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Awesome CEO
A curated and opinionated list of resources for startup founders and leaders of high-growth companies
This page lists names, links and short descriptions. The original list on GitHub is the source and belongs to its authors.
General
Fundraising
A Guide to Seed Fundraising
YCombinator Very good starting point.
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A Playbook for Fundraising
Lenny Rachitsky Great summary.
How to raise money before launch
Khosla Ventures 💰
How to Raise Money for Your Startup
Alex Banks
How to pitch to a VC
David S. Rose
How to Talk About Valuation When a VC Asks
Mark Suster
Pre-seed and seed founder's hardest question
Aditya Agarwal The single hardest question at the pre-seed and seed stage for a founder is knowing whether to persist on the current product or to move on to the next idea.
Option grants at seed round
Index Ventures
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Options vs Cash
Dan Luu
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How To Invest In Startups
Sam Altman
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Fundraising >Fundraising tools
Fundraising >Angels directories
Fundraising >Startup decks
Entrepreneurship
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What’s the Second Job of a Startup CEO?
Y Combinator
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YC’s Series A Diligence Checklist
Y Combinator
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Startup Playbook
Sam Altman
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Startup Class
Sam Altman
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Lean Canvas
+ Miro template
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Product
Product is Hard
Marty Cagan Solutions need to be:; Valuable – Something that our customers will choose to use; Usable – Easy to figure out how to use; Feasible – Buildable using the technology stack and skills we have; Viable – Workable for our stakeholders within our budget, legal, ethical, and reputational…
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Most Startups Should Be Deer Hunters
Mark Suster
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8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear
First Round Capital
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Product >Product-Market Fit
Sales
Your first 10 customers
Stripe
Marketing
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Management
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Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
Paul Graham
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Awesome Leading and Managing
Awesome List of resources on leading people and being a manager. Geared toward tech, but potentially useful to anyone.
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Individuals matter
Dan Luu
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Mandate Levels
John Cutler
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Adapting to Endure / Crisis management
Sequoia Capital
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Hiring
Finance
Books
The Hard Thing About Hard Things
Ben Horowitz Practical advice on how to handle the toughest challenges while building and leading a startup, from laying off employees to dealing with personal crises. How to cultivate a strong company culture and lead with empathy and humility.
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future
Peter Thiel A framework for identifying and developing disruptive ideas that can create new markets and transform industries. A contrarian view on how to build truly innovative startups.
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
Stephen Covey The title is misleading - because of it I was avoiding this book for years. It's actually very smart and actionable: principles of personal responsibility, proactive action, and continuous improvement. An approach to achieving success and fulfillment, developing strong personal…
First Things First
Stephen Covey Time management and productivity guide. How to overcome procrastination and achieve your most important goals, while balancing your work and personal life, and focusing on the things that truly matter in the long term.
The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects
Andrew Chen A framework for building a new network effect startup. Strategies and tactics that successful network effect startups have used to overcome the challenges of building a user base from scratch.
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
James Clear A framework for building and maintaining good habits and breaking bad ones. How to make small, incremental changes in your daily routines that can lead to long-term success and personal growth.
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman A framework for improving your decision-making abilities. Our automatic, intuitive "fast" thinking often leads to errors and biases, while our more deliberate and analytical "slow" thinking can help us make better decisions and avoid common pitfalls.
The Mom Test: How to talk to customers & learn if your business is a good idea when everyone is lying to you
Rob Fitzpatrick A framework for conducting effective customer interviews and building products that people actually want to use. How to validate your ideas without relying on false positives or biased feedback.
Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup
Bill Aulet A framework for developing and testing innovative business ideas, from identifying customer needs and segmenting markets, to prototyping and testing solutions, to launching and scaling a successful venture.
Mochary Method Curriculum
Matt Mochary
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More links
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Advices from founders
foundr
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Learn with Sherpa
Alex Lieberman
Awesome books, videos, courses and resources about making a startup
All the required resources to build your own startup
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Awesome Billing
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💰 Billing & Payments knowledge for cloud platforms
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Awesome Developer-First
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A curated list of awesome developer-first tools products.
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Ideas for Software that People Would Actually Use
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Every time I have an idea, I write it down. These are a collection of my top software ideas -- problems I think enough people have that don't have solutions. I expect…
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