Startup resources
Here’s a few of the bookmarks I have which relate to some aspects of startups. This is by no means a finished list, and titles are copied as-is from my bookmarks. I’ll do my best to update this, but will probably forget in a couple months. Contact me via email or Twitter if you want me to update this post.
What is a startup? #
- Startup = Growth
- Zero to One summary — Medium
- Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? | Hacker News
Working at a startup #
- Runtime Era: My Interview Questions for Potential Employers
- How to Land a Job at a Startup (Even if you life in the middle of nowhere) | Luke Thomas
- Optimize for Happiness
- Alex Payne — Letter To A Young Programmer Considering A Startup
- The Intern Project
- Forget the resume, kill on the cover letter by David of 37signals
- The Only Interview Question That Matters | Inc.com
- Lessons from a Silicon Valley job search | Robert Heaton
Young people #
- What College Can Teach the Aspiring Entrepreneur - WSJ - WSJ
- Advice for ambitious 19 year olds - Sam Altman
- Empact Showcase - the best companies started by young entrepreneurs
- What Every Student Entrepreneur Needs to Know to Succeed (7) Grants & Competitions
Getting started #
- Requests for Startups
- The Design Sprint — Google Ventures
- Do Things that Don’t Scale
- Minimum Viable Product: Your ultimate guide to MVP (+great examples) | Fast Monkeys – Official Blog
- Elon Musk’s Secret Weapon: A Beginner’s Guide to First Principles - Microlancer Blog
- JobHero Entrepreneurship and Small Business Resource Guide
Pitching #
- Pitcherific | Improve pitching ideas with our free pitch-training tool
- How To Present A Successful Hackathon Demo | TechCrunch
- How to email a famous person
- Six questions for a great pitch
- Bill Reichert: A Venture Capitalist Offers Tips for Pitching Your Start-Up | Stanford Graduate School of Business
- If Zuck, Jack, Evan & Bobby, Sergey & Larry were to pitch their Series A today… — I.M.H.O. — Medium
Growing #
- A16z Podcast: Guiding Startup Culture — The Genius ISMs | Andreessen Horowitz
- Jared Fliesler, Matrix VC & growth guru (Square, Google), leads master class on product growth - YouTube
- Nir Eyal (author) & Sahil Jain (CEO AdStage) on getting users in the door & “Hooked” on your product - YouTube
- How to save money running your startup | Calacanis.com
- mir.aculo.us JavaScript with Thomas Fuchs » Blog Archive » 5 things I’ve learned in 5 years of running a SaaS
Tech #
- How to Work Remotely as a Software Developer
- Picking tech for your startup - Opbeat blog
- Cloud services for developers, hosted developer tools, software development tools and services | Leanstack
The fine print #
- 10 Big Legal Mistakes Made By Startups
- Lecture 18: Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups
- eShares - Cap table management, subscription 409a valuations, ASC 718, and electronic stock certificates and options
- Clerky - DIY incorporation for your startup