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Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Serial Entrepreneur teaches how to succeed in taking your startup from idea to product to company.Accelerated Startup takes entrepreneurs through the startup minefield from fostering revolutionary ideas to building the right team and launching the product to raising angel and venture capital to finding the first 10,000 customers and ultimately taking the company to a successful exit. It is filled with practical lessons learned from years of hands-on experience, until now, available only in top startup accelerator programs. Vitaly M. Golomb is one of the most dynamic and in- demand speakers and trainers in the world of startups, venture capital, and corporate innovation. A serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley trenches since his teenage years, he is the Managing Partner at GS Capital. He was previously a founding Partner at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley's original startup, where he was recognized as a Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star, and a three times CEO. He is a contributing writer to TechCrunch and a top-ranked mentor by accelerators and business schools in the US, Europe, and Asia. Mr. Golomb lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to over 20 countries each year to consult and speak for major conferences, corporations, associations and universities on entrepreneurship, innovation, and design. His ability to break down complex concepts and inspire, educate, and delight audiences across industries and cultures, is second to none.
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalist and Serial Entrepreneur teaches how to succeed in taking your startup from idea to product to company.
Accelerated Startup takes entrepreneurs through the startup minefield from fostering revolutionary ideas to building the right team and launching the product to raising angel and venture capital to finding the first 10,000 customers and ultimately taking the company to a successful exit. It is filled with practical lessons learned from years of hands-on experience, until now, available only in top startup accelerator programs.
Vitaly M. Golomb is one of the most dynamic and in- demand speakers and trainers in the world of startups, venture capital, and corporate innovation. A serial entrepreneur in the Silicon Valley trenches since his teenage years, he is the Managing Partner at GS Capital. He was previously a founding Partner at HP Tech Ventures, the corporate venture arm of Silicon Valley’s original startup, where he was recognized as a Global Corporate Venturing Rising Star, and a three times CEO. He is a contributing writer to TechCrunch and a top-ranked mentor by accelerators and business schools in the US, Europe, and Asia.
Mr. Golomb lives in the San Francisco Bay Area and travels to over 20 countries each year to consult and speak for major conferences, corporations, associations and universities on entrepreneurship, innovation, and design. His ability to break down complex concepts and inspire, educate, and delight audiences across industries and cultures, is second to none.
About the AuthorForeword by Dave McClure, Founding Partner of 500 StartupsPrologue: Why Is Innovation So Important?Part I: What Is a Startup and Is It for Me?Chapter 1: A Brief History of Silicon ValleyChapter 2: A Startup is an ExperimentChapter 3: Choosing the Startup Career Path and Life BalancePart II: The Birth of an IdeaChapter 4: Who is the Customer and What is the Problem?Chapter 5: Commercializing University ResearchChapter 6: Intrapreneurship in Large CompaniesPart III: From Idea to ProductChapter 7: EquityChapter 8: Finding a CofounderChapter 9: Cofounder RelationshipsChapter 10: Building the Core Team-Business, Engineering and DesignChapter 11: Prototypes and Minimum Viable Product-An Exercise in Self-ConstraintChapter 12: Working with ContractorsPart IV: Social ProofChapter 13: Advisors - The Masters and the ApprenticesChapter 14: Your First Funding-Friends, Family and FoolsPart V: Everything You Need to Know About AcceleratorsChapter 15: The Accelerator/Incubator Explosion-The Good, the Bad and the UglyChapter 16: What Top Accelerators Look ForChapter 17: The Application and the InterviewChapter 18: Making the Most of Your Accelerator ExperiencePart VI: Design Is the Product and The Technology CoreChapter 19: Design DisciplinesChapter 20: User Experience 101Chapter 21: Naming, Branding and PsychographicsChapter 22: Technology as a Core CompetencyPart VII: Managing TimeChapter 23: Busy Work vs. Important WorkChapter 24: Agile DevelopmentChapter 25: Tools of the TradeChapter 26: Gathering Customer Feedback as Early as PossiblePart VIII: Raising MoneyChapter 27: Venture Capital and Angel Investors 101Chapter 28: Making the First ImpressionChapter 29: CrowdfundingChapter 30: The Art of the PitchChapter 31: Conferences and Pitch CompetitionsPart IX: GrowthChapter 32: Measure EverythingChapter 33: The First 10,000 UsersChapter 34: Journalism in the Digital Age: A Blogger's PerspectiveChapter 35: The Sales Funnel, Elephant Hunting and PartnershipsChapter 36: Dialing For DollarsChapter 37: Building a CommunityChapter 38: Industry Events and Trade ShowsPart X: From Project to CompanyChapter 39: Transitioning From Startup to CompanyChapter 40: Going InternationalChapter 41: Failing ForwardPart XI: Paying It ForwardChapter 42: The Silicon Valley WayChapter 43: Becoming a MentorEpilogue: Some Final ThoughtsAcknowledgements
