Startup Resources

Information-food to feed startup brain

• START THINGS

  • The best startup advice : The best startup advice Sam Altman of YCombinator has ever heard (95 items).
  • Ultimate Startup Cheatsheet : “The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Starting And Running A Business” ~> USA-focussed.
  • Properties of a successful company : Straightforward summary of the essentials of How to Do it Right.
  • Validate your idea : How to launch with a validated idea.
  • Build a happy startup : E-book guide to building a happy startup
  • Launchrock : Create ‘launching soon’ pages, collect interest and build an audience before you launch.

• LEARN STUFF

  • Both sides of the table : Excellent startup advice blog by an entrepreneur-turned-VC.
  • Venture Hacks : Startup advice blog written by AngelList
  • Startup course : A free 14-week course about startups, including practical advice and exercises.
  • Learn new skills : 40 places to learn new skills online.
  • Skillshare : Platform to learn (and teach) anything.

• MEET PEOPLE

  • Fullcontact : Address book that keeps all your contacts in one place and automatically up-to-date.
  • Meetup : Platform to find (and organise) events – search for your interests.
  • Angellist : Platform where startups connect to investors and talent.
  • Eventbrite : Another platform to find (and organise) events – search for your interests.
  • Bizoogo : Social network for entrepreneurs to collaborate, co-found and develop new businesses.
  • The fetch : Weekly summary of (startup) events in London (and other world cities).

• GET STUFF DONE

  • Get startup tools : Premium service deals for startups.
  • Huddlebuy : Daily deals for startups and small businesses.
  • Podio : Free project management tool for any project and any team – super versatile.

• MAKE WEBSITES

  • Leanstack : See what the best startups and companies in the world are using.
  • Invision : Collaborative web and mobile mockup/UI prototyping tool.
  • Free Wordpress Themes : 10 starter themes and frameworks for WordPress.
  • Product Design Guide : Required reading for product designers.

• SELL THINGS, GROW STUFF

  • Price Optimisation : A very useful blog about (SaaS) pricing – start with the Complete Guide.
  • Customer Conversion : How to convert singups to customers in 30 days.
  • Learn Growth Hacking : 35 resources to help you learn about and growth hacking.
  • Fullcontact Playbook : Newsletter full of sales and marketing advice.
  • Kissmetrics Blog : Excellent blog about analytics, marketing and testing.

• GET MONEY

  • Ventruedocs : Customized, automated legal documents for startups, investors, crowdfunding portals and attorneys.
  • Co-founder Equity Calculator : Simple calculator to help you decide how much of the business each founder should get.
  • Guide to Investment : Collection of articles about investment agreements (term sheets), by Brad Feld, MD of Foundry Group.

• GET SUPPORT

  • The NEF Directory : A HUGE list of enterprise-related resources from the New Entrepreneurs Foundation.
  • Startup Britain : National campaign by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs – events, resources and deals.
  • Centre for Entrepreneurs : The Entrepreneurs’ Think Tank – Sign up for their newsletter (bottom of the page).
  • Smarta : Business advice and tools for startups and small businesses.
  • Enterprise Europe network : European Commission scheme that helps small business to make the most of the European marketplace.

• DON’T WANT TO START THINGS?

  • Why not to work in a startup : “10 reasons working in a startup is terrible”