What resources (books, blogs, podcasts, etc.) have you found most helpful in growing your startup?
Hyung Moon
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I will start it off with a book I really enjoyed recently 1+1=3 by Dave Trott. I would highly recommend!
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Momo@ml_online
Hey
Good Question,
I will recommend The Art of The Start 2.0, Guy kawasaki : Straight to the Point with lot of examples.
I will also recommend Deep Work, Cal Newport : Ok it maybe look irrelevant, but building a Business is more about " building " a Good Entrepreneur. Being Focused and manage your attentions will help you build in peace, deal with challenges and optimize your mental ressources
💪🏻 Enjoy building
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@ml_online Thank you for sharing, will check them both out! The art of the start is already catching my eye though!
blogposts and podcasts are useful and also helpful
@dogukan_tezcan Any podcast or blogpost you'd recommend?
@moonfrombuddy I can share with you a nice article that I came across at the time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/for...?
The YC Youtube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/@ycombin...
Thank me later
@ycombinator @ycombin @gal_moran18 Hi, its later. Thank you! I did not know they had a channel to be frank haha
I love Lenny Rachitsky's resources: https://www.lennyrachitsky.com/. They are practical, relevant and sourced from people who are in the weeds. So you get the deep detailed picture, not just the 20,000 ft view. :)
Oh true, I actually just refer to his free resources. There should be a free version of the newsletter you can subscribe to. If you have Spotify, the podcast is a great resource: https://www.lennyspodcast.com/.
My best recommendations are
YC course and Youtube channel
Hooked Book by Nir Eyal
@moonfrombuddy I've recently completed the book. awesome book and you get access to more resources on hooked as well ❤️🩹. highly recommended it to all product makers
Books
1. The Great CEO Within: The Tactical Guide to Company Building by Alex MacCaw, Matt Mochary, and Misha Talavera (Matt Mochary coaches CEO such as Sam Altman and Naval Ravikant I think)
2. Hooked and Indistractable by Nir Eyal are good reads
3. The Lean Startup - build measure learn framework
4. The Mom Test - how to interview customers properly (short book)
5. The E-Myth Revisited - talks about removing yourself from being the bottleneck of the business
Podcasts
1. Diary of a CEO (nothing practical but a good watch overall into the mindset and experiences of "CEOs")
2. The Knowledge Project (mental models and decision making principles)
3. Deep Dive by Ali Abdaal (more productivity and knowledge management stuff)
Blogs
1. fs.blog
books i have read are : "The Lean Startup" by Eric Ries and "Zero to One" by Peter Thiel. There are few good documentaries too
A book called Sell like crazy!💯
There 're many awesome books...but I would choose only one...
The lean Start Up...no doubts
One book that is not very mainstream, but was very influential on my understanding of entrepreneurship and how I approach it. The name is - "See, Solve, Scale" by Danny Warshay.
Pretty much everything from SVPG is worth it. All their articles, books, podcasts etc.
Hope that helps @moonfrombuddy! :)
When it comes to books, I would say Zero to One by Peter Thiel was a huge one for me — also The Lean Startup by Eric Ries. Also the Idea Pioneering 2.0 as it helped immensely with my creativity.
And also I have found a lot of tips on Indiehackers.com, amazing place to look for advice.
The Lean Entrepreneur by Brant Cooper & Patrick Vlaskovits!!