Trying to learn as much as possible about how to start and grow companies but only want to study the from the best - what's helped all of you the most?<p>I recently finished http://startupclass.samaltman.com<p>Could be a book, course, podcast, blog post - anything - as long as it's something you can link to. Hopefully we can all benefit together
I'm not an entrepreneur, but I have worked at 2 startups (less than 20 employees) since 2011.<p>This is going to sound cliched, but the best way is to start your own company or project from scratch and apply the concepts you learn from these resources.<p>Here are some "bestsellers", apart from <a href="http://startupclass.samaltman.com" rel="nofollow">http://startupclass.samaltman.com</a> and PG's essays are<p>Building Product/Design<p>-----------------<p>* Design Sprints by Google Ventures: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=design+sprints" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=design+sprints</a><p>* Startup School Office Hours: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=startup+school+office+hours&page=&utm_source=opensearch" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=startup+school+...</a><p>* Interface Design for Startups <a href="https://courses.platzi.com/classes/interface-design-startups/" rel="nofollow">https://courses.platzi.com/classes/interface-design-startups...</a><p>* The Design of Everyday Things: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/dp/1452654123" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/Design-Everyday-Things-Donald-Norman/d...</a><p>* Don't make me Think: <a href="http://www.amazon.in/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344758" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.in/Dont-Make-Me-Think-Usability/dp/0321344...</a><p>* Objectified: <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241325/" rel="nofollow">http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1241325/</a><p>* <a href="https://www.useronboard.com" rel="nofollow">https://www.useronboard.com</a><p>* Either Rework or Getting Real by 37 Signals<p>Execution/Business Models:<p>---------------------------<p>1. The Lean Startup: <a href="http://theleanstartup.com/book" rel="nofollow">http://theleanstartup.com/book</a><p>2. Lean Analytics: <a href="http://leananalyticsbook.com/" rel="nofollow">http://leananalyticsbook.com/</a><p>3. Business Model Generation: <a href="http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.businessmodelgeneration.com/</a><p>People:<p>-----------<p>* How to Win Friends and Influence People<p>* The Hard Thing about Hard Things: <a href="http://www.amazon.com/The-Hard-Thing-About-Things/dp/0062273205" rel="nofollow">http://www.amazon.com/The-Hard-Thing-About-Things/dp/0062273...</a><p>* The Startup of You: <a href="http://www.thestartupofyou.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.thestartupofyou.com/</a><p>Marketing:<p>----------<p>* Build an audience before you launch the product - like 37Signals, Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, Hubspot<p>* Traction Book: <a href="http://tractionbook.com/" rel="nofollow">http://tractionbook.com/</a><p>* Be Creative - Each startup is different. There's no silver bullet<p>Sales:<p>------<p>The sales course by Steli Efti: <a href="http://close.io/free-sales-course/" rel="nofollow">http://close.io/free-sales-course/</a><p>Pitching:<p>-------<p>Dave McClure: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dave+mcclure+startup+pitch" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=dave+mcclure+st...</a><p>Founder Interviews, stories:<p>----------<p>* PandoMonthly: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pandomonthly" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=pandomonthly</a><p>* Stanford ECorner: ecorner.stanford.edu