Resources to Get Your Startup On the Right Path

Over the past few years I have mentored and helped a number of startup companies. I have evolved this list of resources to get them started on the right path. The good news is that there are many different sources of resources so this is just a place to start. I’m also happy to network with folks and drill in deeper to where you are in your startup journey and provide additional suggestions.

Steve Blank

Steve Blank is a great place to start. Steve was the source of Eric’ s inspiration (Lean Startup book listed below) and is very worth subscribing to his blog:

steveblank.com

Steve has a number of resources available to startups that you may find useful (be aware this list is comprehensive):

Tools and Blogs for Entrepreneurs

Udacity

There is a free class on Udacity that is really good. It takes time to do though:

How to Build a Startup

Alexander Ostwerwalder

And I really like the business model canvas for understanding your business by Alexander Ostwerwalder: Your business model on one page

businessmodelgeneration.com

How to Build a Product

Lean Startup

There are now lots of access to this approach to building software and companies. Try to get past the buzz words.

theleanstartup.com

Eric Reis Lean Startup

The initial book by Eric Ries that brought Lean Startup together for me and is still worth a read.

Amazon: Lean Startup Entrepreneurs Continuous Innovation

Where to Hangout

AngelList

Spend time to explore and understand AngelList

angel.co

Launch.co

Great summaries of tech news. I highly recommend you subscribe to this.

launch.co/#/rooms/Ticker

Startup Grind

One of my favorite meetups is Startup Grind. Because doing a startup is a grind and these meetups always have great people and great networking. Don’t get me wrong there are many others I also like but as a place to start this is good

startupgrind.com

How to Create a Fundraising PowerPoint Presentation

Raising money can be an important part of your plan, here are some keys to helping to get the funding.

Techcrunch Article Always a classic, getting a bit dated.
Stengel Solutions Concise. I like the 30 second hook.
MarketingPROTemplates Downloadable visual templates.

Even More Resources

A few other Startup Links you may find useful.

Alertbox Excellent UX hints and additional topics.
bjfogg.com Pervasive or habit forming software development.
Y Combinator.com Y-Cominator also has a useful list of resources.