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Startup content
The content here is general stuff founders want to learn about startup. This is great for first-time startups.
Asia
8 Myths about Startups and Venture Capital in Asia
South East Asia & India 2015 predictions in the startup landscape
Get smarter / learnings
The (fairly) definitive reading list. How to get smarter about tech startup
Startup learnings from Mitchell Harper, co-founder of Bigcommerce
What are 16 things you need to avoid in order to be a successful entrepreneur?
How Slidebean shifted from targeting millions of users into being a profitable startup
Actually getting your first customers at a startup
The three key things you need to know to build a great startup
What is the best advice for a young, first-time startup CEO?
How did Tinder grow so quickly? How did they seed the initial application?
What do startup founders typically get wrong when starting a business?
Ideas
Is there a structured approach to finding a great business idea for a new startup?
How do you start a billion dollar company from scratch?
Idea validation
How do you validate a startup idea?
What is an inexpensive, fast and non-obnoxious way to validate a business idea?
Cofounder
What questions should you ask a potential startup cofounder?
What is the most common reason for co-founders of start-ups to have a falling out?
Company setup
How to start a company right. Key terms when starting a company and fundraising
Culture
Startup culture codes collection
When I do a turnaround, I start with culture
Demo videos
Intro and demo videos from famous startups
Failing
Why Founders Fail: The Product CEO Paradox by Ben Horowitz
Everest failed startup postmortem learnings
Failed business ideas. Lumos- IoT startup postmortem learnings
Startup trends for death and stats on survival rates
What happens to VCs and other investors when a startup fails and stops existing?
Why do 80% of businesses fail and is failing purely by bad luck, or can it be avoided?
Technology
Tech Stacks in Asia: Inside Appknox’s tech stack
Tech Stacks in Asia: Inside Klinify’s tech stack
Expansion
Andreessen Horowitz Startup Bootcamp: Go-to-Market Best Practices for Startups
Twilio presentations to learn from including go to market strategy
Do some startups fail because they try to scale too quickly?
General interest
The secret silicon valley history
99 problems and the CEO is one. Springowl hunts for Marissa’s head at Yahoo!
Parody VC discussion on ‘growing markets’
Artificial intelligence in Asia; it’s not going to make everyone unemployed
AA 017: When will the deep learning bubble burst?
Sean Parker’s Email to Spotify’s Daniel Ek
Conferences
Top 5 tips to hustle startup conferences – Hacking TechCrunch Disrupt
Q&A
What should a startup founder salary be? Check out this calculator
AA 002: What is your advice for new entrepreneurs?
AA 004: Is Kylie Jenner’s cosmetic company really worth $400 million?
AA 006: What is an angel investor’s view if a founder is running 2 different startups?
25 startups that raised without a product
Who becomes Startup CEO among co founders?
How do I construct an investment contract for a sole proprietorship myself?
How can one easily patent an idea (product: name, concept, idea etc.)?
Why do companies use cash to finance acquisitions?
If a company raises funding today and gets acquired tomorrow, who keeps all the cash they raised?
Who becomes CEO among co founders?
Startup pivots
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 1 Android and Flickr
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 2 Groupon and Instagram
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 3 Nokia and PayPal
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 4 Pinterest and Rovio
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 5 Shopify and Slack
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 6 twitter and turntable
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 7 Woot and Yelp
Before they were famous. 15 startup pivot to fame. 8 Youtube
Inspiration
Inspirational stories of the founder struggle
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