Startup Resources

Startup Communities: Building an Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Your City by Wiley

How to build an entrepreneurial community in your city. Boulder USA case study, stakeholders, leadership, problems, solutions, events, startups, accelerators, university involvement, government involvement and the roadmap.

The Innovator's Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization by Harvard Business Review Press

Map out innovation from the beginning to the end including static and dynamic interdependancies. Bring new ideas to market with less risk.

The Lights in the Tunnel: Automation, Accelerating Technology and the Economy of the Future by CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

How will the economy and jobs change with automation? What is involved with the transition? Alternative new structures going forward.

Leading Digital: Turning Technology into Business Transformation by Harvard Business Review Press

Building digital capabilities, building leadership capabilities and implementing digital transformation.

The Innovator's Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change) by Harvard Business Review Press

Why great companies can fail? Managing disruptive technological change. Case studies.

Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want (Strategyzer) by Wiley

Create products and services that address customer jobs, pains and gains. Validate your business operations and scale.

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Portfolio

Start your idea, business, startup with Why. Vision, mission and goals come from Why.

Insight Selling: Surprising Research on What Sales Winners Do Differently by Wiley

More involved direct selling methods to capture market share and have more sales.

Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers by Wiley

Build a 1 page Business Model Canvas showing how your business operates. Validate, improve and scale your business model.

The Business Model Navigator: 55 Models That Will Revolutionise Your Business by FT Publishing International

See examples of progressive companies business models that could be modeled in your business. Try some for competitive advantage.

The 1-Page Marketing Plan: Get New Customers, Make More Money, And Stand Out From The Crowd by Successwise

Define your customer avatar, message, communication medium, lead capture, lead nuture and sales coversion. Create a business growing marketing system.

The New Rules of Marketing and PR: How to Use Social Media, Online Video, Mobile Applications, Blogs, Newsjacking, and Viral Marketing to Reach Buyers Directly by Wiley

The modern digital methods of marketing, branding, content creation and distribution. Create content and reach buyers directly.