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Do More Faster: Techstars Lessons to Accelerate Your Startup
by
David G. Cohen,
Brad Feld (Goodreads Author)
Practical advice from some of today's top early stage investors and entrepreneursTechStars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator with operations in three U.S. cities. Once a year in each city, it funds about ten Internet startups with a small amount of capital and surrounds them with around fifty top Internet entrepreneurs and investors. Historically, about seventy-fi...more
ebook, 336 pages
Published
October 1st 2010
by John Wiley & Sons
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What a shallow and disappointingly book. This is the kind of lazy book that I avoided when I was an editor, but thanks to self-publishing and self-promotion it has been inflicted upon all of us. It disappoints in so many ways: construction, content, and motivation. Let's deal with them in order, shall we?
Construction: it's a series of short blog-length posts by the various mentors and entrepreneurs associated with the annual TechStars incubator. The chapters are clustered by loose topic (funding...more
Construction: it's a series of short blog-length posts by the various mentors and entrepreneurs associated with the annual TechStars incubator. The chapters are clustered by loose topic (funding...more
It is a great book - one which summarizes a lot of what other books designed for people doing startups have. It repackages (in a fairly conscience way) books, like,
The 4 hour work week
ReWork
UnMarketing
and many others in the same "genre" That being said its a great book to read if you are either in a Startup, or something in the tech-related field.
The most valuable information that I found in this book was written by Brad Feld who talks in depth about how you can and should set up your company s...more
The 4 hour work week
ReWork
UnMarketing
and many others in the same "genre" That being said its a great book to read if you are either in a Startup, or something in the tech-related field.
The most valuable information that I found in this book was written by Brad Feld who talks in depth about how you can and should set up your company s...more
Speed is of the essence - but the clear notion of operating in a continuous feedback loop with the market, adapting and changing to solve someones problems - or offer a unique solution that resonates to make someones daily life better ... lots of great lessons.
Written from multiple perspectives in an easy to consume style - short bite sized learning. Made it very painless to get through it - one of the, of course, always on challenges when having a full business life as one tries to look forward...more
Written from multiple perspectives in an easy to consume style - short bite sized learning. Made it very painless to get through it - one of the, of course, always on challenges when having a full business life as one tries to look forward...more
The book is based on the authors' experiences in TechStars. TechStars is definitely one of the most successful incubators in world. The theme of the book is how incubators help entrepreneurs to re-focus on execution.
The authors raise the issue that entrepreneurs tend to over-value their ideas and thus under-value execution. In all successful startup stories, even including Google and Facebook, the ideas are always pursued by a number of independent startups. Nonetheless, only the one getting th...more
The authors raise the issue that entrepreneurs tend to over-value their ideas and thus under-value execution. In all successful startup stories, even including Google and Facebook, the ideas are always pursued by a number of independent startups. Nonetheless, only the one getting th...more
This book is a nice read. It's not really organized or ground-shaking, and I kept getting the feeling that I was reading an ad for TechStars rather than an instruction about entrepreneurial efficiency. Unfortunately, I had to return the book to my brother before I could finish it. It's good vacation reading, and had some good reminders in it.
I absolutely loved the realism of it. It's all real stories of real people. I guess I was expecting something more abstract. Because it was about reality,...more
I absolutely loved the realism of it. It's all real stories of real people. I guess I was expecting something more abstract. Because it was about reality,...more
This was a fun book.
It was a lot of entreprenuer's stories, loosely organized, sort of like the "best of Updike" for businesses. Listening on Audio is how I'd recommend this one - it's inspiring, but there wasn't a "step one, step two, step three." sort of prescriptive text. I was inspired and validated. I have the right ethos to build some people around me to do things right. I always have, but I had to gain wisdom, maturity and dispel delusions before I could do it.
This book is about the peopl...more
It was a lot of entreprenuer's stories, loosely organized, sort of like the "best of Updike" for businesses. Listening on Audio is how I'd recommend this one - it's inspiring, but there wasn't a "step one, step two, step three." sort of prescriptive text. I was inspired and validated. I have the right ethos to build some people around me to do things right. I always have, but I had to gain wisdom, maturity and dispel delusions before I could do it.
This book is about the peopl...more
This book is like speed networking for entrepreneurs. You spend a couple pages with each contributor, and then move on to the next. This forces each contributor to focus on giving you the one most important thing they learned while creating a startup.
The advice is to the point, and beautifully contradictory. Rather than getting a single, myopic perspective, you get all angles. It covers the subject better than any one person could, and helps you figure out the type of startup personality you hav...more
The advice is to the point, and beautifully contradictory. Rather than getting a single, myopic perspective, you get all angles. It covers the subject better than any one person could, and helps you figure out the type of startup personality you hav...more
I really wanted to love this book - I'm an avid reader of Brad's blog and have heard him speak online and in person. Brad is a truly incredible individual that has and continues to accomplish a lot for technology, entrepreneurs, public policy, and the economic development of Boulder.
That said, this book was not really written by Brad. Each "chapter" is a collection of 1-3 page essays by different people associated with TechStars, either as participants or mentors. Most of the advice was pretty c...more
That said, this book was not really written by Brad. Each "chapter" is a collection of 1-3 page essays by different people associated with TechStars, either as participants or mentors. Most of the advice was pretty c...more
I really enjoyed Do More, Faster by David Cohen and Brad Feld.
They feature different stories from all kinds of start-ups and
successes, put together by the founders of Techstars. Each story is to
the point, short and very informative.
Since many entrepreneurs share advice, you're getting many points of
view from people in different roles and with different backgrounds.
And a very quick read - so you move on and get started on your company!
They feature different stories from all kinds of start-ups and
successes, put together by the founders of Techstars. Each story is to
the point, short and very informative.
Since many entrepreneurs share advice, you're getting many points of
view from people in different roles and with different backgrounds.
And a very quick read - so you move on and get started on your company!
Much of the advice in this book can be found elsewhere. Frankly, if you can only read one business strategy book, it should be either "Crossing the Chasm" or "The Four Steps to the Epiphany." But there are several good nuggets in here; including the simple fact that a startup's size/nimbleness is a competetive advantage. Or advice on when not to take venture capital.
The chapters on legal structure and fundraising are worth the cover price.
The chapters on legal structure and fundraising are worth the cover price.
Reads like a productivity blog, which makes it fun and quick to read. Really easy to segment and end anywhere you are, because it's just a series of articles. A lot of tried-and-true stuff, but some good specific things as well that you miss in other intro-to-entrepreneurship books. And it's focused largely on tech-based companies, so if that's your field, this is a good read.
Do More Faster is a treasure trove of stories from past experiences that will help a start-up entrepreneur guide them through the basic questions they may have during the initial stage of getting an idea off the ground. It was a quick read and should be added to your list of books in the entrepreneur arsenal. It may have been a fast read but I keep going back to re-read the stories. As a first-time tech start-up entrepreneur, you are honestly learning as you go and this book helps you set a foot...more
This book is mostly a commercial for TechStars. There are a few good takeaways and stories but generally it was slow going and fairly repetitive. Not much depth and a machine gun approach to business story telling with every 2 pages being written by a different TechStar mentor, founder, attendee, or some other such.
There are some real nuggets in here with advice if you're planning on launching a startup. Some counter intuitive things like going out and sharing your startup idea, some traps you can fall into like feature bloat, and great advice like iterating fast and often. I give this book 4 stars!
It's always refreshing to view the world with the eyes of an entrepreneur, especially if you work in a large and less agile organization. This book was a breeze to read, well organized with thoughtful and concise posts on many topics that entrepreneurs should know about. Fantastic book.
A series of business lessons are taught through other startup entrepreneurs experiences. The authors tout their own company a bit much for my liking, and this book is better for tech start ups, but I did like the mini chapters that made this easy to read.
This book is full of practical tips both for the first time entrepreneur as well as for the experienced ones. It covers a wide range of topics including: financing, product, team, legal structure, and surprisingly work-life balance.
Great book for bite-size (or should I say byte-size) reading. As it's a collection of unrelated and thoughtful essays from different angles of startup life, taking it in all at once might be too much to digest.
Reading "Do More Faster" really got my wheels turning. I have been without a solid company idea up until this point...now it seems to be clearer after reading this book!
Lots of good advice stuffed into each section: who knew startups have the easiest time incorporating in Delaware? Some advice was redundant, but I know that was for a purpose. Gotta hear these wise words more than once to get it knocked into your senses!
I'm happy that I live near TechStars now. Looking to apply to Summer 2012 pro...more
Lots of good advice stuffed into each section: who knew startups have the easiest time incorporating in Delaware? Some advice was redundant, but I know that was for a purpose. Gotta hear these wise words more than once to get it knocked into your senses!
I'm happy that I live near TechStars now. Looking to apply to Summer 2012 pro...more
I've read reviews from people who say the book is poorly written, poorly organized, has no flow, etc. I don't know what these people are talking about. Granted, I'm interested in the subject matter because I'm an entrepreneur, so I could understand someone who isn't in the trenches not appreciating the book, but based on my 13 years in those trenches I found the book to be full of good advice and tips. Some of it seems like common sense, but to a young entrepreneur struggling to learn those basi...more
Mini packets of practical real world storys of startup founders and there lessons learned. Deff worth a read.
I like the flow of the book, lots of different vantage points from lots of different founders of startups.
A quick read, can be a good way to spend a sunday. It's already quite well ear-marked.
good advice , not original. You can find the same material reading blogs.
Jul 31, 2012
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Awesome book, great to read about lessons from Entrepreneurs.
Great book for startup advice, easy to read. The stories were great!
A Ron rating of 10! Packed with insight!
shot snippets of good advice. great reading.
Great tips for start-up
must read for startups
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