Startup
November 3, 2017 · View on GitHub
Startup
A curated list of startup readings
Motivation
General
- How to start a startup (course)
- The Lean Startup - Eric Ries (book)
- Running Lean - Ash Maurya (book)
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank (book)
- Sam Altman's blog
- Paul Graham's essays
Product
- Retention is King
- What product features should I focus on?
- How This Founder Turned Slow Burn Rate into a Big Exit
- The Top 5 Reasons You Suck at Making Rational Decisions
- The Illusion of Product/Market Fit for SaaS Companies
Monetization
Growth/Marketing
- Managing growth & delivering magic (video)
- "No Marketing" isn't as impressive as you think
- Growth is optional
- The Hacker’s Guide to User Acquisition
- Ok, you launched. Now what? Here’s how to get noticed on a budget
- Ask HN: Where I can post my startup to get beta users?
- Launched new messaging app 2 weeks ago. 2 million messages sent, 70,000 users so far. This is what I've done to get traction. Also, AMA.
- How to solve the cold-start problem for social products
- The Complete Guide to Product Qualified Leads
- [Finding Sales Triggers: How DigitalOcean closes more enterprise deals with automated sales triggers])https://clearbit.com/books/data-driven-sales/sales-triggers)
Hiring
- Focus on building 10x teams, not on hiring 10x developers
- #define CTO
- Gene Pool Engineering For Entrepreneurs - Vinod Khosla
Mental Health
Resources
- Product Hunt
- Hacker News
- Reddit /r/startups
- Reddit /r/entrepreneurs
- StartupTalks TV (videos)
- Google Talks (videos)
Videos
- Authors@Google: Eric Ries "The Lean Startup"
- Marc Andreessen & Dave McClure: The Future of Startups, VC's, and Technology
- Foundation 37 // David Byttow
- PandoMonthly: Fireside Chat With Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
- Startup Grind Feat Scott Heiferman
- Vinod Khosla (Khosla Ventures) at Startup Grind Silicon Valley
- UX Design & Marketing Tactics - Shopify