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📣 m_ke

Best resources for learning about the business side of startups?


As a technical founder I'd like to learn more about the practical side of sales, marketing, accounting, legal, recruiting, pricing and etc.

Most of the online business courses and startup books are very high level and don't cover anything useful.

Are there any must read business textbooks, online courses or forums that you recommend?

I'm mostly looking for practical advice on how to handle marketing efforts, which metrics to track, how to not mess up anything on the legal/accounting side and how to handle the sales process (contracts, pricing, pitching, etc).

The best things that I've found so far are the YC lectures, SaaStr and random blog posts.


  👤 atarian Accepted Answer ✓
Startup School (which is free and run by Y Combinator) will be launching in a few days, which does go into those other areas: https://www.startupschool.org/

👤 mindcrime
The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steve Blank.

The Art of the Start by Guy Kawasaki

Zero to One by Peter Thiel