Trajectory: Startup—Ideation to Product/Market Fit Resource Links
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Books Referenced in Trajectory: Startup
- Mindset – Duckworth
- Measure What Matters – Doer
- The Founders Dilemma – Wasserman
- Business Model Generation – Osterwalder
- Winning with Data – Tomasz Tunguz
- Lean Startup – Eric Reis
- Lean Customer Development
- Innovators Dilemma
- Innovators Solution
- Zero to One, Peter Thiel
- Play Bigger by Al Ramadan
- The Checklist Manifesto: How to get things right, Atul Gawande
- Reboot, Jerry Colonna,
- Start With Why, Simon Sinek’s
- Thinker Toys – Michael Michalko
- Abundance – Peter Diamandis
- The Third Wave – Steve Case
- Blue Ocean Strategy – Kim
- Creative Confidence – Tom Kelley & David Kelley
- A Curious Mind – Brian Grazer and Charles Fishman
- Industries of the Future – Alec Ross
- Play Bigger – Al Ramadan
- Creativity Inc. – Ed Catmull
- Blackbox Thinking – Matthew Syed
- Crossing the Chasm – Geoffrey Moore
- Four Steps of an Epiphany – Steve Blank
- Industries of the Future – Alec Ross
- Story Brand – Don Miller
- Traction & Get a Grip – Gino Wickman and Mike Paton
- 4 Hour Work Week – Tim Pharris
Blogs
- Andreessen Horowitz Blog
- Tren Griffin Blog
- Sean Ellis Blog
- Alex Iskold – Startuphacks
Videos
- Simon Sinek original Seattle TED talk
- Bill Gross TED Talk
Tools
Introduction
Elizabeth Yin, Hustle Fund
Chapter 1
Resources:
- Simon Sinek – To-do-List Video
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
- SEOMonitor Topics Explorer
- Google Ads keyword tool
- Wayback Machine @ www.archive.org
- Google Alerts
- Gartner
- Forrester
- Angel List
Chapter 7
- Lean Launchpad
- Business Model Generation and Blog
Blogs
- Neil Patels’ Ccusomter INvterivew Resources
- Justin Wilcox’s Customer Development Lab
- Mike Fishbein’s Ulitmate List of Customer Development questions
- Foundrs.com
- Slicing Pie</listbullet>
Tools
- Google Forms[Sc1]
- Google Sheets, too?
- Instapage
- Launchrock.com
- Mailchimp
- Smartsheet
- Lightboard
- SEO Stats –
- SEM Rush
Books
- <listbullet>Slicing Pie
- The Founder’s Dilemma
- Lean Customer Development
- The Innovator’s Dilemma
- The Innovator’s Solution
- The Lean Startup
- Lean LaunchPad
Chapter 8
Books
- Building a Story Brand – Donald Miller
- Wordstream–7 of the Best Value Propositions
- The Value Proposition Canvas by Peter J Thomson
- The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen
Tools
- WireframeApp.io
- Balsamiq.com
- Fiverr.com
- Upwork.com
- Github.com
Technologies
- Ruby
- JavaScript
- Python
- No-Code options
- Airtable
- Bubble
Chapter 9
Resources
- Slideshare.net – The original Models and Methods presentation
- Wix.com
- Workdpress.org – via a Cloudways Server
- Launchrock.com
- Moz.com SEO Beginners Guide
- forms.google.com
- www.wufoo.com
- HitTail
- Typeform
- SurveyMonkey
- Google Ads
- Google Keyword Tool
- Neil Patel Blog
- Inc Magazine
- Kickstarter
- www.quora.com
- US SEC Edgar database
Books
- HubSpot Growth playbook
Tools
- leandomainsearch.com
- namechk.com
- http://tmsearch.uspto.gov/
- Marketing Funnel Download
Chapter 10
- Series Seed Docs
- YC Safe Docs
- OneHub
- Dropbox
- CARTA
- 99Designs for logo and graphics
Books
- Brad Feld’s Venture Deals
- Scott Kupor’s Secrets of Sand Hill Road
- Clayton Christensen’s The Innovator’s Dilemma
Resources (Blogs/Video)
- Fred Wilson Venture Power Law
Pitch Resources
[Sc1]http://www.startupweekend.org/
[Sc2]http://bestpitchdecks.com/
[Sc3]http://www.inc.com/larry-kim/your-startup-s-pitch-only-needs-these-10-slides.html
Chapter 11
Chapter 12
Chapter 13
Books
- Good to Great, Jim Collins
- Blitzscaling, Reid Hoffman and Chris Yeh
Resources
www.VentureReadyModels.com
Chapter 14
Chapter 15
Chapter 16
Books
- Startup Community, Brad Feld
- The Startup Community Way, Brad Feld
Resources
Epilogue
Books
- Lost and Founder, Rand Fiskin
Resources