March 7, 2015 at 12:44100 resources for technology entrepreneurs
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Today, significant attention is paid to tips for those involved in technology startups, but to a greater extent we would need resources, services and everything that helps to create, sell and develop. This is precisely the essence of our (augmented and adapted) selection - no tips, just tools .
1. General
- Our translation: 86 free sites for international promotion;
- Startup Stash: List of useful tools (40 categories) for startups;
- Freebie Supply: 300 awesome free services;
- Startup {ery: More than 50 categories of resources and selection by experts;
- VC Cafe Startup Resources: More than 200 resources collected over several years;
- Startups.co: Everything you need to start a startup;
- Toggl: Free time tracking service;
- Bootswatch: Free Bootstrap Templates;
- Slimvoice: Minimalistic billing service;
- Domainr: Quick search to buy a domain;
- Rapportive: LinkedIn peer profiles in your Gmail inbox.
2. Motivation
- Requests for Startups: Daily newsletter of ideas of interest to investors;
- Startup Quote: Quotes from founders and investors;
- Foundation: Kevin Rose Interviews Successful Entrepreneurs;
- Pitchenvy: A selection of selected startup presentations;
- Signal Tower: Longrid with designers and entrepreneurs;
- Startups.co.uk: British resource for startups;
- Startup Digest: A selection of startup events in your city;
- GV Library: A library of one of the most unusual foundations;
- StartupTalks: Video library for startups;
- The How: Lessons and workshops from industry representatives;
- Startup Idea Prompts: Humorous idea generator for startups;
- Startup Vitamins: Products designed to increase motivation;
- Closed Club: A digest of stories from closed startups;
- #StartupMovies: Movies, TV shows, and podcasts for entrepreneurs;
- RandomStartup.org: Issuance of a random startup (ala Stumbleupon).
3. Implementation
- StartupStack: Search for startups by used technologies;
- Talk To Users: Widgets for interactive feedback from your customers;
- InVision: Platform for prototyping and collaboration;
- Codeship: Everything you need for Continuous delivery;
- Segment: Integration of services that work with the data of your customers;
- Batch: A platform to refine your mobile application;
- Commando: Online manager for your servers;
- DigitalOcean: Simple hosting solution for developers;
- Intercom: In-app or email interaction with customers;
- Sqwiggle: A tool for interacting within a team.
4. Business
- Knowlium: Business Planning;
- Visible: Work with startup metrics;
- Startup Documents: Work with documents;
- The Startup Admin: Personnel Outsourcing;
- Proved: Benchmarking and testing ideas;
- Clerky: Solving legal problems;
- Pressfarm: Search for journalists on the topic of your startup;
- Startup Growth Calculator: Calculation of required investments;
- Startup Metrics Dashboard: Work with startup metrics;
- Startup Equity Calculator: Calculation of options for new employees;
- BP Simulator: Business Process Modeling.
5. Education
- Treehouse: Learning HTML, CSS and mobile development;
- Startup Institute: Paid educational program;
- The Lean Startup: A popular approach to working with a startup [ our interview on the topic];
- StartupClass.co: Startup school Y Combinator [ our lecture translations ];
- Startup Sales Bootcamp: Sales Education Program;
- MIT OpenCourseware: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Free Lectures;
- Skillshare Entrepreneurship Classes: Online Lectures on Entrepreneurship;
- How to Build a Startup: Steve Blank Education Program;
- 3 Day Startup: A concise course for beginner entrepreneurs;
- Startup Engineering (Stanford): Stanford Startup Engineering Course.
6. Communities
- Teamstory: Social network for startups;
- #Startup: Community on the Slack messenger platform;
- Startup Genome: Map of startups and development institutes;
- Startups List: List of the most prominent startups (by city);
- Inspired Startups: Online Entrepreneurship Community;
- Digital NYC: New York Startup Community;
- Startup Blink: Another map of startups and development institutes;
- Represent LA: Los Angeles Detailed Map;
- Mapped In Israel: Detailed map of the ecosystem of Israel;
- Start-Up Chile: 6-week educational program.
7. Blogs
- AVC: Friend Wilson's Blog;
- First Round Review: Expert Reviews and Opinions;
- Trend Watching: Consumer trends and insights;
- Startup Nation: Essential for Running a Business;
- Both Sides of the Table: Mark Saster Blog;
- Above The Crowd: Notes by Bill Garley;
- Feld Thoughts: Brad Feld's Blog;
- StartupCFO: Mark MacLead on Investment and Growth;
- David G. Cohen: David Cohen's Blog;
- Entrepreneur On Fire: A podcast featuring famous entrepreneurs.
8. Accelerators
- Our digests: support programs for IT startups [ 1 , 2 , 3 ];
- Our list: incubators and accelerators of Russia;
- Accelerator of IIDF : and what startups are needed;
- 500 startups;
- Y Combinator;
- Techstars
- AngelPad;
- DreamIt Ventures;
- Seedcamp;
- Muckerlab;
- Brandery;
- Betaspring
- Tech Wildcatters.
9. Humor
- Startup Secret Santa: Startup Santa;
- OfficeFetish: IT company office reviews;
- Startup Challenge: Gamification of the Y Combinator course;
- Startup Fight: Guess the startup by its short description;
- Startup Network: Predicting startup success.
10. Miscellaneous
- Cool Startup, Bro: Demo video of startups;
- Trello: A free tool for visual organization of information;
- STARTUP Threads: Manufacture of branded clothing;
- Asana: Organization of teamwork without the use of mail;
- Startups Anonymous: Anonymous Q&A for startups;
- Unsplash: Free high-res photos;
- Work In Startups: Jobs for startups;
- 7 Cups of Tea: Discussion of your project;
- StartUp: Podcast on behalf of a novice entrepreneur.
11. Our other collections
- Startups: List of all IIDF projects ;
- 99 resources for promoting startups ;
- Remote work: More than 130 useful sources ;
- 86 free platforms for promoting startups in the international market ;
- 69 business models of IT companies .
Of course, this list cannot be considered completely exhaustive - feel free to supplement it in the comments and share your own tools, colleagues.