This post is about mandatory reading before starting up. Instead of learning from personal experience, you can learn from the experience of others who have tread the path before you.
Websites :
- http://gigaom.com/2010/01/02/startup-company-lessons/ - a blog post that has aggregated several blog posts. I think it covers most of things about a startup.
- http://www.gazelles.com/ which is a company run by a management consultant called Verne Harnish who is also known as "The Growth Guy". This website has 1 - 2 page forms that enable you to write out your strategy and your execution plan. Several management frameworks are condensed into these forms. Like Verne Harnish says - "I have condensed a lot of management theory into a tool that people can easily use instead of having to study all the theory and then applying it." To download these forms from the site you have to first register yourself at http://www.mygazelles.com/
- You can download a 1 page business plan format from http://www.verdure.in/data/freedownload.html. This is a company called Verdure Venture Consulting that advices startups and helps them raise funding.
- Register yourself on www.vccircle.com to get updates on the VC community.
- http://www.nenonline.org/ - Mission - "The nonprofit National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) was established with a mission to create and support high-growth entrepreneurs, driving job-creation and economic growth in India". True to the mission, they provide a lot of resources on their website for early stage startups. Go to http://www.nenonline.org/jsp/resources/resources.jsp for gyan- go to "Beginners Basics" section in the Knowledge Bank link on the left. They also organize regular workshops where experienced entrepreneurs speak to novice entrepreneurs.
Books:
Mastering Business in Asia - By Chris Boulton - has a chapter on every aspect of starting and running a business with actual case studies that are Asia specific.
High Performance Entreprenuer - By Subroto Bhagchi - is the gyan book with chapters from Bhagchi's own experience at MindTree
What Would Google Do - Jeff Jarvis - this is a book that captures the essence of new age web companies
Get a Harvard Business Review subscription online and download articles on startups.
Happy starting ...
Websites :
- http://gigaom.com/2010/01/02/startup-company-lessons/ - a blog post that has aggregated several blog posts. I think it covers most of things about a startup.
- http://www.gazelles.com/ which is a company run by a management consultant called Verne Harnish who is also known as "The Growth Guy". This website has 1 - 2 page forms that enable you to write out your strategy and your execution plan. Several management frameworks are condensed into these forms. Like Verne Harnish says - "I have condensed a lot of management theory into a tool that people can easily use instead of having to study all the theory and then applying it." To download these forms from the site you have to first register yourself at http://www.mygazelles.com/
- You can download a 1 page business plan format from http://www.verdure.in/data/freedownload.html. This is a company called Verdure Venture Consulting that advices startups and helps them raise funding.
- Register yourself on www.vccircle.com to get updates on the VC community.
- http://www.nenonline.org/ - Mission - "The nonprofit National Entrepreneurship Network (NEN) was established with a mission to create and support high-growth entrepreneurs, driving job-creation and economic growth in India". True to the mission, they provide a lot of resources on their website for early stage startups. Go to http://www.nenonline.org/jsp/resources/resources.jsp for gyan- go to "Beginners Basics" section in the Knowledge Bank link on the left. They also organize regular workshops where experienced entrepreneurs speak to novice entrepreneurs.
Books:
Mastering Business in Asia - By Chris Boulton - has a chapter on every aspect of starting and running a business with actual case studies that are Asia specific.
High Performance Entreprenuer - By Subroto Bhagchi - is the gyan book with chapters from Bhagchi's own experience at MindTree
What Would Google Do - Jeff Jarvis - this is a book that captures the essence of new age web companies
Get a Harvard Business Review subscription online and download articles on startups.
Happy starting ...
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