Accelerators in Silicon Valley : building successful startups, searching for the next big thing / Peter Ester.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ester, P., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

New business enterprises--California--Santa Clara County.

New business enterprises.

Technological innovations--California--Santa Clara County.

Technological innovations.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (176 pages).

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon : Routledge, 2025.

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.

Contents:

Foreword by Vish Mishra, Acknowledgements, Respondents and Key Features of Participating Accelerators, Chapter 1 Silicon Valley, Chapter 2 Innovation and Startups in Silicon Valley, Chapter 3 Unique Selling Points, Chapter 4 Strong Teams Will Win, Chapter 5 Working on a Dream, Chapter 6 Accelerator Darlings, Challenges, and Future Plans, Chapter 7 What Can Europe Learn From Silicon Valley Accelerators?, Final thoughts, Notes, Glossary, References, Appendix 1. Interviewed Silicon Valley Accelerator Founders & Chief Executives, Appendix 2. Questionnaire Personal Interviews Silicon Valley Accelerators

Notes:

First published in 2017 by Amsterdam University Press Ltd.

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

1-003-69036-X

90-485-3868-8

1-04-078618-9

9781003690368

OCLC:

1547759335