Startup Tools

The way to get started is

to quit talking

and begin doing.

Getting started with your digital venture is now easier with the tips of legendary entrepreneur Steve Blank, he has gathered the best sources in order to help you accomplish important milestones much faster!

• The Lean LaunchPad Online Class – FREE
• How to Build a Web Startup – Lean Launchpad Edition
• How to Create a $1M Web Business – Noah Kagan

• HBS Startup Tribe Tools List – from Tom Eisenmann at HBS
• NYU Startup Resources Library
• PBworks startup tools List
• Startup Weekend tools list
• Y Combinator Startup Library
• Startup Foundry tools list
• Small Business tools list
• Market research list
• Software Advice

Groups

• Startup Weekend – Launch a Startup in 54 hours
• Startup America Partnership – access to Relationships, Opportunities and Knowledge
• The Lean Startup Machine - Launch a Startup in 48 hours
• Startup Monthly – Launch a Startup in a month
• Lean Startup Circle - Google Group for startup advice
• LUXr – Lean UX residency
• Women 2.0 – Launch a startup for women
• Meetup – Meet people you’re interested in

• Knowem – domain and trademark search tool
• Domainr – domain name search
• GoDaddy - domain names, web hosting
• NameCheap - cheap domain names
• Picking a domain name – Jason Calacanis
• GoogleSites - simple web host provider
• Weebly – get a site up quickly with no tools
• Yola - get a website up quickly with no tools
• How Much Does a Website Cost? - folyo

“How Big is the Market?” Tools

• Google Trends - what are the search trends for key items
• Google Insights - breaks down the search data by location
• Facebook ads - check out the total available market

“How Do I Contact Customers?” Tools

• Jigsaw – business contacts
• Hoovers – phone and email contacts for sale
• Harrisinfo - sales leads for sale
• InfoUSA – email lists for sale
• ThomasNet – find any company

Product Launch Tools

• LaunchRock - Create a viral “coming soon” landing page
• LaunchSoon – create a coming soon landing page
• KickOffLabs - another viral “coming soon” landing page
• Prefinery- Beta and Launch Mgmt software
• Ooomf – iPhone app store build/push/launch

On-Line Advertising Platforms (SEO)

• Startup Metrics for Pirates – read this before you spend time elsewhere
• SaaS Metrics Tutorial – worth reading as well
• The Noob Guide to Online Marketing – great graphic and tutorial
• Analytics review – mixpanel vs kissmetric vs google analytics review
• Analytics blog – good analytics tutorials
• SEO for Startups – good tutorial
• Andrew Chen’s Essays – great web customer acquisition tutorials
• 5 Landing Page Metrics You Need to Know – simple tutorial

Web/Mobile/Social Analytics Tools

• Google Analytics – web analytics and optimizer from the borg
• Kissmetrics– actionable analytics
• GetClicky – real-time web analytics
• Swix – analytics for social media and online
• Seomoz – SEO and social monitoring
• Wordtracker – find the best keywords and links
• Serpico – monitor your competition, backlinks & rankings
• Chart.io - easy analytics for business data
• Mixpanel– real-time event tracking
• Crazyegg– visualize analytics
• Mint – site analytics
• Visistat – web analytics measure marketing campaigns
• Webtrends – analytics and segments
• Chartbeat – website analytics for doers
• Kontagent – user analytics for the social and mobile web
• Forsee – web, mobile, social, contact center analytics
• Comscore – ad agency/enterprise analytics
• StatsMix – track and display internal & web metrics
• Keylines – amazing email visualization tool (Palantir for the rest of us)
• Ducksboard – very cool way to measure any online metrics
• Cyfe – monitor social media, analytics, marketing, sales, support
• Mention – media and social monitoring

Online Marketing Suites

• HubSpot - online marketing and web analytics system
• HipCricket – mobile marketing platform
• Performable – personable web analytics/lifecycle marketing
• Custora – customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value
• Zoho – free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software
• Highrise – small business CRM
• Pipedrive – sales pipeline management
• Zferral – affiliate and referral marketing on the web
• Genoo – marketing automation software
• MarketBright – marketing automation suite
• HootSuite – social media dashboard
• Intercom – CRM and web messaging tool for web apps
• Salestrakr – low cost CRM
• InviteBox – referral program platform
• Crowdtap - Influencer Marketing platform

Email Marketing/Blasting

• Best email Subject-lines
• MailChimp - free basic email blast software
• Tout – email blast and mgmt software
• Constant Contact – email, event promotion, social campaigns
• Campaigner - email marketing suite
• Exact Target – social media and email marketing
• Postmark – email blast and mgmt software
• Mad Mimi – email blast software
• JangoMail – marketing and transactional email
• SendGrid – email blast software
• GroupVine – email marketing, community engagement, surveys
• Amazon Simple Email Service (SES) - pretty cool
• Campaign Monitor – basic email software
• Litmus – email previews and email analytics
• Emma – basic email marketing
• Postcron – schedule posts on Twitter or Facebook
• Mailjet – bulk and marketing email

Surveys

• Google Consumer Surveys
• Zoomerang - Free basic version, surveys polls, 150+ templates
• AYTM - Ask Your Target Market
• Ethnio - Recruit real people from your website for user research
• Qualtrics – cloud-based survey, free account
• KissInsights – survey visitors while they surf your site
• Wufoo - create contact forms, online surveys and event registrations.
• Poplytics – online surveys and analytics
• AskYourTargetMarket – market research surveys
• SurveyMonkey- granddaddy of on-line surveys
• QuestionPro – on surveys, plus templates
• SnapSurveys – online and mobile surveys
• Amazon Mechanical Turk – you can set up a question and get answers
• PickFu – A/B testing $5 for 50 opinions
• SurveyGizmo – free version, survey creation and data integration tools
• SmartSurvey – UK’s leading survey tool, complies with the Data Protection Act
• FormAssembly - Create order forms, service requests or registration forms and collect payment securely

Gamification

• Badgeville – gamification platform
• Gigya – social plugins, gamification

Loyalty Programs

• RewardStream - loyalty, customer referral
• 500Friends - customer loyalty program for ecommerce
• NextBee - customer referral and loyalty programs
• BigDoor - gamified loyalty and reward programs
• UrbanAirship - push marketing for mobile

Collaboration

• Dropbox – free store, sync, and, share files online.
• Box – online file sharing
• Google Apps – free Email, Chat, Docs
• LibreOffice – free wordprocessor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation, pdf maker and database office suite
• Skype- free voice and video communication tool
• Typewithme – document collaboration tool
• Google Hangouts – Googles uber Skyoe
• Evernote - remember everything
• Campfire – team collaboration
• Wikispaces – wikis for everyone
• Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers
• Ning – Create your own social network
• Yammer – free enterprise social network
• Doodle – online group scheduling
• Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference calls – awesome!
• Syncpad – collaborative whiteboard
• Piktochart – make infographics

On-line Communities

• Stack Overflow - questions and answers for programmers
• Social Source Commons and blog- Q&A/tools and blog for non-profit programmers
• Quora – questions and answers for non-programmers
• Yahoo Answers - post questions, sometimes get answers
• Disqus – Comments Platform
• WordPress- king of blogging platforms…doubles as startup website
• Tumblr – another blogging platform
• Posterous – yet another blogging platform

Wireframing Tools

• Great list of rapid prototyping tools here - dan harrelson
• Keynotopia – use PowerPoint/Keynote to create web/mobile apps – Cool!
• Lean Design - design using HTML5-editor and automatically convert it to XHTML/CSS
• Balsamiq– rapid wireframing tool. software mockups in minutes
• Napkee - export Balsamiq Mockups to HTML/CSS/JS and Adobe Flex 3 at a click of a button
• Pencil- Firefox add-on to do GUI prototyping and simple sketching
• Lumzy – quick mockup creation and prototyping
• CSS Hat – Turn Photoshop layers into CSS3
• Mockflow – online/offline, extensible wireframing tool w/design library
• OmniGraffle – it’s been around before the web even existed
• JustinMind– define web and mobile apps with interactive prototypes
• JustinMind UserNote - get user feedback/test usability
• Wirify – turn any webpage into a wireframe
• LucidChart – Cloud-based drawing tool
• InVision – UX Prototyping from jpg, .png or .gif files
• Cacoo – free online drawing tool
• Axure – Wireframing, prototypes: buil-in widgets and shapes
• HotGloo – Online Wireframing Tool
• Mocksup – Share your web site mockups
• Mockingbird - Mock it up and share web site wireframes
• Protoshare – website wireframing
• Gliffy – Online Diagraming
• Keynotopia - wireframing + high fidelity (pixel perfect) prototyping tool
• Free Wireframe templates for iPhone, iPad and Web
• Wireframing Tutorial

Web Drawing Libraries

• Paperjs - vector graphics scripting framework runs on HTML5 Canvas
• Raphael – vector graphics JavaScript library – best for older browsers
• Processingjs - vector graphics scripting framework runs on HTML5 Canvas

Website Usability Testing/Heatmaps/Mouse Tracking

• Usertesting – $39 live users testing your site – cheap
• Userfy – live user testing of your site
• Experimently – heat maps, A/B testing experiments
• FiveSecondTest – fine-tune landing pages
• TryMyUI- watch videos of users using your site
• FeedbackArmy - $20 website usability testing
• WhatUsersDo - UK live usability testing
• Clicktale – watch live clicks and browsing, optimize usability
• Usabilla – Micro usability tests
• OptimalWorkshop – tool suite for remote user research
• Clickheat – heat map of a website (where do users click)
• Mouseflow – attention heatmaps, mouse tracking and video playback
• Clixpy – tracks users clicks and browsing
• Openhallway – lets you remotely record user test scenarios

Website A/B and Landing Page Testing

• A/B Testing Tutorial - read first
• Landing Page Tutorial
• Fivesecondtest – Landing page optimization
• VisualWebSiteOptimizer - A/B testing (split tests)
• Optimizely - A/B testing (split tests)
• Silverback – usability testing for designers and developers
• FeedbackArmy – web usability testing
• 37Signals Advice on A/B testing

• Meteor - open source platform for building web apps
• Zozolo – start a website within Facebook
• ThemeForest - site templates cheap
• Edicy - Create a website
• Pagelines – build a website with WordPress
• Plinqs -simple web page creation
• Scraster- Record screen and webcam. Simple editing. Perfect for screencasts or user studies
• Microsoft WebMatrix - Web server, database, and ASP.NET and PHP
• AppMakr – Mobile Ap Creator create quick mobile apps
• EditMe - create collaborative websites
• NewRelic - manage and tune website performance for Rails
• GooglePageSpeed - optimize your web pages
• Launchbit - online web site class for novices
• Zencoder – online video converting/encoding/transcoding service
• Google: HTML, CSS and Javascript from the Ground Up

Web Application Frameworks

• Web Application Frameworks - start here
• Comparison of Web Application Frameworks – continue here
• Visual Basic, PHP, Rails, Node.js next? - Andrew Chen
• CakePHP – a PHP open source framework
• Symfony – another PHP framework
• Zend – yet another PHP framework
• PHP Tutorial and PHP Manual and Freaks
• Django - high-level Python framework
• Tornado – Python framework
• Web2py - Pythonweb framework
• Ruby on Rails – open source framework for Ruby
• Capistrano - Rails deployment tool
• Ruby on Rails Tutorial - Michael Hartly
• Ruby on Rails Guides - great tutorials
• RailsCasts – Ruby on Rails Screencasts
• Sinatra - another Ruby framework
• Tech*if*er0*urs - blog on roadmap for learning rails
• Node.js - event-driven I/O server-side JavaScript environment based on V8
• SproutCore - open-source JavaScript framework
• Drupal – open source content management platform
• Joomla – another open source content management system
• Learn to Code – Stanford Computer Science classes – free

Cloud Services and Tools

• Web Hosting Tutorial
• Heroku - Ruby, Node.js, Clojure, Java cloud platform
• DotCloud - Build and deploy any application to the cloud
• Amazon Web Services - Amazon’s cloud solution
• Amazon Web Services very basic primer
• Amazon CloudWatch - Monitoring for Amazon EC2 and RDS DB
• Google App Engine - Googles version of a cloud solution
• Google SQL – Googles version of MySQL in the cloud’
• Windows Azure – Microsoft Cloud Platform
• Storage Room – content mgmt for web & mobile apps
• Firehost – secure Cloud hosting
• Wowrack – managed Cloud hosting
• Bitnami – one-click Cloud hosting
• Enomaly - complete “cloud in a box” solution
• Linode - Linux virtual servers in the cloud
• Wistia – video hosting for businesses
• AppDynamics - Cloud Performance Mgmt
• Epicnms - flexible data collection and plots
• Scalr - Tool to manage scaling servers in Amazon’s cloud.
• Rackspace - Managed and cloud hosting
• Engine Yard - Ruby and PHP Cloud Hosting platform
• Netflix experience in moving from datacenter to cloud

NoSQL Databases

• NoSQL list – start here
• Hadoop - distributed processing of large data sets across clusters
• Cassandra – scalable database no single point of failure
• Couchdb – document database
• Riak - NoSQL database implementing Amazon’s Dynamo
• MongoDb – NoSQL database
• Hive – data warehouse for Hadoop
• Rdbhost.com - browser SQL database hosting.Python/Javascript APIs

Development Tools

• Twitter Bootstrap – Twitter toolkit for development of webapps and sites
• Bootsnip- - free HTML snippets for Bootstrap
• AppHarbor – Heroku for .net
• Express - web development for Node.js
• Twisted - event-driven networking engine written in Python
• EventMachine - simple event-processing library for Ruby programs
• Perl Object Environment - Perl framework for reactive systems, cooperative multitasking, and network applications
• jQuery - cross-browser JavaScript library
• jQuery UI - official jQuery user interface library. interactions, widgets, effects
• Javascript tutorial – jQuery
• Cappuccino - JS development framework
• Fabric – django deployment tool
• Codeacademy Labs - program in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript online without downloading a code editor or IDE
• Kodingen – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform.
• JSFiddle – preselect/add JavaScript frameworks and test your code
• TeamCity – continuous integration and unit testing, code quality analysis, pre-tested commits, reporting on build problems
• Circle – continuous integration for web apps
• yUML – sketch uml diagrams.
• WebSequenceDiagrams -sketch sequence diagrams. automatic links to generated images
• Rietveld - asynchronous code reviews on changesets
• Fluid – turn webapps into Mac OS X apps
• Best free programming books
• CodeAcademy – learn to code
• TextMate – code and markup editor
• Coda - one-window web development app for the Mac
• Coderunner - Edit/run code in any programming language with a click
• SourceLair & SourceLair API- cloud coding platform C, Python, Ruby and API
• WebBiscuits – framework for web apps for smartphones and tablets

Project Management

• Basecamp- web-based project management and collaboration tool
• Pivotal Tracker - Agile project management tool real time collaboration
• Trello - team collaboration around “boards”
• Github - Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs
• Git Introduction - learn Github
• Git the Simple Guide – the basics
• Unfuddle - Git and subversion hosting
• Bitbucket – cloud hosting for Git or Mecurial projects
• OnTime Development Suite (and here) – provides bug tracking, scrum project management
• Scrumy - project management tool loosely based off of Scrum
• ChiliProject - web based project management
• Mercurial – free, distributed source code control management system
• Clarizen – cloud project mgmt tool
• Webplanner - online collaborative project management application.
• Kiln – Version control and code review
• Fogbugz -bug tracking, project mgmt, customer support
• Bitbucket - free code hosting site for Mercurial
• Preceden – simple way to make timelines for presentations
• Intervals – time tracking and task management
• Asana - shared task list for your team
• Teambox -combines social networking and project management
• Milestone Planner - planner for deadline/outcome driven environments
• AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work
• Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board
• LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development
• Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool
• Banana Scrum – A tool simple as Scrum itself.
• Kanban Tool – Another Kanban tool
• KanbanFlow – free Kanban tool
• Swift-Kanban - enterprise Kanban
• TeamPulse -Scrum and Kanban
• Acunote – Agile project management
• Rally – agile product management
• VersionOne – agile product management and Scrum tool
• ScrumPad – Agile tool collaborative product life-cycle
• YoDiz – agile/scrum tool, issue tracking
• RallyDev – Automates Agile / Scrum development
• 5pm – Online project management tool
• GoPlan – collaborative project management
• Unfuddle -hosted project management solution for software teams
• Taskpoint – online project mgmt and collaboration
• Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool
• Toggle – time tracking tool
• Tabb – online time mgmt and to-do
• Jira – Bug, Issue and Project tracking tool
• Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs.
• Managewith.us - Collaborative Task Manager
• Mavenlink - manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments
• Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning

Web Server Stress Testing

• Google Page Speed - test your web page speed
• Httperf- HP Web Server Performance tool
• Siege - http load testing and benchmarking utility
• Jmeter - java-based server load testing
• Tourbus - ruby website load testing tool

Digital Asset Management

• MediaValet – for agencies, creatives, enterprise
• Celum – digital and video asset mgmt.
• Canto Cumulus – digital asset mgmt
• ThirdLight - digital asset mgmt
• WebDam -

Billing/Subscription Management/E-Store

• Square - accept credit cards from ipad/iphone/android
• Stripe - accept credit cards on the web
• Chargify - Recurring billing without the headaches
• Recurly - Subscription billing
• Paypal – the standard for payment
• Paypal Payments Pro - accept debt and credit cards on your website
• Braintree - online credit card merchant processing
• Aria - online billing platform
• Shopify – create an online store
• EStoreApp - a webstore in 5 minutes
• Vindicia - on demand billing and fraud management
• Volusion – shopping cart software
• CheddarGetter - online recurring billing
• Cloudware City - online app store for subscription services
• Spreedly - sell subscriptions on your site. signup, upgrade, trial pricing
• Zuora - online subscription management
• FeeFighters - find the cheapest credit card processors
• HealPay - Collections made easy

Customer Support/Feedback

• Tender - support, knowledgebase tool for your site
• GetSatisfaction - conversations between companies / customers
• Zendesk – web help software
• Clickdesk – Help desk, live chat, social toolbar
• SnapEngage - live chat integrates with your apps
• Freshdesk – completely unique never seen before web help software
• Testimonial Monkey – integrate customer feedback into your site
• Kayako – Help desk
• UserVoice - turn customer feedback into action
• Kampyle – turn customer feedback into sales and relationships
• Ideaffect - customer feedback, vote, comment, manage
• Olark - live customer chat and customer loyalty
• Assistly - Support customers by Web, email, chat, and social networks
• Vision Helpdesk - Support for multiple companies from one place
• OneDesk – ideation to delivery and support issues, tickets, tasks
• HappyFox – collate, categorize and respond to all requests

Recruiting Tools

• JobVite – recruiting software, applicant tracking
• Zoho Recruit – applicant tracking
• Resumator - applicant tracking and social recruiting
• RecruiterBox - recruitment software, applicant tracking
• ActiveInterview - Video interviewing
• JobPage - applicant tracking and social recruiting
• Zartis – social recruiting
• MasterBranch – show off your skills
• LinkedIn – the uber connector

Misc Office Help

• SharedDesks – Coworking and Office Space
• Google Apps – cloud mail server, calendar, docs, etc.
• Grasshopper – virtual phone system
• Hoiio - business communications apps
• Ringio – cloud phone system
• RingCentral – cloud based phone system
• Freedom Voice and FreedomIQ - $3.95 800 #’s, hosted VoIP telephony
• InDinero – easy business finance software
• Expensify – billing, expenses, receipts
• BambooHR - Employee Records, Benefit Information, Payroll Data, etc.
• Xobni – Outlook plugin to search
• QuoteRoller – create, deliver and negotiate proposals online

Outsourcing/Freelance Help

• Amazon Mechanical Turk - set up any task and get answers
• Elance - find/hire freelancers
• Odesk - hire low-cost international engineering talent
• Freelancer - outsourcing for small business
• VWorker - find/hire freelancers
• GroupTalent – developers and designers on demand

Manufacturing Resources

• Digikey - Electronic components distributor that offers products including semiconductors, passives and interconnects.
• Custom Circuit Boards - Printed circuit board manufacturer (USA) for prototype and production quantities
• Alibaba.com
• GlobalSources.com
• Sourcing in China
• Sourcing Blog
• Smart China Sourcing

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Market Research Tools

• Clipular – Camera for the web/great research clippings
• Business Research LaunchPad - start here
• Private “pay for market research” firms
  

• Gartner, Forrestor, Yankee - IT
• Frost & Sullivan – mulitple industries
• NPD – entertainment
• IMSHealth – health care
• MedMix – lifesciences
• CMR – chemical
• API – petroleum industry

Your local business school, should have a subscription to some or all of these

• Public or University library Resources:
  • Standard & Poor’s Industry Surveys
  • Encyclopedia of Emerging Industries, Gale Research
  • Encyclopedia of American Industries, Gale Research
  • Encyclopedia of Associations, Gale Research (find Trade Associations)
  • Harris InfoSource Business Directory
  • Lifestyle Market Analyst, SRDS – used for collecting psychographic data

  Market Research Resources Online

  • IOS / Android Market Size - Installed base
  • Edsurge – educational software
  • Alexa – competitive website info
  • Silicon Valley Bank Analytics
  • Compete – see competitive website traffic
  • SEC EDGAR – research on public U.S. firms
  • MarketReseach.com – Retailer of private market research reports
  • ZapData.com – Dun & Bradstreet offers free statistical industry data
  • Thomas – find any company in any industry
  • BizStats.com – free business statistics and financial ratios
  • SBDC - National Information Clearinghouse of the U.S. Small Business Administration
  • Encyclopedia of Associations
  • U.S. Bureau of the Census
  • ESRI– Has free demographic data available by zip code
  • EASI – estimated demographic statistics within a user-specified radii for any address
  • Claritas – psychographic information and analysis of zip code areas
  • Standard and Poors – Industry Surveys
  • International Trade Statistics -
  • NVCA – venture capital industry data
  • PWC MoneyTree – more venture capital data
  • Chemical Industry data
  • FDA News – medical device and drug data/news
  • Asymco – great market intelligence blog

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Founding/Running a Startup Advice

Entrepreneurship Reading List

• Books for Startups my favorite business books.
• Tech Entrepreneurs reading list
• My class and presentation slides!

Entrepreneurship Online

• Stanford Entrepreneurship Corner
• Cornell eClips

List of Angel/SuperAngel Investors for entrepreneurs

• Venture Hacks Angel List – raise money with angel investors
• Gust – Platform for Startup Funding
• Guide to Super Angels - Chubby Brain

Crowdfunding

• Kickstarter - crowdfunding
• Indiegogo – crowdfunding
• Rock The Post – crowd funding

Best Startup Advice

• Best of Y- Combinator Startup Advice
• Tom Eisenmann Platform & Networks – Harvard Business School
• Uber list of Startup Resources – Legal, Equity, etc. – Bottom Line Law Group

Founder Equity Issues

• Fred Wilson Advice and spreadsheet
• Intro to Stock and Options – David Weekly
• Venture Hacks equity section
• Dilution – Mark Suster
• Joel Spolsky Advice on fairness
• Awesome Valuation/Equity Calculator - OwnYourVenture
• Splitting the Founders Pie - Frank Demmler
• ScottEdWalker - this legal blog is gold for a startup
• TruEquity Mgmt Tool - cap table management, free for founders
• Valuation on Revenue – Bill Gurley Above the Crowd

Executive / Advisory Board Compensation

• The Funded Standard Advisor Template
• Comp Study – Executive Compensation Website- unbelievably useful
• Expert CEO Compensation page – also incredibly useful
• SaaS Sales Team Compensation – Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners
• VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards – great basics

Public Relations (PR) For Tech Companies

• Tech Reporters Contact Info - Conrad Egusa’s gift to us all
• Beginners Guide to PR
• 7 steps to get press coverage - Leo Widrich
• How to get media coverage - Leo Widrich

Finance 101 for Entrepreneurs

• MBA Mondays – Fred Wilson’s Tutorials
• How to Read a Financial Report, and here – Merrill Lynch

Lawyers/Legal

• Orick’s Legal Documents for Startups - priceless
• Walker Law: Tips for Entrepreneurs
• Top Ten Legal Mistakes for Entrepreneurs
• Startup Law 101 – George Grellas
• Intellectual Property Law For Startups Blog
• Yoichiro “Yokum” Taku – Startup Company Lawyer
• Startup Law Blog – Davis Wright Tremaine, Joe Wallin
• Orrick – Startup Legal Tool Kit
• Goodwin, Proctor – Founders Workbench
• Law & Disorder: ARS Technica Legal Blog
• Likelihood of Confusion-trademark, copyright and Internet Law
• Technology & Marketing Law Blog
• American Bar Association Best Legal Blogs
• Music Law – one of the best legal blogs period. Read all of it.

List of Investment Platforms

• Trusted Insight - Social marketplace for institutional investors
• CapLinked - manage and close business transactions
• SecondMarket - marketplace for alternate investments

Must Read Blogs

• Best Blogs Every Entrepreneur should read
• Top VC Blog List
• Fred Wilson – A VC
• SK Murphy
• Marc Andreessen
• Paul Graham
• Hacker News
• Brad Feld
• Chris Dixon
• OnStartups-Dharmesh Shah
• Both Sides of the Table – Mark Suster
• 37signals
• Eric Ries – Startup Lessons Learned
• Venture Hacks and http://twitter.com/venturehacks
• Andrew Chen
• Dave McClure
• Venture Made Transparent

More to read

• Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson – Ask the VC
• Dharmesh Shah – On startups
• Josh Kopelman – Redeye VC
• David Hornik – VentureBlog