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Accelerate or Die Hard

54 points by lukedeering 14y ago

bcx 14y ago
How does this thing compare to founders at work?
- burpee 14y ago
  My guess? Founders at work is largely about established firms and this book is all about startups in their startup stage.
- cartagenam4 14y ago
  yea, think "founders at work" but more startups, and more intense than bruce willis
- lukedeering 14y ago
  Great question! So, Founders at Work is a compilation of awesome interviews with successful founders looking back at their days as a startup. Accelerate focusses on accelerator programs themselves and their graduates. We do have several founders in the book that graduated from a program several years back, but in the future we will be concentrating more on the very recent graduates. Hope this helps to answer your question. Cheers, Luke
  - jedc 14y ago
    You might also want to check out my site: Seed-DB (http://www.seed-db.com http://www.seed-db.com) Also, I'm in London, too. Get in touch and we can grab a drink. :)
    - lukedeering 14y ago
      Grab me on twitter @luke_deering
ZaAaV 14y ago
Trading off freedom for what? Money, wisdom, experience? Accelerators capitalize on the fear of failing. The key to success are pretty simple: being informed and working hard. You don't need any accelerator for that.
- lukedeering 14y ago
  Valid point! To be honest, the title could have been the first paragraph, but I just saw the new Bruce Willis move and thought it gave the KickStarter title a nice KICK
MichaelCPell 14y ago
I love the Start-Up Community!
hayksaakian 14y ago
Not much to start for this "kick starter" it seems like they already made the product, and want money to click the print button.
- cartagenam4 14y ago
  Wish this was true mate! We've got a lot of publishing/editing/design work and xtra content generation to work on for this project. Still looking forward to it all though ;)
joereger 14y ago
rock on luke... thanks for sharing lessons learned with the startup community.
raney18 14y ago
Looking forward to this!
Polifontem 14y ago
I can not wait to read this book, and I think this is something that will guide all future entrepreneurs and business people.

54 points by lukedeering 14y ago

bcx 14y ago

How does this thing compare to founders at work?

burpee 14y ago
My guess? Founders at work is largely about established firms and this book is all about startups in their startup stage.
cartagenam4 14y ago
yea, think "founders at work" but more startups, and more intense than bruce willis
lukedeering 14y ago
Great question! So, Founders at Work is a compilation of awesome interviews with successful founders looking back at their days as a startup. Accelerate focusses on accelerator programs themselves and their graduates. We do have several founders in the book that graduated from a program several years back, but in the future we will be concentrating more on the very recent graduates. Hope this helps to answer your question. Cheers, Luke
- jedc 14y ago
  You might also want to check out my site: Seed-DB (http://www.seed-db.com http://www.seed-db.com) Also, I'm in London, too. Get in touch and we can grab a drink. :)
  - lukedeering 14y ago
    Grab me on twitter @luke_deering

ZaAaV 14y ago

Trading off freedom for what? Money, wisdom, experience? Accelerators capitalize on the fear of failing. The key to success are pretty simple: being informed and working hard. You don't need any accelerator for that.

lukedeering 14y ago
Valid point! To be honest, the title could have been the first paragraph, but I just saw the new Bruce Willis move and thought it gave the KickStarter title a nice KICK

MichaelCPell 14y ago

I love the Start-Up Community!

hayksaakian 14y ago

Not much to start for this "kick starter" it seems like they already made the product, and want money to click the print button.

cartagenam4 14y ago
Wish this was true mate! We've got a lot of publishing/editing/design work and xtra content generation to work on for this project. Still looking forward to it all though ;)

joereger 14y ago

rock on luke... thanks for sharing lessons learned with the startup community.

raney18 14y ago

Looking forward to this!

Polifontem 14y ago

I can not wait to read this book, and I think this is something that will guide all future entrepreneurs and business people.