Accelerators in Silicon Valley /

Accelerators in Silicon Valley /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Ester, P., author.
Imprint:	Amsterdam [Netherlands] : Amsterdam University Press, [2017] Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2019 [Chicago, Illinois] : Distributed in the US and Canada by the University of Chicago Press
Description:	1 online resource (1 PDF (175 pages)) : illustration
Language:	English
Subject:	High technology industries -- California -- Santa Clara County. Business incubators -- California -- Santa Clara County. Entrepreneurship -- California -- Santa Clara County. New business enterprises -- Planning. Business incubators. Entrepreneurship. High technology industries. New business enterprises -- Planning. California -- Santa Clara County.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11930036

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ISBN:	9789048538683 9048538688 9789462987166 9462987165
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references. Print version record.
Summary:	Silicon Valley is the world's most successful innovation region. Apple, Google, Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, WhatsApp, Uber, and Airbnb changed our way of living. Silicon Valley has built a brilliant ecosystem that supports startups. Its entrepreneurial mindset fosters risk-taking, thinking big, and sharing. A fast growing number of accelerators in Silicon Valley help startups by bringing their product to the market, refining their business idea, developing their product, strengthening their team, designing a marketing strategy, getting first customers and traction, raising funds, and coping with the hardships of startup life. In Accelerators in Silicon Valley Peter Ester describes how these 'schools of startup entrepreneurship' operate and empower startups. What can we learn from how Silicon Valley accelerators help startups to become successful companies? This book gives the answer. Accelerators in Silicon Valley is a book for those who share a fascination for building the new startup economy.
Other form:	Print version: 9789462987166 9462987165

Table of Contents:

Silicon Valley
Innovation and startups in Silicon Valley
Unique selling points
Strong teams will win
Working on a dream
Accelerator darlings, challenges, and future plans
What can Europe learn from Silicon Valley accelerators?