Bootstrapping a Lean Startup – Ash Maurya
via ashmaurya.com Click on over to another great post from Ash Maurya. If you haven’t read any of the others, stay and peruse the rest of the blog. Just well prepared and useful info for anyone doing ...
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Developing new startup ideas cdixon.org – chris dixon’s blog
> Be the opposite of secretive. Create a Google spreadsheet where you list every idea you can think, even really half-baked ones. Include ideas you hear about (make sure you keep track of who had whic...
The Secret to Having Happy Employees – You’re the Boss Blog – NYTimes.com
> There’s no joy in the act of firing someone. And it’s not always the employee’s fault — there are many bad bosses out there. Bad management can make a good employee dysfunctional. On the other hand,...
5 things I “knew” (or should have known) before starting a company, but didn’t fully understand until now « WePay.com
> I founded WePay with Bill Clerico in August 2008, with the simple goal of making it easy for groups to collect and manage money online. We were accepted in YCombinator in May 2009, and raised just u...
Strategy Roundtables for Entrepreneurs | Sramana Mitra on Strategy
> Strategy Roundtables for Entrepreneurs > > Sramana Mitra offers free weekly strategy roundtables for entrepreneurs to address positioning, financing, and other aspects of a startup venture. Up to 1,...
How to Write a Mission Statement That Doesn’t Suck
[](http://video.fastcompany.com/videos/0fd64afa78711/formats/podcastdefault/file.mp4) via fastcompany.com Must watch video of the week! I read the book “Made to Stick” co-written by the guy in the vid...
The 37 Signals Manifesto: A Better, Easier Way To Succeed In Business
[](/startupshk/the-37-signals-manifesto-a-better-easier-way) 68.01.37Signals.pdf Download this file "In the real world, you canʼt have over a dozen employees spread out across eight different cities o...
The 37 Signals Manifesto: A Better, Easier Way To Succeed In Business
[](/startupshk/the-37-signals-manifesto-a-better-easier-way) 68.01.37Signals.pdf Download this file "In the real world, you canʼt have over a dozen employees spread out across eight different cities o...
Fund Matching for Entrepreneurs and Investors: Monday, March 22nd, 2010
Tony Chan will discuss different perspectives of a startup financing, from the founders need for funding, Agents that assist in fund-raising cycles through to finding Angel investors for early stage f...
Is Your Product Launch Doomed?: 10 Ways to Identify an Impending Launch Disaster
[](/startupshk/is-your-product-launch-doomed-10-ways-to-iden-0) 68.05.ProductLaunch.pdf Download this file “Products don’t sell themselves. The process of introducing a product to market is a serious ...
Wufoo: Online HTML Form Builder – Contact, Survey & Payment Forms
> What is Wufoo? > > Wufoo strives to be the easiest way to collect information over the Internet. > > Our HTML form builder helps you create contact forms, online surveys, and invitations so > you ca...
Hong Kong Startup Association » March 16: ” The 3 P’s of Angel Financing for Entrepreneurs: Principles, Practice, & Pitch Preparation To Investors”
> Announcement: HKSUA Event At HK Science Technology Parks – March 16: ” The 3 P’s of Angel Financing for Entrepreneurs: Principles, Practice, & Pitch Preparation To Investors” > > Dear HKSUA, > > > >...
Color Trends + Palettes :: COLOURlovers
via colourlovers.com This site is quite useful if you are trying to come up with what to use for your next company’s look and feel or a new site....
Life Below 600px | I Am Paddy
> • The fold is one of those guidelines that has been thrown about so much that it’s now become a ‘rule’ of web design (or maybe more appropriately a ‘ball and chain’ of web design) with web designers...
mite.blog. Facts & figures: The first 20 months of our small SaaS start-up going for premium-only instead of freemium
via blog.yo.lk That’s the money shot there. Awesome write-up from a company that is in a similar situation to my startup. If you are considering not doing a freemium offering, check this out....
Resources for Early-Stage Entrepreneurs: A Top 10 List
> Yes, Top 10 lists are clichéd, but I think they’re ubiquitous for a reason. Ten items is a long enough list to be useful, but more than that causes busy people (or those with short attention spans) ...
Tools « Business Model Alchemist
via businessmodelalchemist.com This is an interesting Creative Commons template for putting together a business model. The linked page has references to the template and also a post about how to use i...
7 Insanely Useful Ways to Search Twitter for Marketing : Marketing :: American Express OPEN Forum
> Mar 03, 2010 – > > As a marketing tool Twitter gets much more interesting and useful when you can filter out 99% of the junk that doesn’t apply to your objectives and focus on the stuff that matters...
startups.com – Your Business. Your Questions. Stack Overflow for business
> Recent Questions > > Can you choose how you want to be taxed when owning a LLC? > > Tips to an effective marketing? > > Top Resources For Entrepreneurs? via startups.com OK, I’m not sure how many of...
Lean Startup Geek Smackdown In DC — TECH cocktail
> > > Last night, I attended the DC Lean Startup Circle in Arlington, Virginia, hosted by Kevin Dewalt and Ken Yarmosh, featuring a couple of industry heavy weights, Dave McClure and Eric Ries, talkin...