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Startup Resources

Curated collection of resources for founders and startups

General

Paul Graham’s essays

Sam Altman’s blog

Y Combinator Startup School

OpenAI for Startups

Idea

How to come up with startup ideas by Paul Graham

How to get and evaluate startup ideas by YC

How to come up with startup ideas by Founder Institute

‘Somebody Make This’ subreddit

YC requests for startups

Test your startup idea

The first principles method explained by Elon Musk

Idea validation tactics from Linear, Mercury and more

Building MVP

How to build an MVP

Vibe Coding guide (Claude Code and Codex)

Lovable best practices

Prompt Engineering guide

Collection of best UX practices

SaaS startup CTO checklist

The best landing page builders on the market today

Collection of free design tools and resources

Platform for product analytics, experiments & surveys

AI stack to build a startup

Framework for product success from Sequoia

Superhuman’s framework to find Product Market Fit

Value props: create a product people will actually buy

Guide to building MicroSaaS businesses

Website builder for startups

MUI: react UI tools

UX research & design testing platform

User feedback tool

Fundraising

How to raise money by Paul Graham

How to convince investors by Paul Graham

How to raise your first round of funding by FI

A guide to Seed fundraising from YC

Ultimate YC application guide

40 startup accelerators for early-stage founders

50 pitch decks from startups that raised $380M+

Investor update template by 500 Global

Guide to cap table for founders

Find investors to raise capital

One minute pitch to make investors say ‘yes’

Interactive Index Ventures OptionPlan

Understanding SAFEs and priced equity rounds

All the metrics that matter to investors

Templates: financial model, pitch deck, one-pager

Marketing & Growth

Growth for startups by YC

How to get your first customers

How to build your GTM strategy from scratch

GTM Actions (12 proven ways from unicorn companies)

How to rank high on AI engines

How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product

Strategy I used to grow my app to $6M ARR

Lazy SEO guide for startup founders

SEO for startups (grow on budget)

How to go from 0 to $5M ARR profitably (step by step)

How to use Reddit to grow a $1M SaaS

Blueprint for hacking UGC growth on social media

How to successfully launch on Product Hunt

Email marketing platform built for SaaS