A curated collection of essential resources, tools, and playbooks to help founders build, launch, and scale startups successfully.
Building a startup is hard. Finding the right tools shouldn't be.
This repository is a curated directory of essential resources for every stage of your startup journey -> from ideation to scaling. Whether you're a first-time founder or a serial entrepreneur, you'll find tools for product development, marketing, fundraising, team management, and everything in between.
- Founders & Co-founders - Building your startup from scratch
- Product Managers - Developing and launching products
- Developers - Building MVPs and technical infrastructure
- Marketers - Growing and scaling user acquisition
- Designers - Creating beautiful user experiences
- Anyone interested in the startup ecosystem
This collection includes:
- Learning Resources - Books, courses, essays, and videos from industry leaders
- Tools & Software - SaaS products, development tools, and automation platforms
- Funding Resources - Guides, angel directories, and pitch deck examples
- Communities - Online forums and networks to connect with other founders
- Design Assets - UI kits, icon libraries, and stock resources
- Analytics & Data - Tools to measure and optimize your metrics
- Startup Programs - Credits and deals from major platforms (AWS, Google Cloud, etc.)
- Marketing Channels - Places to launch and promote your product
- Browse by Category - Use the table of contents below to jump to specific sections
- Search - Press
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- Learning & Knowledge
- Courses & Videos
- Podcasts
- Inspiration & Discovery
- Company Building
- Customer Development
- Incubators & Accelerators
- Communities
- Fundraising
- Website & Hosting
- Design Tools
- Stock Resources
- AI Tools
- Content & SEO
- Automation & Backend
- Payments
- Documentation
- Email & Newsletters
- CRM & Support
- Analytics & Data
- Marketing Tools
- User Feedback
- User Engagement
- Media & Video
- Team Management
- No-Code Tools
- Affiliates & Referrals
- Monitoring & Logging
- Miscellaneous Tools
- Startup Programs & Credits
- Places to Share & Promote
- Key Articles & Essays
- Additional Learning Resources
- Paul Graham's Essays
- Sam Altman's Blog
- Startup Library
- Founder Resources
- Startup Handbook
- The Founder Library - NFX
- Startup Notes
- The Four Steps to the Epiphany - Steve Blank)
- The Startup Owner's Manual - Steve Blank)
- Running Lean - Ash Maurya
- The Lean Startup - Eric Ries
- Zero to One - Peter Thiel
- The Hard Thing About Hard Things - Ben Horowitz
- Founders At Work - Jessica Livingston
- Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
- Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love - Marty Cagan
- Empowered: Ordinary People, Extraordinary Products - Marty Cagan
- Traction: A Startup Guide to Getting Customers
- The Cold Start Problem
- Make - Bootstrapper's Handbook
- The Founder's Dilemmas - Noam Wasserman
- Business Model Generation - Alexander Osterwalder
- Hello, Startup
- Venture Deals - Brad Feld and Jason Mendelson
- Venture Capitalists at Work - Tarang Shah and Sheetal Shah
- Atomic Habits - James Clear
- Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
- The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey
- First Things First - Stephen Covey
- The Mom Test - Rob Fitzpatrick
- Disciplined Entrepreneurship: 24 Steps to a Successful Startup - Bill Aulet
- Mochary Method Curriculum - Matt Mochary
- Think Like a Founder
- Think Like a CTO
- The Balanced Scorecard: Translating Strategy into Action
- Good to Great - Jim Collins
- The Innovator's Solution
- Built to Last
- Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us
- Rise of the Revenue Marketer
- Change the Culture, Change the Game
- How to Start a Startup
- Startup School 2018 - Y Combinator
- Startup School 2019 - Y Combinator
- The Lean Launchpad - Steve Blank (Udacity)
- Startup Engineering (Coursera)
- Developing Innovative Ideas for New Companies (Coursera)
- Startup Class - Sam Altman
- Mind The Product
- DevTube
- PMFlix
- Startup Talks
- Startup Movies
- Google Talks
- 500 Startups #500distro Conference Videos
- Steve Jobs' Vision of the World
- This Startup Founder Filmed Her Struggles
- Authors@Google: Eric Ries "The Lean Startup"
- Marc Andreessen & Dave McClure: The Future of Startups
- Foundation 37 // David Byttow
- PandoMonthly: Fireside Chat With Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky
- Startup Grind Feat Scott Heiferman
- Vinod Khosla at Startup Grind Silicon Valley
- UX Design & Marketing Tactics - Shopify
- Managing Growth & Delivering Magic
- Acquired
- A16z
- Masters of Scale
- Inside Intercom
- This is Product Management
- Product Led Podcast
- FYI - For Your Innovation
- Produto pelo Mundo
- Mulheres de Produto
- Storicast
- Retention
- Product Gurus
- Product Backstage
- PM3 Talks
- Movimento UX
- SaaS Pages
- SaaS Frame
- Mobbin
- Page Flows
- Page Collective
- Admire the Web
- Hoverstat.es
- UX Archive
- UI-Cloud
- Pttrns
- Start Story
- Test Your Startup Idea
- How to Find the Right Startup Idea
- The Artist and the Innovator
- Don't Start with an MVP
- Software Alternatives and Reviews
- Product Checklist
- WSGR Startup Basics: How to Name Your Startup
- Panabee
- NameMesh
- Naminum
- Namechk
- BrandBucket
- Squadhelp
- Founders and Co-founders by Startups.com
- How to Find a Co-Founder
- How to Split Equity Among Co-founders
- A Guide to Seed Fundraising - Y Combinator
- Investopedia Article
- Chagency Get Startup Funding
- How to Raise Money
- Venture Deals
- Bridge Rounds vs Series Rounds
- How Startup Funding Works - Paul Graham
- IPOs and Beyond - a16z
- Options vs Cash - Dan Luu
- How To Invest In Startups - Sam Altman
- Sketch
- Figma
- Adobe XD
- Flinto
- Invision
- Marvel
- Proto
- Axure
- Mockflow
- Whimsical
- Overflow
- Origami
- Balsamiq
- Flowmapp
- Gloomaps
- Moqups
- FigJam
- Feedback Lane
- Upvoty
- Headway
- Feedbear
- Canny
- LaunchNotes
- Sleekplan
- Qualtrics
- Mopinion
- Productlane
- Testimonial
- Braze
- Adjust
- Moengage
- Iterable
- OneSignal
- Customer.io
- InMoment
- Optinmonster
- PopupSmart
- Landbot
- Discourse
- Twilio
- Phaxio
- Wisestamp
- Uploadcare
- Brightback
- Navattic
- Teachable
- Linktree
- Znaplink
- Gumroad
- Sellfy
- Bitly
- Survey Monkey
- AWS Activate
- Google Cloud for Startups
- Microsoft for Startups
- Hatch by DigitalOcean
- Startup with IBM
- Oracle for Startups
- Create@Alibaba Cloud
- Clever Bootstrap Program
- Heroku for Startups
- Scaleway Startup Program
- Intercom Early Stage Program
- GoSquared Early Stage Plan
- Zendesk for Startups
- Help Scout for Startups
- Drift for Early Stage Startups
- Crisp Startup Program
- Knowlarity for Startups
- Twilio Startups Program
- MyOperator Startup Program [INDIA]
- Exotel for Startups [INDIA]
- MSG91 for Startups [INDIA]
- Dialpad for Startups
- Agora for Startups
- Hacker News
- Lobsters
- Twitter (X)
- Slashdot
- Raddle
- Designer News
- DataTau
- devRant
- Sidebar
- Changelog
- UX Design Weekly
- CSS Weekly
- Product Hunt
- SaaSHub
- AngelList
- AlternativeTo
- Indie Hackers
- Evernote Design
- Page Collective
- Admire the Web
- Gaëtan Pautler's Blog
- Fuse
- Hoverstat.es
- read.cv
- Alternative.me
- Medium
- DEV Community
- DZone
- Scotch.io
- Hashnode
- DOU.ua
- Muck Rack
- TechHype
- Towards Data Science
- Python LibHunt
- CodeMentor Community
- KDnuggets
- Morioh
- Hacker Noon
- Blogger
- Hackr.io
- JavaScript Kicks
- Smashing Magazine
- freeCodeCamp Forum
- CodeProject
- DevDojo
- DailyJS
- ITNext
- A List Apart
- The Next Web
- Developer Tech
- ProgrammableWeb
- Hakin9
- DataCamp Community
- EchoJS
- CSS-Tricks
- daily.dev Blog
- BetaList
- StartupTabs
- Crunchbase
- GeekWire Submit Startup
- F6S
- KillerStartups
- Startup Buffer
- AllStartups.info
- BetaPage
- Index.co
- Gust
- Startup Project
- Springwise
- Launch Lister
- Vator.tv
- NextBigWhat
- iamWire
- SnapMunk
- MicroStartups
- Nibletz
- Startup Stash
- AllTopStartups
- Startup Dope
- TechPluto
- The Startup Pitch
- SideProjectors
- Launching Next
- Startup Ranking
- AwesomeIndie
- r/coding
- r/computerscience
- r/compsci
- r/technology
- r/algorithms
- r/javascript
- r/learnjavascript
- r/reactjs
- r/programming
- r/learnprogramming
- r/webdev
- r/datascience
- r/Python
- r/pythontips
- r/ArtificialInteligence
- r/learnmachinelearning
- r/MachinesLearn
- r/MLQuestions
- r/tensorflow
- r/pythoncoding
- r/alphaandbetausers
- r/IMadeThis
- r/InternetIsBeautiful
- r/SideProject
- r/indiehackers
- Paul Graham's Articles
- How to Get Startup Ideas
- Do Things That Don't Scale
- 18 Mistakes That Kill Startups
- How to Raise Money
- Maker's Schedule, Manager's Schedule
- Retention is King
- What Product Features Should I Focus On?
- How This Founder Turned Slow Burn Rate into a Big Exit
- The Illusion of Product/Market Fit for SaaS Companies
- 12 Things About Product-Market Fit - a16z
- Managing Growth & Delivering Magic
- "No Marketing" Isn't as Impressive as You Think
- Growth is Optional
- The Hacker's Guide to User Acquisition
- How to Solve the Cold-Start Problem for Social Products
- The Complete Guide to Product Qualified Leads
- Finding Sales Triggers - DigitalOcean
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Last Updated: February 2026