Resources and Tools
These resources were assembled for my online class at http://novoed.com
I encourage anyone to sign up and take the class using the platform. However, I am making the materials available here if others would like to use them in accelerator programs or other classes outside of the schedule of the online course.
Videos for the class:
Part 1 and 2: Available on iTunes and on Vimeo
Syllabus
Team assignments with grading criteria
Available anywhere:
- Epicenter
- Stanford ECorner videos
- Startup Genome
- iStart
- LeanLaunchLab
- Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- Find co-founders - http://founderdating.com/, http://venture-lab.org, CoFoundersLab.com, http://foundershookup.com/
- For business models - http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/, http://bmdesigner.com/ or http://canvanizer.com/
- For brainstorming - www.tricider.com, https://stormz.me/
- Create a landing/splash page, with LaunchRock or KickoffLabs - for launch pages testing the user need or marketing campaigns
Team / Task Management
- TeamnSnippets.com - for team progress updates
- Task/project management - Sprint.ly, Asana, Basecamp
Prototyping
- Framer
- Origami
- FieldTestApp - for prototyping mobile apps or http://goesapp.com/
- website wireframe prototyping tool, (i.e. JustinMind, Balsamiq)
- 99 Designs is great to get “good enough” graphic design and web design work for very cheap using a contest format. Themeforest has great designs
Analysis and Metrics (thanks to Matt Dyor for a great talk at GES 2015 on these)
- Optimizely - great site for AB testing
- Google Analytics
- Kissmetrics
- Payboard
- Amazon Analytics and Amazon Mobile Analytics
- For surveys and pre-order forms, Wufoo and Google Forms can easily be embedded within your site with minimal coding.
- User interface testing with Usertesting or Userfy, or http://www.askyourusers.com/
- Domainr - domain name search
- App Links
- Legal - http://startuplawyer.com/startup-issues/if-i-launched-a-startup
- Use Unbounce, Google Sites, Weebly, Godaddy, WordPress or Yola, or SocialEngine
- Embed a slideshow on your site with Slideshare or embed a video/tour using GoAnimate, Youtube or Vimeo
- Post on your facebook, LinkedIn and twitter, use Google AdWords, Facebook ads and natural search to drive people to your Minimally Viable web site
- AngelList for funding
- YouNoodle - connect to the entrepreneurial grid
Next steps to help develop your venture (incubators, accelerators, etc.)
- YCombinator
- TechStars
- nReduce
- StartX
- 500 Startups
- Startup Chile ($40k in non-dilutive funding, 1 year in Chile)
- Stanford Summer Institute for Entrepreneurship
- AngelPad
- Highland Capital summer program
- http://www.alchemistaccelerator.com/
Lists of incubators/accelerators by country and state
Launch.co list - List on Quora
- Another list on Quora
Available at Stanford:
- Stanford Technology Ventures Program
- Stanford Entrepreneurship Network
- Entrepreneurship Week
- DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Series
Lists of Tools from Others
- Steve Blank
- 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
- Quora question:
Software / Web
- http://Dropbox.com (most popular answer, others suggested Box.net and Google Drive as an alternative)
- Box.net (better if you are collaborating with teams and external collaborators than DropBox)
- Oogwave.com (Team content sharing and collaboration)
- Evernote.com
- Clipular.com (fastest web screen capture/clipping tool)
- http://Clipboard.com (web-based alternative to Evernote)
- Gmail.com
- CollateBox Organize and share parts of your spreadsheets
- Google Chrome
- Google Docs
- LinkedIn.com
- Founder2be.com
- MailChimp.com
- Mindmaps (Freemind or Mindmanager)
- Skype.com
- Wunderlist (very simple and easy-to-use task management tool)
- Xobni
- Pugmarks.me (news and people intelligence for your context)
- Expensify
- Exterminator
- Skitch
- Visual.LY
- Mint
- Collatebox
- Pandaform - Database to manage all forms a business needs
- Flow
- rizzoma.com - communicate and collaborate in realtime
- Basecamp - web-based project management and collaboration tool.
- KeyRocket - (keyboard shortcut trainer)
- Helpjuice.com (knowledge base)
- Remember The Milk - the to-do list that’s everywhere you are: from your phone, to the web, to your Google apps
- Akomplish - It is about a better productivity, encouraging creativity
- point - (Presentation design)
- PPTloom - (PowerPoints design)
- SyncPad - real-time whiteboard/documents sharing
- Review19- Collaborate & Track Decisions
- SAP StreamWork
- http://everhour.com (simple time tracking tool)
- RescueTime http://rescuetime.com/
- Sanebox http://www.sanebox.com/
- Time Doctor http://timedoctor.com/
- Get Pocket http://getpocket.com/
- Google Calendar http://calendar.google.com/
- Doodle http://doodle.com/
- TheBrain http://www.thebrain.com/
- KickoffLabs (http://www.kickofflabs.com) for social landing pages.
- PHPForms (http://www.phpforms.net) for online web forms
- Bookkeeperzoo
- Hexigo - http://www.Hexigo.com - Hexigo is the only collaboration platform that drives teams to reach a formal outcome.
- teamspotted.com - team up with awesome people - ( added by company marketer )
- Simple Sales Tracking - http://www.simplesalestracking
- Expense Sheet Tracker - Expense Claim Report & Budgeting Software
- ReferralElite- http://www.referralelite.com/ (For attracting the right professionals your company needs)
Real World- Whiteboards
- Smartphone
- Notebook
- Skinny Pen
- GoToMeeting or equivalent
- IP Phone (with voice mail forwarding)
- Post-its
- Large LCD Monitor (for meetings and collaborating)
- Large empty wall
- Tape
- Large table
- MethodKit, (http://methodkit.com/)
(physical cards to help structure projects & discuss)
Project Management- Asana.com
- http://breeze.pm
- Siasto.com
- Redmine
- Binfire.com
- Trello
- Wrike
- https://telety.pe
- Basecamp
- Streak
BI- Ducksboard
- Geckoboard
- Leftronic
- Chartbeat
- Tableau
- Hootsuite
- LivePlan
CRM- ClinchPad
- Close.io
- Streak
- Sugar CRM (Open Source)
- SalesForce.com
- Teambox
- Zoho
- Insightly Free CRM for Small Business: Online Customer Relationship Software
- Yesware Email for Salespeople.
- Pipelinedeals
Contact Form- Dropifi
- Webengage
- Snapenag
Customer service- Live Chat Software by Comm100, which enables you to trackand engage visitors in real time. ( Added here by company marketer, not mentioned in answers )