Getting started 📗

• Essential Startup Advice (Y Combinator) 

• Business Plan Templates (Hubspot)

• Cap Table Template (S3 Ventures)

• The First-Time Founder’s Guide to Learning Everything the Hard Way (First Round)

• Rock Center Startup Guide (HBS)

Fundraising 💸

The Basics

• The Fundraising Checklist (NFX)

• The Ultimate Guide to Raise Capital for a Startup (Crunchbase)

• Developing an Effective Fundraising Strategy (M13)

• Finding Startup Funding (Forbes)

• Venture Capital Equity Financing Documents (AngelList)

How to Value your Startup

• What is Private Company Valuation? (CFI)

• In-Depth Guide to the Business Valuation Process (CB Insights)

• How to Value a Startup with No Revenue (MassChallenge)

• How to Value your Equity at an Early Stage Startup (HBS)

Best Practices for Raising from Friends and Family

• Raising Startup Funds from Friends and Family the Right Way (SVB)

• Friends and Family Round vs. Angel Round (DLA Piper)

How to Raise from Angel Investors

• How to Find the Right Angel Investors (SVB)

• What Angel Investors Want to Know Before Investing in your Startup (Forbes)

• “Angels,” Angels, and VCs (Y Combinator)

How to Raise a Seed Round

• How to Raise Seed Capital Successfully (Parul Singh)

• A Guide to Seed Fundraising (Y Combinator)

• How to Get Seed Funding and How it is Different from Series A (MassChallenge)

Pitch Deck Best Practices

• A Guide to Investor Pitch Decks (Forbes)

• Elements of the Pitch Deck (Holloway)

• Early Pitch Decks of 25 Billion-Dollar Companies (CB Insights)

How to Negotiate a Term Sheet

• Negotiating Term Sheets: Focus on What’s Important (Cooley)

• Master the Term Sheet (AngelList Venture)

• Term Sheet "Grader" (Pillar)

How to know when it’s Time to Raise

• How Funding Rounds Work (Forbes)

• Raising your Next Funding Round (Openview)

• When to Raise (Y Combinator)

• How Long does it take to Raise Capital? (Forbes)

SAFEs, Why They’re Important

• What is a SAFE? (AngelList Venture)

• Safe Financing Documents (Y Combinator)

Legal ⚖️

The Basics

• Cooley’s Legal Resource Center for Startups

• Goodwin’s Founders Workbench

• Biggest Legal Mistakes that Founders Make (Business Insider)

How to Find the Right Lawyer for your Business

• Upcounsel - Network of Experienced Lawyers

• How to Know if your Startup needs a Lawyer (Forbes)

• Find the Best Lawyer for Your Startup (First Round Review)

• How to Choose a Lawyer for Your Startup (Cooley Go)

How to Incorporate Your Startup

• Choosing your Business Structure (Entrepreneur)

• How to Incorporate (Upcounsel)

• The Cost of Incorporating A Startup (Forbes)

• Why You Should to Incorporate as Soon as Possible (Techcrunch)

• Incorporation Forms (Orrick)

Avoiding Regulatory Setbacks

• Startup Law A to Z: Regulatory Compliance (TechCrunch)

• What Startups Need to Know About Regulated Markets (Forbes)

• A Quick-Start Guide to Compliance for Startups (Holly May, Datavant)

• Essential Document Filings for a Startup: What, When, and How (DLA Piper)

How to Protect your IP

• Protecting Intellectual Property: What Every Founder Needs to Know (SVB)

• How and Why Startups Must Protect Their Intellectual Property at All Costs (Entrepreneur)

• 3 Questions Every Founder Needs to Ask About Their IP (CGL)

Essential Legal Documents for a Startup

• Documents Needed for Startups (Upcounsel)

• Stripe Atlas (Platform for company creation)

• SAFE Financing Documents (YC)

• Series A Term Sheet (YC)

• Sales Agreement (YC)

• Templates: Corporate Formation (Orrick)

• Templates: Founders' Stock Purchase Documents (Orrick)

• Templates: Director and Officer Related Documents (Orrick)

• Templates: Employment and Consultant Documents (Orrick)

• Nondisclosure Agreement (Orrick)

• Templates: Technology Related Documents (Orrick)

• Templates: Equity Compensation (Orrick)

Taxes 🏦

• Starting a Business (IRS)

• Income Tax Considerations (Goodwin)

• Advanced Tax Strategies for Founders (TechCrunch)

• Tax Issues for Startups (Morse)

• Tax Implications Related to Shares that Vest (WilmerHale)

Finances 💵

The Basics

• Managing Startup Finances (YC)

• Financial Tips for Entrepreneurs (Entrepreneur)

• How Startups Can Modernize Their Financial Department (Forbes)

• Finance 101 for Startups: 10 Things You Need to Know (VentureFizz)

What to Know about Accounting for Startups

• Accounting for Startups (SVB)

• Accounting for Startups: What You Need to Know (Motley Fool)

• Entrepreneur-Recommended Bookkeeping Tools For Small Businesses (Forbes)

How and When to Hire a CFO

• The CFO’s Essential Role in Startups and Fast-Growing Companies (Robert Half)

• When Should Startups Hire a CFO? (TechCrunch)

Templates

• DCF Model (CFI)

• Financial Model (CFI)

• Budget Template (Smartsheet)

• Startup Financial Models - 12 Templates Compared (OpenVC)

Go to Market 📈

• Got-To-Market Strategy (HBS)

• The Proven Process for Developing a Go-To-Market Strategy + Templates (Hubspot)

• How to Design a Go-To-Market Strategy (Underscore)

People 👨🏿‍🤝‍👨🏻👭🏽

The Basics

• The People’s Playbook (Ryan Durkin)

• Organizational Structures (Hubspot)

How to Hire the Best Team

• Get Top Talent Excited About Your Startup (Ryan Durkin)

• Maximizing Your Startup Recruitment Efforts (BuiltIn)

• How to Attract Better Talent (Forbes)

• When and How Do We Hire Our First “People Ops” Person? (Techstars)

• Scaling Recruitment & People Operations for the Scrappy Startup (LinkedIn)

• Best Recruiting Software (Investopedia)

How to Manage as a Founder

• Effective Managing for Non-Managers (Fast Company)

• Advice for New Managers (YC)

• How CEOs Think: 5 Mental Models to Shift From Founder to CEO (NfX)

• A New Approach to People Ops That Puts Employee Experience First (First Round)

Leadership 🧠

Strategy

• Are you Adapting Your Leadership Strategy as Your Startup Grows? (HBR)

• How to Lead (YC)

• How Long Should a Founder Remain CEO? (HBR)

Co-founders

• How to Find the Right Co-founder (YC)

• 10 Tips for Healthy Co-founder Relationships (Forbes)

• Can Friends Be Successful Co-founders? (HBR)

• How Co-founders Can Prevent Their Relationship from Derailing (HBR)

• Making Co-founder’s Exit a Seamless Process (Entrepreneur)

• Overseeing a Successful Founder-CEO Succession (TechCrunch)

Hiring Senior Management

• When to Bring on a Management Team at Your Startup (Drift)

• Skills to Look for When Hiring a Manager (Forbes)

Culture 💜

Building your Culture

• How to Build a Startup Culture That Everybody Wants (Visible VC)

• Startup Culture: What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Build It (BuiltIn)

• How to Build a Startup that Scales (Hubspot)

DE&I

• A Guide to Diversity & Inclusion for Startups (Sarah Hodges, Pillar)

• How to Make Diversity a Hiring Priority as a Startup (BuiltIn)

• DEI Tech: Tools for Equity (Deloitte)

• DE&I Resources (MIT)

• Diversity and Inclusion Efforts That Really Work (HBR)

Investor Relations 📝

• Monthly Investor Update Template (Ryan Durkin)

• Founder-Investor Relationship - How to Make it Work (Eleven VC)

• Key Issues in the Founder-Investor Relationship (Forbes)

• Uplevel Your Founder-VC Relationships (NfX)

• Finding and Building Relationships with Investors (Underscore)

Board Management 👔

• How to Create and Manage a Board (YC)

Software for Startups ⚙️

• Startup Stash: Tool Directory and Resources for Entrepreneurs

Health 💪

Mental Health

• 10 Ways Founders Can Manage Their Mental Health While Fundraising (TechCrunch)

Physical Health

• Fitness & Founder Whitepaper (Fourscore)

Crypto Resources 🚀

• Crypto Dictionary (CoinMarketCap)

• Messari Newsletter

Wayfund Resources 😊

• Wayfund Members

Newsletters Every Founder Should Subscribe To 📰

• Morning Brew

• 5-Bullet Friday

• Axios Future

• CB Insights

• VentureFizz

• Term Sheet

Books Every Founder Should Read 📚

• The Lean Startup, Eric Reis

• Zero to One, Peter Thiel

• Measure What Matters, John Doerr

• The Culture Code, Daniel Coyle

• Venture Deals, Brad Feld