LEADER 02990oam 22005534a 450 001 9910309956703321 005 20230707203913.0 010 $a90-485-3868-8 024 7 $a10.1515/9789048538683 035 $a(CKB)3840000000350260 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5219273 035 $a(DE-B1597)502501 035 $a(OCoLC)1058961176 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789048538683 035 $a(OCoLC)1112364898 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse76573 035 $a(ScCtBLL)2d388d21-972c-47d5-aa73-883034c38ebd 035 $a(PPN)267858469 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000350260 100 $a20190816e20192017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aAccelerators in Silicon Valley$fPeter Ester 210 1$aBaltimore, Maryland :$cProject Muse,$d2019 210 4$dİ2019 215 $a1 online resource (176 pages) 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aSilicon 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? 330 $aSilicon 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. 606 $aHigh technology industries$zCalifornia$zSanta Clara County 606 $aBusiness incubators$zCalifornia$zSanta Clara County 606 $aEntrepreneurship$zCalifornia$zSanta Clara County 606 $aNew business enterprises$xPlanning 610 $aSilicon Valley, accelerators, startups, entrepreneurship, innovation. 615 0$aHigh technology industries 615 0$aBusiness incubators 615 0$aEntrepreneurship 615 0$aNew business enterprises$xPlanning. 676 $a330 700 $aEster$b P.$0975430 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910309956703321 996 $aAccelerators in Silicon Valley$92440096 997 $aUNINA