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDave McClure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 52 Avoid Distractions 205\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Sack\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 53 Know Your Customer 209\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBill Flagg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 54 Beware the Big Companies 213\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Zeisser\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 55 Throw Things Away 215\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEric Marcoullier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 56 Pivot 219\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRob Hayes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Five: Fundraising 221\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 57 There’s More than One Way to Raise Money 223\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 58 Beware of Angel Investors Who Aren’t 227\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 59 Don’t Forget about Bootstrapping 231\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Brown\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 60 You Don’t Have to Raise Money 235\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJoe Aigboboh and Jesse Tevelow\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 61 Seed Investors Care about Three Things 239\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJeff Clavier\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 62 Practice Like You Play 243\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlex White\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 63 If You Want Money, Ask for Advice 247\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicole Glaros\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 64 Show, Don’t Tell 251\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 65 Turn the Knife after You Stick It In 253\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 66 Don’t Overoptimize on Valuations 257\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirk Holland\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 67 Get Help with Your Term Sheet 261\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJason Mendelson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 68 Focus on the First One-Third 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Six: Legal and Structure 267\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 69 Choose the Right Company Structure 269\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 70 Form the Company Early 273\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Bernthal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 71 Default to Delaware 277\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Taylor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 72 Lawyers Don’t Have to Be Expensive 279\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Platt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 73 Vesting Is Good for You 283\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Fox\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 74 Your Brother-in-Law Is Probably Not the Right Corporate Lawyer 287\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 75 To 83(b) or Not to 83(b), There Is No Question 291\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMatt Galligan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheme Seven: Work–Life Harmony 295\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 76 Discover Work–Life Harmony 297\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrad Feld\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 77 Practice Your Passion 301\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEran Egozy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 78 Follow Your Heart 305\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMark Solon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 79 Turn Work into Play 309\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHoward Lindzon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 80 Don’t Make Yourself Indispensable 313\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Cohen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 81 Get Out from Behind Your Computer 315\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSeth Levine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 82 Stay Healthy 319\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChapter 83 Get Away from It All 323\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAmy Batchelor\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 327\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 1: The Evolution of Techstars 331\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 2: Original Edition’s Foreword 345\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 3: Where Are the Techstars Companies Now? 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 355\u003c\/p\u003e 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