- The Funded Standard Advisor Template
- Comp Study – Executive Compensation Website– unbelievably useful
- Expert CEO Compensation page – also incredibly useful
- SaaS Sales Team Compensation – Philippe Botteri, Bessemer Venture Partners
- VentureHacks on Startup Advisory Boards – great basics
Founder Equity Issues
- Fred Wilson Advice and spreadsheet
- Intro to Stock and Options – David Weekly
- Venture Hacks equity section
- Dilution – Mark Suster
- Joel Spolsky Advice on fairness
- Awesome Valuation/Equity Calculator – OwnYourVenture
- Splitting the Founders Pie – Frank Demmler
- ScottEdWalker – this legal blog is gold for a startup
- TruEquity Mgmt Tool – cap table management, free for founders
- Valuation on Revenue – Bill Gurley Above the Crowd
List of Intellectual Property (IP) Resources
- Patents – U.S. Patent Office
- Trademarks – U.S. Patent Office
- Intellectual Property in the “Real World”– Antone Johnson
- “Nuts and Bolts” of Intellectual Property – Antone Johnson
- Intellectual Property for Startups – Mashtag
Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents
- Orick’s Legal Documents for Startups – priceless
- Scott Walker Advice on Termsheet Provisions
- YCombinator Series AA Equity Financing Documents
- National Venture Capital Association – model legal documents
- Series Seed Documents – Fenwick & West Seed Investment Standard Forms, used by most angels
- TechStars Model Seed Funding Documents – Cooley Godward
- WSGR Term Sheet Generator
- Orrick, Herrington Term Sheet Generator
- Founders Institute Plain Preferred Term Sheet – WSGR
- Docracy -Free Legal Documents
- ScottEdWalker – this legal blog is gold for a startup
Infographic: Digital Capital
Advice on Raising Startup Capital
- FindtheBest Venture Capital
- Startup Valuation Advice – Mark Suster May 2011
- Fundraising 101 Checklist – Walker
- Pitching a VC – Mark Suster Advice
- How VC’s Evaluate Startups – Thomvest Ventures
- VC Experts
- Seed Stage Valuation Guide – Jordan Cooper
- Alternate Funding Ideas – Business Inside
List of Incubators and Startup Jobs
- List of Startup Incubators
- FindTheBest Incubators
- A Quora list of Incubators
- Jobs in Startups
- Lunch with Entrepreneurs
- Techcofounder – find a technical cofounder
- Founder Dating – find a cofounder
List of Crowdfunding Sites
- Kickstarter – crowdfunding
- Indiegogo – crowdfunding
- Rock The Post – crowd funding
- RocketHub – crowd funding, partner with A&E
- Appbackr – crowd funding for mobile apps
- Tindle – crowd funding for makers to sell their hardware
- Quirky – shared social inventor community
Crowdfunding Tips / Advice
List of Angels / Super Angels
- Venture Hacks Angel List – raise money with angel investors
- AngelList – connecting startups and angels
- Seed-Db – database of seed accelerators and their companies
- Gust – Platform for Startup Funding
- Guide to Super Angels – Chubby Brain
- Types of Angel Financing
- Angel Financing Tips and here
List of Coworking Spaces
- ShareDesk – find a workspace in your city
- Coworkify – find a workspace in your city
- NextSpace – coworking spaces across California
- FoundersDen – San Francisco workspace
- OpenDesks – find workspace/meeting places
- SandBoxSuites – SF Bay Area shared workspace
- RocketSpace – SF Bay Area shared workspace
- HackerDojo – community center in Mountain View