35+ Essential Startup Links, Articles & Resources

This will be a continually updated list of websites I’ve found helpful while building SellSimple . Some of these are articles, some are startup tools, some are forums, etc.

The ones with the ** are extremely valuable – definitely check those out.

Blogs & Forums:

http://news.ycombinator.com/news

http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/

Peter Thiel Startup School Notes (Goldmine):

http://blakemasters.com/peter-thiels-cs183-startup

Tech News:

http://techcrunch.com/

http://venturebeat.com

http://thenextweb.com

Fundraising:

http://angel.co/

http://www.kickstarter.com/

http://www.crowdrise.com/

Design:

****http://dribbble.com/ (**)

http://www.myfonts.com/

https://creativemarket.com/

http://graphicriver.net

http://themeforest.net

http://pictos.cc/

http://istockphoto.com

Domain Names:

http://www.leandomainsearch.com/

http://instantdomainsearch.com/

Tracking & Analytics:

http://mixpanel.com

http://crazyegg.com

http://kissmetrics.com

Accounting:

http://indinero.com

http://freshbooks.com

Sneaky Internet Marketing:

http://www.blackhatworld.com/

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/

http://www.warriorforum.com/

http://fiverr.com

Startup Quotes:

http://startupquote.com/

Articles

How to launch a startup:

http://howtolaunchastartup.com/2011/06/20/21-must-read-resources-for-start-up-marketing/

Understanding Viral Marketing:

http://www.forentrepreneurs.com/lessons-learnt-viral-marketing/

Jedi mind tricks – how to persuade people:

http://conversionxl.com/17-lesser-known-ways-to-persuade-people/

Types of people:

www.friesian.com/types.htm/

Startup Lawyer – “If I launched a startup”:

http://startuplawyer.com/startup-issues/if-i-launched-a-startup

This is awesome:

http://www.futuretimeline.net/

– J