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Startup advisors can be crucial for the success of your business. We curated the best 11 platforms to find them.

Naming a startup is hard as there're infinite options. Here's our 10-step process to come up with a cool, memorable, and strong startup name.

Idea validation is becoming the norm, and pre-sales are the best to validate it. Here are 8 proven strategies to get pre-sales.

In this guide, we explain 10 frameworks you can implement to methodically generate your next company's idea and the key steps to evaluate these ideas.

In this article, I share the 4-step framework I've used to validate plenty of startup ideas using pre-sales (along with +10 examples of startups using it).

Women own 42% of all US-based companies and the number is growing. If you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, you'll find useful this list of 30 business ideas.

Starting a business is hard and risky. Yet, there are many good reasons to do it. Here's why should start a business this year.

Estimating your startup's market size is key for evaluating an idea and pitching to investors. In this article, we'll show you a 3-step process to calculate it.

You don't need any capital to get a business up and running. In this article, I'll go over how you can do it, based on my experience building a business with $0.

India is one of the hottest startup environments. In this article, we'll go over a 7-step process to start your startup in India.

In this article, you'll learn a framework that will enable you to create meaningful branding for your startup, while watching how we do it for a real business.

Many successful businesses are run by couples. In this article, we collected 25 of the best business ideas generally funded by couples.

Looking for business ideas to start at school, college, or university? Here's a list of the best 36 business ideas you can start as a student in 2023.

We've analyzed 500+ pitch decks, including those of Airbnb, Uber, and Facebook. Here are the best 35 you can learn from.

Crafting a bad pitch deck can lead to lots of lost opportunities. In this guide, I’ll lay out everything you need to know to create an impactful pitch deck.

Startups incubators are a great path for early-stage startup founders looking for mentorship and networking. In this article, we explain to you how they work.

Series D is traditionally the last private investment into a company. In this article, we go over how it works, the key players and how much to raise.

Pre-seed funding is crucial to take your startup from 0 to 1. The average pre-seed round totals $626K. In this article, you'll learn how to raise such an amount.

In this guide, we go over what seed funding is, how much should you raise, how long should it last, how much dilution should you give, and 6 sources to raise it.

Series A funding will scale your company into a late-stage startup. The average Series A round is $22.6M. Here's how to raise such an amount of money.

Series B financing is an investment into your private startup after you've raised a Series A. In this article, we explain how it works and how to raise it.

Series C is a growth-stage investment after you've raised Series B. In this article, we explain how it works and how to raise it.

Venture capital is one of the best sources of funding for startups. In this article, you'll learn about the different VC types.

Venture Capital is one of the most cost-effective funding sources available to startups. This article explains what Venture Capital firms are and how they operate.

Venture capital is a form of private equity financing that is typically invested in businesses that have long-term growth potential. Here you'll learn how VC works.

As with all types of funding, there are pros and cons to receiving VC funding. Here are the main 6.

Startup accelerators are a great tool to raise funds, learn and make connections. In this article, we explain what accelerators are and rank the best 15 ones.

If you’re building a startup and looking to raise some funding, here you can find the top 50 VC firms, ordered by their number of investments.

Raising venture capital funding is the path followed by most startups. In this article, we show you 10 steps to raising venture capital funding in 2022.

​​Incubators and accelerators are two popular sources of funding, mentorship, and networking opportunities for early-stage startups. Here are their 7 differences.

Here's a list of the best European accelerators and incubators, including Antler, HighTechXL, and Entrepreneur First.

Here's a list of the best African accelerators and incubators, including Co-Creation Hub Nigeria, The Baobab Network and Catalyst Fund.

Here's a list of the best Asian accelerators and incubators, including Venture Catalysts, Marwari Catalysts, and LongHash Ventures.

VCs and companies are adapting by introducing virtual startup accelerators. Here are 10 remote startup accelerators for founders across the world.

It’s important to legally formalize the partnership with your startup’s co-founder(s). In this article, we go over the 13 components your agreement should include.

A comprehensive guide on finding co-founders, including what to look for in them, 15 places to find them, how to evaluate them and how to split equity.

If you think your company could benefit from a co-founder with certain tech skills that you don’t have, read this guide.

Here's a detailed guide and infographic on the steps you should take in order to find and hire the best developers and CTOs for your startup.

A comprehensive guide on startup culture: what is it, why is it important, who's responsible for setting it, and how to build a successful one (with examples).

Even or dynamic split of the equity? Founders and investors have strong opinions about these two paths. In this article, we analyze their pros and cons.

In this article, you'll learn what product-market fit is, how to measure it, how to achieve it, and the PMF journeys of 3 startups (Superhuman, Airbnb, Segment).

In this article, we go over the signs that indicate you’ve achieved PMF, and some metrics and frameworks that you can use to measure PMF.

We've come up with a framework to search and find PMF at every stage of your startup. Learn how to apply it and 3 startups' PMF journeys.

Avoid spending dozens of resources in building a business just to find out nobody wants it. Validate your ideas with MVPs. Here's how to do it.

In this article, we examine the business model of the fitness industry giant, Peloton, including its most recent revenue, fundraising and valuation numbers.

Vinted is a Lithuania-based clothing exchange marketplace. In this article, we dive into Vinted's business model and compare it with its competitors’ models.

In this article, we dive deep into PMF surveys, one of the best tools to measure product-market fit. Learn what they are and how to run one at your startup.

In this article, we analyze Klarna's background, business model, and recent numbers, including revenues, profits, and raised amounts.

How exactly does Robinhood make money if it doesn’t charge users any fees? In this article, we dive into their 5 revenue streams.

The "no-code" industry has grown amazingly during the last 5 years. However, is no-code always the best path? With this article, we aim to answer that.

In this article, I go over what programmatic SEO is, our 4-step process to do it, 5 common problems it causes, and various examples of startups using it.

Building in public has become more popular in the last years. In this article, you can find 20 open startups and a guide on how to build one yourself.

In this article, I go over the 5-step process I use to create data-centric content which gets backlinks, social media shares, traffic, and customers.

In this article, I go over what Side Project Marketing (aka. Engineering as Marketing) is, a 3-step process to do it, and lots of examples of startups using it.

Coming from an ad agency founder, here are the reasons why you should probably not hire an ad agency for your startup unless three conditions are met...

We've analyzed why +80 startups have failed and identified some of their common mistakes. Here're our findings!

+400 YC-backed startups have closed their doors in the last 15 years. Here are some of these failures.

In this article, we curated all of Amazon's failures up to 2023 and analyzed what went wrong with each of these.

Over the years, the Dragons have funded many successful projects, but they’ve also missed out on some pretty big opportunities. Here are the biggest 13

E-Commerce businesses have a small success rate of 10%-20%. In this article, we analyze the most common reasons why they fail.

About 9% of all Kickstarter projects fail to deliver rewards. In this article, we've collected the 12 biggest Kickstarter fails you should be glad to not have back.

90% of startups fail. In this article, we analyze where this percentage comes from and the main reasons why startups fail in 2023.

Google is one of the most successful companies in the world. Yet, many of the products they've launched failed. Here are their 30 biggest failures.

Shark Tank investors have backed companies that later failed and have missed big opportunities. In this article, we analyze the 18 Shark Tank's biggest failures.

Risks are part of building a business and they can led to the failure of startups. That's why in 2022 it's essential to apply a business risk management plan!

In a “great market,” a company’s “product doesn’t need to be great; it just has to work.” That’s what’s happening in the food delivery industry. Here's why.

Richard Wu was accepted at YC Summer 2019 to pitch his business idea. But, he committed some mistakes that he wants you to avoid.

Each of these 6 entrepreneurs faced tough times in their ascent to success. But they took every failure as a fresh opportunity and finally made it.

Acadium allows you to hire marketing interns for your startup at low costs. Here's my personal experience and some recommendations for using the platform.

I spent a month trying Penji. Here's what I liked, what I didn't, an explanation of how it works, and an analysis of the company (+ 25% off promo code).

No Code MVP is an online course that teaches how to quickly turn business ideas into MVPs, without coding. Here's my review.

DesignJoy is an unlimited design service. We tried it for one month and got our website re-designed. Here're our thoughts on the service and a 10% discount.

I purchased Draftss unlimited design service subscription for two months. Here are my thoughts on the service and the delivered work (+ an exclusive discount).

Micro Acquisitions is a course built by Ryan Kulp where he teaches how to buy, grow and sell small businesses profitably. Here's my review.

I used Kimp for one month. Here's how the service works, its pros and cons, its features, and a 50% off promo code.

A comprehensive analysis of Sendinblue's email marketing tool, dive into their features (including WordPress & Shopify), thoughts on their pricing and more!

I recently took Daniel Vassallo's well-known video course on how to build a Twitter audience. Here's my review as well as the key lessons I got.

I've been using GrowhtMentor since its Beta. Here's my 2023 review of this tool, which allows you to book unlimited calls with mentors for just $120/mo.

I recently took Demand Curve's Startup Growth Program. Here are my thoughts on the course, including the positive and negative sides.

Notion has become one of the standard productivity tools for startups, but it can result a little bit expensive in the early stages. Here are 4 discounts.

Airtable has become the alternative to Google Sheets for lots of startups. But it can be an expensive tool in the early stages. Here are 8 discounts.

HubSpot is one of the most common marketing tools used by startups. But it can be quite expensive in the early stages. That's why I collected 7 discount codes.

Freshworks is a software suite for sales, marketing, and customer service, used by startups. But it can be quite expensive. Here are 5 discount coupons.

Here's what 9 FullStory customers pay for their subscription and 3 ways to get a discounted price.

Morning Brew is a free email newsletter that collects the latest business and tech news. After receiving their emails for many months, I decided to write a review.

Around is a new video-conferencing tool that displays participants’ videos in floating circles. Here’s our review.

Here’s a list of the five best pitch deck design services and some valuable tips for outsourcing these services.

Investment memos are a concise way to pitch your company to investors. In this article, we share a step-by-step process for creating a perfect memo.

Here's a collection of the top 30 business blogs you should read if you want to become a better founder and leader in 2023.

There are hundreds of courses for entrepreneurs to validate ideas and build MVPs. In this article, we collect the best 15 ones, both free and paid.

A founder's guide to hectocorns, including a list of the two existing hectocorn companies (Bytedance and SpaceX) and the next ones to become (Stripe).

There are thousands of courses for entrepreneurs. In this article, we collect the best 34 ones, both free and paid, covering a wide range of business topics.

Sales-focused movies can often teach you valuable lessons about sales. In this article, we've collected the best 30 of these movies.

I frequently listen to audiobooks while working. Here's a list of 35 amazing audiobooks for entrepreneurs, which I've found useful or heard great things about.

Finding the right entrepreneur podcasts can lead to gaining valuable knowledge and building strong relationships. Here's a list of the 35 best ones.

No matter what stage your startup idea is in, these 10 templates will help you develop and scale it!

Here's a curated list of the best unlimited graphic and web design services (with discounts), as well as a guide on how to take the most out of your subscription.

Newsletters can be informational goldmines for entrepreneurs, just if you know which one to subscribe to. Here's a list of the best 65 newsletters for founders.

Here's the most complete collection of business books you can get for free on the internet in 2023, covering a wide range of topics.

Decacorns are private companies valued at more than $10B. In this article, we explain them in detail and list the 47 companies that have reached this status.

There’s a lot to track when raising funds for your startup idea. These 7 Notion templates will help you raise a successful round.

Here's what 5 Carta customers pay for their subscription and 3 ways to get a discounted price.

Here's what 8 FullStory customers pay for their subscription and some thoughts on whether PitchBook is worth its pricing or not.

Notion is a great tool for organizing your goals and tracking your progress. Here're 7 Notion templates that will help you achieve your goals in 2023.

Here's a list of the best 25 business biography books for entrepreneurs, including the stories of Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, and Jeff Bezos.

A collection of 50 business movies that will make you a better founder, while you have a great time watching them.

The best founders know that staying on top of the news is essential. A great way to do it is to read business magazines. Here's a list of the best ones.

Over the 14 seasons, Shark Tank has seen a plethora of products come and go. But only a few of them have succeeded. Here are the 25 most successful ones.

Here's a list of the best business shows for entrepreneurs, a description of each, and the places where you can watch them.

To be a salesperson, you need to surround yourself with like-minded peers. Here are 7 sales communities you should join.

Communities are an important resource for SaaS founders. Here are the top 6 communities you should join.

If you're a non-technical founder, it’s important you surround yourself with like-minded people. Here’s a list of the best 8 No-Code communities you should join.

Coworking spaces are where startups and other creatives can come together and grow. Here are the 10 best coworking spaces in Canada you should visit.

Coworking spaces have become a great alternative to regular office spaces. This list looks at 11 of the best coworking spaces in Phoenix.

Coworking spaces are on the rise in Bristol for entrepreneurs and small businesses looking to grow. Here are the 10 best coworking spaces in Bristol.

Following the SaaS industry can be a challenge. Here are the best 6 SaaS newsletters to help you stay in touch with what's happening.

Businesses in the e-commerce space need the best news and resources to help them stay ahead. Here are the 8 best e-commerce newsletters you should join.

If you’re a product manager looking to strengthen your skills and learn more about the industry, here are the 7 best newsletters you should subscribe to.

In this interview, Mike, president of Invention City, goes through his never-ending entrepreneurial journey (which has led to+ $600,000,000 in retail sales).

Ryan built a side-project where people could bet on the future of different companies. He made $150 but he wasn't able to make it viable. Here's why.

Henrik has built many startups, most of which had shut down. However, he was able to turn 3 “failures” into lessons, useful for setting up a production company.

Amir Rajan went on a sabbatical year, built a mobile game called "A Dark Room", hit #1 on the App Store, and grossed over $800,000. Here's his story.