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A curated collection of resources for startup founders and leaders

A curated and opinionated list of resources for startup founders and leaders of high-growth companies

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Awesome CEO / Fundraising
A Guide to Seed Fundraising YCombinator Very good starting point
A Playbook for Fundraising Lenny Rachitsky Great summary
The Startup Fundraising Playbook Dropbox
How to raise money before launch Khosla Ventures 💰
How I got 50 high-profile angel investors to join our seed round
What does it take to raise capital, in SaaS, in 2022?
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
How Startup Funding Works
IPOs and Beyond: A Guide to Exit Options for Companies a16z
What would a CTO equity be for a small startup?
Options vs Cash Dan Luu
How To Invest In Startups Sam Altman

Awesome CEO / Fundraising / Fundraising tools
Startup Equity Dilution Calculator
Startup Economics Calculator

Awesome CEO / Fundraising / Angels directories
First Round Capital 💰
NFX list 💰
funden 💰

Awesome CEO / Fundraising / Startup decks
30 Legendary Startup Pitch Decks and What You Can Learn From Them
Pitch deck collection from VC funded startups
Startup decks collection

Awesome CEO / Entrepreneurship
What are the things startups have to get right?
85 Things I learned being a CEO
What’s the Second Job of a Startup CEO? Y Combinator
Things I will tell my kids if they become entrepreneurs
What do VCs really look for when making investments?
As an employee of a startup, how do you know when to quit?
YC’s Series A Diligence Checklist Y Combinator
Startup Playbook Sam Altman
Startup Class Sam Altman
Lean Canvas +
Open Source Pitch Deck Templates for Figma
List of startups that had successful pivots 725 about 2 years ago

Awesome CEO / Product
Product is Hard Marty Cagan Solutions need to be:
Red Oceans: How to Find Profitable Startup Ideas
The Secrets Of Creative Thinking
Most Startups Should Be Deer Hunters Mark Suster
8 Product Hurdles Every Founder Must Clear First Round Capital

Awesome CEO / Product / Product-Market Fit
12 Things About Product-Market Fit a16z

Awesome CEO / Sales
Your first 10 customers Stripe

Awesome CEO / Marketing
Get creative with your marketing
Developer Marketing Guide
Top Resources for Startup Marketing and PR
SaaS Email Marketing Handbook
How today's fastest growing B2B businesses found their first ten customers Lenny Rachitsky

Awesome CEO / Management
What makes for a successful CEO and CTO relationship in a startup?
Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule Paul Graham
The Secret To Discussing Pay With Employees
Awesome Leading and Managing
Lessons from Keith Rabois: How to be an Effective Executive Keith Rabois
How Context Switching Sabotages Your Productivity
10,000 Hours with Reid Hoffman: What I Learned
7 Ways to Set Up a New Hire for Success
Individuals matter Dan Luu
Mandate Levels John Cutler
10 ideas for building great culture in a distributed (remote) team Nathan Barry
Adapting to Endure / Crisis management Sequoia Capital

Awesome CEO / Hiring
Lessons from Keith Rabois: How to Interview an Executive
Lessons from Keith Rabois: How to Become a Magnet for Talent
GitLab Talent Acquisition Framework

Awesome CEO / Finance
Financial Planning & Analysis GitLab
Framework for balancing and budgeting engineering resourcing
Negotiate the right deal with suppliers
Strategic Procurements 10 Commandments for Managing the Buying Process

Awesome CEO / 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 relationships, cultivating a growth mindset, and aligning your actions with a clear sense of purpose
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
The Founder Library NfX
Advices from founders foundr
Learn with Sherpa Alex Lieberman
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