The document provides a list of models, online resources, and philosophies to help with entrepreneurship including the Lean LaunchPad model, Business Model Canvas, startup metrics, and various tools for websites, social media, marketing, funding, legal needs, cloud services, communication, and places to find information from smart people in the industry. It also discusses some conflicting philosophies entrepreneurs may face around issues like internal vs external focus, confidence vs paranoia, and focus vs seeing the big picture. The overall message is that entrepreneurship is about people, failures are a natural part of the process, and the entrepreneur is ultimately responsible.
5. • Goals
– You take home some useful information
– You feel like an entrepreneur for an hour
• Contents
– Models
– Online Resources
– Philosophy
• Disclaimers
– IMHO
– IMLE
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18. Website/Blog - Tools
• Google Analytics – powerful free web analytics
• Webmaster tools – manage website functionality
• Website grader – self explanatory
• 99designs – crowdsourced design
• Domize - domain name search
• TagCrowd – word cloud your site
• SEOmoz – manage and monitor your social media
• SEOBook – bunch of free SEO tools
23. Funding
• Angel List – get on here
• TechCrunch –who’s been funded by whom
• 500 startups – watch the videos
• Bplans – business plan resources
• Business Launchpad – more biz plan stuff
24. Pitching
• Raising Venture Capital – Mark Suster
• Pitch Examples – Founder Institute
• Startup Viagra – Dave McClure
• 10 tips for the perfect investment pitch
25. Legal
• Model Docs
– National Venture Capital Association
– Series Seed Documents
– TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents
– Business Insider Document Center
– Startup document Center
• Legal Advice
– Scott Walker blog
– Startup Company Lawyer
• Other
– BizFilings – do your biz filings here
– Startup Economics capitalization tool – cool
26. Cloud
• Amazon Web Services - Amazon’s cloud
• Dropbox – easy store and share
• Box – easy store and share
• Google Drive
27. Communication
• Telephony
– Skype - free voice and video
– Freeconferencecall.com – Yup, that’s it
– Toktumi – virtual phone system
– Grasshopper – virtual phone system
• Collaboration
– Google Apps – free Email, Chat, Docs
– Google Hangouts – awesome
– Evernote – cloud notes
– Yammer – free enterprise social network
28. Places for Info
• Mashable
• Social Media Explorer
• Hubspot
• Copy Blogger
29. Smart People
• Venture hacks –Nivi and Naval
• Both Sides of the Table – Mark Suster
• A VC – Fred Wilson
• Chris Dixon
• Paul Graham
• pMARCA – Marc Andreessen
• Feld Thoughts – Brad Feld
• OnStartups – Dharmesh Shah
• Startup Lessons Learned – Eric Ries
• Andrew Chen
• Dave McClure
30. Conflicting Philosophies
• Internal vs. External view
• Top vs. Bottom Leadership
• Confidence vs. Paranoia
• Listening vs. Ignoring
– "the majority of things people tell you are wrong"
Mark Suster
• Trust vs. Skepticism
• Focus vs. Big Picture
31. Ultimately
• It’s all about people
• It’s always your fault
• Failure is just a step toward success