Are there any good guides on how to start a startup?

Question

I was laid off from big tech, after a few rounds of interview rejections, I am convinced my energy is better focussed on building something of my own.Are there any good guides on how to go about this process? I am specifically looking for logistical issues like registering a company or creating a bank account etc. to begin with. But then also tips from other founders on how to handle pre seed or seed stage of the company.Bonus: If anyone has successfully done this being a non citizen, any tips/guides related to immigration would be very helpful.

lyjackal · Accepted Answer

Have you looked at https://www.startupschool.org/? Probably doesn't have a lot of the financial details like registering a company, but it talks about the lifestyle, risk, what to focus on, etc.

james-revisoai · Answer

A great deal of advice here is going to push you in the direction of VC funded startups and the Lean Startup style approach.You might want to go that way, but as you said "build", not "sell", you may value the approach of bootstrapping and taking a strategic view (e.g. following your convictions).

surprisetalk · Answer

I recently started a company, and ChatGPT has been surprisingly helpful if you go and verify its recommendations.But you don't need to create a bank account or register a company! You're already a business (sole proprietorship). Go build things :)

fogzen · Answer

Sell something first. Don&rsquo;t register a business or get a separate bank account before demonstrating sales. I say that from experience. Nothing feels worse than paying taxes and fees for losing money :)

vivegi · Answer

From OpenAI's Sam Altman https://playbook.samaltman.com/

vmarchaud · Answer

You might be interested into Matt Mochary free books [0], he's a succesfull ceo coach around the valley.[0]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnw...

max_ · Answer

You need to have a look at First base[0][0]: https://www.firstbase.io/

achempion · Answer

Read "Designing Products People Love" by Scott Hurff.Good TLDR to start from is "From idea to paying customer" in Linen blog[0].[0]: https://www.linen.dev/s/linen-community/t/545988/from-idea-t...

crazymoka · Answer

y-combinator has youtube videos that talk about exactly this.

Are there any good guides on how to start a startup?

Have you looked at https://www.startupschool.org/? Probably doesn't have a lot of the financial details like registering a company, but it talks about the lifestyle, risk, what to focus on, etc.

A great deal of advice here is going to push you in the direction of VC funded startups and the Lean Startup style approach.
You might want to go that way, but as you said "build", not "sell", you may value the approach of bootstrapping and taking a strategic view (e.g. following your convictions).

I recently started a company, and ChatGPT has been surprisingly helpful if you go and verify its recommendations.
But you don't need to create a bank account or register a company! You're already a business (sole proprietorship). Go build things :)

Sell something first. Don’t register a business or get a separate bank account before demonstrating sales. I say that from experience. Nothing feels worse than paying taxes and fees for losing money :)

From OpenAI's Sam Altman https://playbook.samaltman.com/

You might be interested into Matt Mochary free books [0], he's a succesfull ceo coach around the valley.
[0]: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZJZbv4J6FZ8Dnb0JuMhJxTnw...

You need to have a look at First base[0]
[0]: https://www.firstbase.io/

Read "Designing Products People Love" by Scott Hurff.
Good TLDR to start from is "From idea to paying customer" in Linen blog[0].
[0]: https://www.linen.dev/s/linen-community/t/545988/from-idea-t...

y-combinator has youtube videos that talk about exactly this.