The launch pad : inside Y combinator, Silicon Valley's most exclusive school for startups / Randall Stross.

Offers fly-on-the-wall perspectives on the teachings of Silicon Valley investment firm Y Combinator and its twice-annual selection of elite young entrepreneurs who participate in intense three-month programs where they build small startups that are ultimately presented to venture capitalists.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Stross, Randall E.
Language:English
Published: New York : Portfolio/Penguin, 2012.
Subjects:
Y Combinator.
New business enterprises > Finance.
Venture capital.
Entrepreneurship.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / General.
Physical Description:280 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Younger
  • Older
  • Grad school
  • Male
  • Crazy but normal
  • Unsexy
  • Genius
  • Angels
  • Always be closing
  • Clone myself
  • What's up
  • Hackathon
  • New ideas
  • Risk
  • Married
  • Fearsome
  • Pay attention
  • Growth
  • Find a dropbox
  • Don't quit
  • Software is eating the world.