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Below are links to numerous resources for starting a startup. Many have been developed specifically for entrepreneurs in the TIA Incubator, and all are relevant to entrepreneurs launching new ventures.
Below are links to numerous resources for starting a startup. Many have been developed specifically for entrepreneurs in the TIA Incubator, and all are relevant to entrepreneurs launching new ventures.
Resources For TIA Founders
Resources For TIA Founders
TIA Incubator Lectures (Powerpoint)
TIA Incubator Lectures (Powerpoint)
1. Personal Brand (20190907)
2. Presenting Your Venture (20191005)
3. Building a Team (20191102)
4. Knowing Your Customer (20191207)
5. Startup Marketing Fundamentals (20190126)
6. Startup Sales Fundamentals (20190223)
7. Back to the Beginning (20190323)
1. An Entrepreneur's Life: What do we all have in common? (2014.09.07, Andy Greenfield)
2. Presenting Your Venture (2013.10.05, Bob Gold)
3. Building a Team (2015.11.05, Andy Greenfield)
4. Optimizing Your Venture (2013.11.02, Andy Greenfield)
5. Tech Talent (2016.01.30, Joey Petracca, Yuni Sameshima, & Nicolo Giorgi)
6. The Ask (2016.02.27, Tim O’Neill)
TIA Incubator Lectures (Videos)
TIA Incubator Lectures (Videos)
TIA Summit Series Recordings
TIA Summit Series Recordings
WORKSHOP - ‘Style Meets Substance in the Workplace: Nonverbal Strategies for Enhancing Rapport, Influence, and Charisma’ (2015.10.22, Carrie Keating)
WORKSHOP - ‘HEY, WHAT's THE BIG IDEA? Learn how to use surveys to validate the idea you want to make happen’ (2015.10.07, Daniel Devries)
SPEAKER - ‘Building a movement: social entrepreneurship, social change & investing in human capital’ (2015.09.30, Maggie Dunne)
SPEAKER - Demanding Your Value: How Smart Women Can Stop Settling for 75¢ on the Dollar (2015.03.27, Deborah Tutnauer)
SPEAKER - Hustle, SWAGGER and Building a Personal Brand (2014.12.05, Sian Pierre Regis)
SPEAKER - Pause Before You Post: Don't Let Social Media Sabotage Your Career (2017.11.10, Patrick Ambron)
SPEAKER - Wiley Cerilli, Founder of Seamless & Good Uncle, Talks Food Startups (2018.16.10)
SPEAKER (FIRESIDE CHAT) - The Democratization of Discovery in The Music Industry Through Data (2019.22.2, Shav Garg)
Insights from TIA Mentors
Insights from TIA Mentors
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6RZbZFxvmUVVUCRtCPHijfPZXOzh8fHW
Other TIA Videos
Other TIA Videos
eShip News, Feeds & Newsletters
eShip News, Feeds & Newsletters
Hacker News - user generated tech news
TechCrunch - startup news
Crunchbase - track companies, their investors and more
AngelList - see who’s raising capital, who’s hiring and who’s investing
Mashable - startup news
First Round Review - active blog from top-tier VC
Fred Wilson (AVC) - great entrepreneurship mind
Paul Graham - great entrepreneurship mind
Steve Blank - great entrepreneurship mind
Clay Christensen - great entrepreneurship mind
UVC Entrepreneurship Events Calendar - startup events in Upstate NY
How I Built This? - The stories behind the world's best known companies. A narrative journey about innovators, entrepreneurs and idealists—and the movements they built.
Investors Field Guide - This site is an ongoing investigation into stocks, markets, investing strategies, and ways of thinking
Pro-Rata - important newsletter to follow with daily fundraises and startup stories
Term Sheet - important newsletter to follow with daily fundraises and startup stories
StrictlyVC - all the venture capital new you need to start your day
Crunchbase Daily - important newsletter to follow with daily fundraises and startup stories
The MBA is Dead - The MBA Is Dead is the world’s most comprehensive database of startup accelerators.
Comprehensive list from Steve Blank of thousands of startup tools and services
Straightforward video series from Y Combinator / Stanford on “How to Start a Startup”
All Things Sales! 16 Mini-Lessons for Startup Founders (Andreessen Horowitz)
Startup Fundraising 101 // TIA Mentor Paul Wigdor
300 Best Tools And Resources For Entrepreneurs
‘How to build a startup’ Udacity Course from Steve Blank
Build an engine to find product/market fit
Dividing Equity between Founders, Advisors, and Employees
Effective Networking Tactics from a TIA Entrepreneur
Analyzo startup tool search engine
Great Startup Resources from Kansas City
Resources for Food Ventures from Cornell
‘How great leaders inspire action’ (Simon Sinek TED Talk)
Hubspot’s ‘Ultimate guide to creating a sales process’
Hubspot’s ‘How to master the connect call’
Clay Christensen’s Milkshake Marketing and ‘Jobs to be Done’ Framework
Tools And Content To Start A Startup
Tools And Content To Start A Startup
Presentations & Pitch Decks
Presentations & Pitch Decks
Direct Links To Key Startup Tools
Direct Links To Key Startup Tools
Hubspot Academy - tons of value-add certification on marketing, sales, etc., that will help you grow your venture
FuzeHub - connecting New York State manufacturers to a network of experts who help small-to-medium companies overcome obstacles to growth.
Chenango Valley Tech - manufacturing a plastic product? Call these guys just down the road
ThomasNet - search engine for suppliers for products and services nationwide
Cornell Food Science 4000 - food startups get consulting from food science students at Cornell
Northeast Center for Food Entrepreneurship - more targeted testing and services for startup food companies
Inbound Sales Certification Course - hubspot course on inbound sales
https://bubble.is/ -create web applications without knowing how to code
https://marvelapp.com/ (prototype testing)
www.hotgloo.com (wireframing)
www.balsamiq.com (wireframing)
www.productlaunchers.co/ (help get your products marketed and into stores)
https://website.grader.com/ (Hubspot’s website grader)
www.hootsuite.com (manage social media)
www.mailchimp.com (mass emailing with style)
www.launchrock.com (before you live)
www.github.com (project management and developer repository)
http://basecamphq.com (project management)
www.typekit.com (great fonts)
www.hostdime.com (cheap/good dedicated server provider)
https://www.moo.com/us/ (business Cards, high end)
http://www.vistaprint.com/ (business card, a bit cheaper)
https://drive.google.com/drive
https://www.inta.org/Advocacy/Pages/ProbonoClearinghouse.aspx
Ariane de Rothschild Fellowship
Starting Bloc Fellowship - Numerous Colgate people have participated in this incubator program
Youth Service America Grants - small awards every 2 months generally in the $2,000-10,000 range for community service projects. Students/youth need an affiliate organization, which could be Colgate University if this were for a student club for example.
Draper Richards Kaplan Fellows -for social entrepreneurs
TED Fellowship - great networking for anyone! even mentors..
Funding & Other Opportunities For Social & Non-profit Startups
Funding & Other Opportunities For Social & Non-profit Startups
Internship/Job Opportunities From TIA Community
Internship/Job Opportunities From TIA Community
Top Incubators, Accelerators, & Entrepreneur Programs
Top Incubators, Accelerators, & Entrepreneur Programs
Top Angel & Early Stage Investors
Top Angel & Early Stage Investors
Top Venture Capital Funds
Top Venture Capital Funds
Suggested Books For Entrepreneurs
Suggested Books For Entrepreneurs
Competing Against Luck - Clay Christensen
The Startup Owner's Manual - Steve Blank and Bob Dorf
All Marketers Are Liars - Seth Godin
Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future - Peter Theil
Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank
Business Model Generation - Alexander Osterwalder
Ten Types of Innovation - Larry Keeley
Start-up Nation: The Story of Israel's Economic Miracle - Dan Senor and Saul Singer
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