Nager / Nelsen / Nouyrigat Startup Weekend

How to Take a Company From Concept to Creation in 54 Hours
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-15963-7
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 208 Seiten, E-Book

Tested principles for transforming an idea into a fullyoperational company
Startup Weekend--the organization behind 54-hour eventswhere developers, designers, marketers, and startup enthusiastscome together to share ideas, form teams, build products, andcreate startups--has spawned both a global initiative inentrepreneurship as well as numerous successful startups.Startup Weekend, the book, contains best practices, lessonslearned, and empowering examples derived from the organization'sexperiences for individuals and small organizations to follow asthey launch businesses. Each of the key beliefs outlined has beentested by Startup Weekend and has yielded powerful results.
The principles described in each chapter will give any businessidea a greater chance for success.
* Chapter topics include trust and empowerment, flexibleorganizational structures, the power of experiential education,action-based networking, and much more
* Describes consequences for startup development as entrepreneursand founders begin doing much more, even faster
* Profiles successful Startup Weekend companies, including twopowerful examples: Memolane, an application that captures a user'sonline life in one timeline making it easy for users to travel backin time and relive memories; and Foodspotting, a mobile and desktopapp that allows users to find and share the foods they love
Apply these simple actionable principles to launch your ownstartup revolution.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Nager, Marc

Nelsen, Clint

Nouyrigat, Franck

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword Carl Schramm and Steve Blank xi
Preface xxi
Acknowledgments xxv
Introduction: Why Starting Up Is All about Trust andEmpowerment 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 Weekend13
Why You Have to Have Trust to Be a Successful Entrepreneur15
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 Relationships43
Diversity of Backgrounds Is Key 45
How Do You Keep the Momentum Going? 47
2. Good Ideas Need Great Teams: Pitch for Talent Not forFunding 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 ZoneWhile Working Together as a Team 67
The Importance of Context, Deadlines, and Instant Feedback71
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, andReiterate 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 Curriculum118
5. Mapping the Startup Ecosystem and SubversiveReconstruction 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

Über Autor(innen)

MARC NAGER, CLINT NELSEN, and FRANCK NOUYRIGAT are the Co-Directors of Startup Weekend, a nonprofit with the mission to educate entrepreneurs, strengthen communities, and launch startups.?Startup Weekend holds weekend events where developers, designers, marketers, productmanagers, and startup enthusiasts cometogether to share ideas, form teams, buildproducts, and create startups in 54 hours.Startup Weekend began in June 2007, and the core team has grown to nine full-time and three part-time employees, along with a network of more than 120 Startup Weekend volunteer facilitators and organizers who plan and lead?Startup Weekend events around the world. For more information, please visit www.startupweekend.org.