If you think starting and growing startups takes too much energy and efforts, it is not an exaggeration. However, there are tons of resources and information on the internet on technology, start ups, fund raising and running businesses. While some call this as information overload, I would call it an opportunity. If you know what to look for (or search for), you can easily follow the right information and filter out less important stuff. Following thought leaders / resources in specific domains help to aggregate, collate and gather knowledge in the respective area, whether it is entrepreneurship, fund raising, recruiting, choosing product ideas or exiting businesses.
Entrepreneurs should be hands on in this area, if they want to succeed and prosper. Leveraging the web 2.0 and social media is a requirement rather than an option. Here are some links to ideas, strategies and opinions from thought leaders in the industry. The links are not in any particular order.
- Startup Lessons Learned by Eric Ries
- AVC by Fred Wilson, Union Square Ventures
- Venture Beat
- Both Sides of the Table by Mark Suster, GRP Partners
- Garage.com by Guy Kawasaki
- Venture Hacks – Good Advice for Startups
- Hacker News
- Y-Combinator by Paul Graham
- Techstars – Startup Incubator – Boulder, Boston, Seattle
- Mixergy by Andrew Warner – Interviews with Entrepreneurs and Investors
- Essays by Paul Graham
- Feld Thoughts by Brad Feld, Foundry Group
- Steve Blank
- Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner
- For Entrepreneurs by David Skok, Matrix Partners
- Early Stage Adventures by Chris Sheehan, Common Angels, Boston
- Startup Visa by Manu Kumar, Eric Ries, Paul Graham, …
- Vivek Wadhwa
- Master of 500 Hats by Dave McClure
- On Startups by Dharmesh Shah
- The Start Up Success Podcast by Bob Walsh (47 Hats) and Patrick Foley (Microsoft)
- Signal vs Noise by 37 Signals – about design, business, experience, simplicity, the web, culture and more
- GigaOm Network – Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology
- Chris Dixon – Founder partner of Founder Collective
- Innovate – Podcasts by Stanford students
Note that many of the investors running these blogs may not invest in our region. However the lessons they have learned and practices they are following can be universally applied after tweaking (to suit our local requirements).
