Developing Your Business Model and Pitch
Frameworks & Methodologies
- Bob Dorf’s Customer Development Boot Camp (at the 2012 NYU Entrepreneurs Challenge) <- new
- Conducting Customer Discovery Interviews (by Steve Blank) <- new
- The Business Model Canvas
- The Entrepreneurs Guide to Customer Development
- How to Build a Startup (Steve Blank on Udacity) <- new
- The Startup Owner’s Manual (print) or (ebook)
- Steve Blank’s Customer Discovery Checklist <- new
- Survey.io: Metrics driven marketing and customer development<- new
- Why the Lean Start-Up Changes Everything <-new
Articles & Templates
- 12in6 Methodology: Using Metrics Driven Customer Development <- new
- Developing a Compelling Pitch
- How to Configure Your Startup Team <- new
- Fred Wilson: Six Slides
- Fundraising Tips for Startups <- new
- Getting Access to the Old Boys’ Club (how to approach a VC)
- Getting Started as an Entrepreneur: A Guide for Students
- Insights From Raising $33 Million In Venture Capital
- Nancy Duarte: The secret structure of great talks <- new
- NYC Seed’s Sample Pitch Deck <- new
- Mint.com Pre-Launch Pitch Deck
- Pitching Hacks
- Startup Metrics for Pirates: AARRR!
- Startup Viagra: How to Pitch a VC
Funding Resources/ Angel Groups
- Business Insider’s Angel 100: New York’s Top Early Stage Investors
- List of Active Venture Capital Investors in NYC
- List of Active Series A Investors in NYC
- Angel List – New York
- AngelVineVC
- ARC Angel Fund
- Golden Seeds
- Grape Arbor
- Hudson River Angels
- Investors’ Circle
- Life Science Angel Network
- New York Angels
Alternative Funding Resources
- BioAccelerate NYC Prize
- NCIIA (National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance) Grants <- new
- New York City Bioscience Initiative
- NYCEDC Financing & Incentives
- Qualified Emerging Technology Companies (QETC) Incentive Program
- Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants
- SBIR Funding Agency Comparison Matrix
- SBIR Resource Center Reading Library—Intro to SBIR & STTR Programs <- new
- Small Business Technology Investment Fund (SBTIF)
Legal Documents for Startups
- Brooklyn Law Incubator & Policy (BLIP) Clinic | Brooklyn Law School
- Legal Documents For Your Startup | Silicon Alley Insider/Cooley LLP
- Legal Resource Guide For Entrepreneurs | Fenwick & West
- NVCA Model Legal Documents | National Venture Capital Association (NVCA)
- Series Seed Documents | Fenwick & West and Andreessen Horowitz
- Startup Lawyer | Startup Laywer/Ryan Roberts
- StartupPerColator | Perkins Coie, LLP
Startup & Tech News
- AlleyWatch
- BetaBeat
- BioWorld
- Business Insider
- Fierce Markets
- CleanLinks
- GigaOM
- NYC ACRE Newsletter
- Pando Daily <- new
- TechCrunch
- TechMeme
- Technology Review
- Venture Capital Dispatch
- VentureBeat
- Xconomy
Startup & Venture Capital Data
- CB Insights
- CrunchBase
- Trends in Terms of Venture Financing In Silicon Valley
- MoneyTree Report
- NVCA YearBook
- Valuation & Deal Term Database
- Venture Capital 101
- eCorner: Stanford’s Entrepreneurship Corner
- entrepreneurship.org
- KISSmetrics’ Entrepreneur’s Handbook: 101 Resources for First Time Entrepreneurs <- new
- MIT Entrepreneurship Center
- National Collegiate Inventors and Innovators Alliance (NCIIA) Ventures
- NYBA Bio Web
- NYC Small Business Resource Center
- NYC Tech Connect
- NYC Venture Connect
- Steve Blank’s Startup Tools