I'd like to get some opinions from other people on sites/resources that would be useful for entrepreneurs. One which I found recently was vworker.com. My personal interest is in starting a couple of websites, and this site gives you access to coders all around the world. The process for starting a web based business can be done for less than $10,000, and in terms of further funding, this proof of concept can be brought directly to potential investors (vc's, angels etc.). The manager of First Round Capital describes this here at around 11:30:
http://fora.tv/2010/04/14/Funding_the_Big_Idea_Le…
I also like the ted talks, mainly for the inspiration and different ways of thinking. What do you guys think/like?
I'll give a few of my favorites that I use to run my two 4HWW companies:
1.) ELance - This one's obvious, but it's great for hiring code monkeys from India when you need something quick and dirty.
2.) Trada - These guys are a Foundry Group backed startup that let's you crowdsource your Adwords campaigns. I use them for all my advertising, and they've taken my CPAs from $25 to $12. I've gotten to know the founder as well, great guy. They'll also give you $500 of free advertising if you tell them I sent you. Shoot me a PM if you want an invite.
3.) Shipwire - All the outsourced shipping and fulfillment you could ever want. Warehouses in the US, Canada, and the UK. Extremely cost effective if you're shipping physical stuff and you don't want to go to the post office 3x a day.
4.) PayPal Express Checkout - the easiest way to get a quick and dirty checkout page set up and start accepting credit cards.
5.) Tim Ferriss's Blog - patient zero of the lifestyle design movement, and a one of the biggest pushes I needed to start my companies. He blogs about entrepreneurial strategies, and does some really inspiring case studies.
Agree with Captk's list.
For some other inspiring and useful videos, you can also check out mixergy.com. I was interviewed on there a while back about WSO.
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Angel investment platform.
Stanford GSB Center for Entp. site - lots of good resources.
Search fund site at Stanford GSB - PE mico/small-cap financing for early growth stage small businesses.
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CaptK: curious about your 4hww businesses, how are they working out for you?
No more resources? That's a shame, I was really looking forward to this discussion.
Anyone look at YEC at all?
I'm on the YEC, even though I'm not that young anymore...definitely think there is some great advice there.
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