🌱 First-Time Founders

Hard-won wisdom for people building a company from nothing — navigating uncertainty, fundraising, hiring, and the emotional rollercoaster of entrepreneurship before there's a playbook to follow.

Failing Fast?

by Luv Tulsidas • 2024

Skip failing fast. Read market timing, build one standout feature, pick the customer who spreads it.

4.02

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 Founder Mindset 🔄 Lean Startup 💎 Value Proposition 🗺️ Market Positioning

Failing Fast?

Skip failing fast. Read market timing, build one standout feature, pick the customer who spreads it.

by Luv Tulsidas 2024

4.02

45 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 🧠 Founder Mindset 🔄 Lean Startup 💎 Value Proposition 🗺️ Market Positioning

Startup Weekend

by Marc Nager • 2011

An idea, a weekend, and the right strangers: how 54 hours launches a startup.

3.58

272

🛠️ Lean Startup 🧪 Experiential Learning 🎤 Pitching Skills 🔍 Customer Validation 🚀 Startup Formation

Startup Weekend

An idea, a weekend, and the right strangers: how 54 hours launches a startup.

by Marc Nager 2011

3.58

272 ratings

🛠️ Lean Startup 🧪 Experiential Learning 🎤 Pitching Skills 🔍 Customer Validation 🚀 Startup Formation

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

by Ido Leffler • 2013

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

3.75

220

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

Get Big Fast and Do More Good

No-ad-budget playbook: trade-show stunts, a social mission, and partnerships that land retail.

by Ido Leffler 2013

3.75

220 ratings

🫂 Social Entrepreneurship 📖 Startup Memoirs 🎯 Guerilla Marketing 🧱 Brand Building 🤝 Partnership Dynamics

Dear Founder

by Maynard Webb • 2018

Founder letters for the moments no one warns you about: from co-founder fights to cash crises.

3.76

250

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💌 Founder Advice 🤝 Co-Founder Dynamics 🧑‍💼 Hiring And Culture 💰 Fundraising Strategy

Dear Founder

Founder letters for the moments no one warns you about: from co-founder fights to cash crises.

by Maynard Webb 2018

3.76

250 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💌 Founder Advice 🤝 Co-Founder Dynamics 🧑‍💼 Hiring And Culture 💰 Fundraising Strategy

Startup Nation

by Jeff Sloan • 2005

A startup guide that begins where most don't: with the life you actually want to live.

3.76

🚀 Startup Playbooks ⚖️ Lifestyle Entrepreneurship 💰 Bootstrapping 💵 Startup Funding 📋 Business Planning

Startup Nation

A startup guide that begins where most don't: with the life you actually want to live.

by Jeff Sloan 2005

3.76

96 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks ⚖️ Lifestyle Entrepreneurship 💰 Bootstrapping 💵 Startup Funding 📋 Business Planning

Startup Myths and Models

by Rizwan Virk • 2020

The startup models behind market timing, founder alignment, and an exit that actually pays.

4.13

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Capital 🌱 Early Stage Startups 🤝 Founder Alignment 🧩 Product-Market Fit

Startup Myths and Models

The startup models behind market timing, founder alignment, and an exit that actually pays.

by Rizwan Virk 2020

4.13

52 ratings

🚀 Startup Playbooks 💰 Venture Capital 🌱 Early Stage Startups 🤝 Founder Alignment 🧩 Product-Market Fit

Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance de rater ses études

by Olivier Roland • 2016

School didn't work out. Good. The self-education playbook for building a business that buys freedom.

3.83

373

🧠 Entrepreneurial Mindset 📚 Self-Directed Learning 🔬 Lean Methodology ⚙️ Business Systems 🎯 Influence And Persuasion

Tout le monde n'a pas eu la chance de rater ses études

School didn't work out. Good. The self-education playbook for building a business that buys freedom.

by Olivier Roland 2016

3.83

373 ratings

🧠 Entrepreneurial Mindset 📚 Self-Directed Learning 🔬 Lean Methodology ⚙️ Business Systems 🎯 Influence And Persuasion

LLC

by John Knight • 2016

The liability shield every LLC promises disappears with one wrong step. Here's what preserves it.

4.00

📋 Business Formation 🛡️ Limited Liability 💰 Small Business Taxes ⚖️ Startup Legal Basics 🧾 Business Accounting

LLC

The liability shield every LLC promises disappears with one wrong step. Here's what preserves it.

by John Knight 2016

4.00

4 ratings

📋 Business Formation 🛡️ Limited Liability 💰 Small Business Taxes ⚖️ Startup Legal Basics 🧾 Business Accounting

Rewards Crowdfunding

by Nathan Rose • 2020

Your campaign starts months before launch. How to find your crowd, convert visitors, and get funded.

🚀 Crowdfunding Campaigns 📣 Audience Building 🎯 Campaign Strategy 🔍 Market Validation 🔄 Lean Methodology

Rewards Crowdfunding

Your campaign starts months before launch. How to find your crowd, convert visitors, and get funded.

by Nathan Rose 2020

🚀 Crowdfunding Campaigns 📣 Audience Building 🎯 Campaign Strategy 🔍 Market Validation 🔄 Lean Methodology

The $150M secret

by Guillaume Moubeche • 2022

$1,000 to $150M in three and a half years: the bootstrapper's alternative to venture capital.

4.05

🥾 Bootstrapped Startups 💻 Indie Saas 🔄 Lean Methodology 📣 Audience Building 🏗️ Build In Public

The $150M secret

$1,000 to $150M in three and a half years: the bootstrapper's alternative to venture capital.

by Guillaume Moubeche 2022

4.05

19 ratings

🥾 Bootstrapped Startups 💻 Indie Saas 🔄 Lean Methodology 📣 Audience Building 🏗️ Build In Public

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