Do More Faster -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- About TechStars -- Theme 1: Idea and Vision -- Trust Me, Your Idea IsWorthless -- Start With Your Passion -- Look for the Pain -- Get Feedback Early -- Usage Is Like Oxygen for Ideas -- Forget the Kitchen Sink -- Find That One Thing They Love -- Don't Plan. Prototype! -- You Never Need Another Original Idea -- Get It Out There -- Avoid Tunnel Vision -- Focus -- Iterate Again -- Fail Fast -- Pull the Plug When You Know It's Time -- Theme 2: People -- Don't Go It Alone -- Avoid Co-Founder Conflict -- Hire People Better than You -- Hire Slowly, Fire Quickly -- If You Can Quit, You Should -- Build a Balanced Team -- Startups Seek Friends -- Engage Great Mentors -- Define Your Culture -- Two Strikes and You Are Out -- Karma Matters -- Be Open to Randomness -- Theme 3: Execution -- Do More Faster -- Assume that You'reWrong -- Make Decisions Quickly -- It's Just Data -- Use Your Head, then Trust Your Gut -- Progress Equals Validated Learning -- The Plural of Anecdote Is Not Data -- Don't Suck at E-Mail -- Use What's Free -- Be Tiny Until You Shouldn't Be -- Don't Celebrate theWrong Things -- Be Specific -- Learn from Your Failures -- Quality over Quantity -- Have a Bias Toward Action -- Do or Do Not, There Is No Try -- Theme 4: Product -- Don't Wait Until You Are Proud of Your Product -- Find Your Whitespace -- Focus on What Matters -- Obsess over Metrics -- Avoid Distractions -- Know Your Customer -- Beware the Big Companies -- Throw Things Away -- Pivot -- Theme 5: Fundraising -- You Don't Have to Raise Money -- There's More than OneWay to Raise Money -- Don't Forget about Bootstrapping -- Beware of Angel Investors Who Aren't -- Seed Investors Care about Three Things -- Practice Like You Play -- If You Want Money, Ask for Advice -- Show, Don't Tell -- Turn the Knife after You Stick It in.

Don't Overoptimize on Valuations -- Get Help with Your Term Sheet -- Focus on the First One-Third -- Theme 6: Legal and Structure -- Form the Company Early -- Choose the Right Company Structure -- Default to Delaware -- Lawyers Don't Have to Be Expensive -- Vesting Is Good for You -- Your Brother-in-Law Is Probably Not the Right Corporate Lawyer -- To 83(b) or Not to 83(b), There Is No Question -- Theme 7: Work-Life Balance -- Discover Work-Life Balance -- Practice Your Passion -- Follow Your Heart -- Turn Work into Play -- Get Out from behind Your Computer -- Stay Healthy -- Get Away from It All -- The Evolution of TechStars -- What Motivated Me to Start TechStars? -- Why TechStars Started in Boulder -- How TechStars Came to Boston -- How TechStars Came to Seattle -- So You Want to Start TechStars in Your City? -- Appendix: The TechStars Companies -- About the Authors -- Acknowledgments -- Index.