Reference Library
When we come across extraordinary books, essays, blog posts, and the like we put them here for all to read. There’s a lot of great stuff out there and we’d like to make it easier to access by keeping it all in one place.
General
How to Make Wealth - Paul Graham of YCombinator
The Bootstrapper’s Bible - Seth Godin
The Long Tail - Chris Anderson
10 Rules for Web Startups (and any new company really) - Evan Williams of Blogger and Twitter
How to Start a Startup - Paul Graham of YCombinator
Getting Real - 37signals approach to software can apply to all business
The Virtual Community - Howard Rheingold
Funding
Determining pre-investment valuation - Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures
Venture Deal Algebra - Brad Feld of the Foundry Group
The Equity Equation - Paul Graham of YCombinator
How to Negotiate a Term Sheet - Matt Blumberg of Return Path
How to Present to Investors - Paul Graham YCombinator
Fixing Venture Capital- Joel Splosky of Fog Creek Software
Marketing
How to Create Advertising that Sells - David Ogilvy of Ogilvy and Mather
Marketing A Website on the Cheap - Alexis Ohanian of Reddit
