Starting up
- MYOB Startup Guide by MYOB
- Startup Playbook by Sam Altman
- Book: The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses by Eric Ries
- Book: Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works by Ash Maurya
- Book: Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup by Bill Aulet
Business Model
- 9 business models with metrics framework by Anu Hariharan
- What Is a Business Model? by HBR
- Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want by Anu Hariharan
- Should startups use Business Model Canvas or Lean Canvas? by Ministry of Awesome
- Lean Canvas by Lean Stack
Product-Market Fit
- 12 Things about Product-Market Fit by a16z
- The only thing that matters by Marc Andreessen
- The Real Product Market Fit by Michael Seibel
- 10 Places to Find Product-Market Fit by NFX
Product
- North Star Playbook by Amplitude
- Startup Playbook – A great product by Sam Altman
- Podcast: Handcrafted by Masters of Scale
Finance
- Managing startup finance by Kirsty Nathoo
- Financial Projections for Startups by Michael Batko
- The ultimate guide to financial modelling for startups by EY
- Default alive or default dead by Paul Graham
Marketing
- The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing by Al Ries, Jack Trout
- Building a StoryBrand: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen by Donald Miller
- Hubspot Academy – Everything about digital marketing
Growth
- How to Get Users and Grow by Alex Schultz
- Hacking Growth: How Today’s Fastest-Growing Companies Drive Breakout Success by Sean Ellis and Morgan Brown
- Traction: How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth by Gabriel Weinberg and Justin Mares
- Growth Hacker is the new VP Marketing by Andrew Chen
- How to scale when you can’t travel By Adrien Gheur
Sales
- Book: Getting to Yes: Negotiating Agreement Without Giving In – by Roger Fisher, William L. Ury, Bruce Patton
- Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion by Robert B. Cialdini
Founder Psychology
- Book: Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel and Blake Masters
- Coronavirus: The Black Swan of 2020 by Sequoia Capital
- Founder wellbeing and mental resilience – webinar by Ministry of Awesome and writeup by CoinSouth
- The Psychology of Founders Who Win in Downturns by NFX
- Why Founders Should Take More Risk by NFX
Fundraising
- Some Advice Before You Hit the Fund Raising Trail by Mark Suster
- 9 grants for startups in New Zealand by Ministry of Awesome
- Capital Education – A guide to raising capital in New Zealand by Callaghan Innovation
- How Much Should You Raise in Your VC Round? And What is a VC Looking at in Your Model? by Mark Suster
- Venture Capitalists Get Paid Well to Lose Money by HBR
