Over the past few months, I spent a lot of time reading various articles about startups: how to identify the best ideas, how to find the right people for your project, how to avoid common mistakes, how to make it grow without ending up with a disorganized structure. I was also interested in a topic that is more specific to non-American entrepreneurs: how to build your startup in the US without being a US citizen.

Here are "a few" articles I kept in my dedicated bookmarks folder. At least 90% of them are articles from TechCrunch, sorry about that. Some articles might be irrelevant, but I hope you will find a few interesting ones in there :)

Articles:

• Should Entrepreneurs Bet It All On The Billion Dollar Exit, Or Cash Out Small?


• The Seven Principles You Need to Know to Build a Great Social Product


• Why Big Web Companies Don’t Come out of Europe, Plus More Spotify Promises (TCTV)


• Jack Dorsey On Charlie Rose: “It’s Really Complex To Make Something Simple.”


• Finally, a Startup Visa That Works


• Ten Entrepreneurship Rules for Building Massive Companies « Greylock VC


• Why Even Ron Conway Couldn’t Persuade Me To Move To Silicon Valley


• Foreign Entrepreneurs Eye StartUp Visa Act - WSJ.com


• Inside Facebook… For fun and profit. | EBFE


• Delivering Happiness — A Path To Profits, Passion, and Purpose | by Tony Hsieh


• Why The New Guy Can’t Code


• Dangerous Ideas: Getting Started Is Overrated


• 5 Popular Startups and How They Got Funding


• Merger Mania: Corp Dev Execs Talk For An Hour About Who They’d Buy And Why


• One Book Every Entrepreneur and VC Should Own | TechCrunch


• Web Project Managers: Make Everyone’s Job Easy | Web Project Management tips | Web Project Manager | thesambarnes


• Start Fund And SV Angel invest $9 Million In New Y Combinator Startups | TechCrunch


• LinkedIn Takes A Deep Data Dive On Startup Founder Profiles | TechCrunch


• The Job Of A CEO At A 200 Person Company | TechCrunch


• Andrew Mason’s Silicon Valley Problem: He’s Not Here | TechCrunch


• How To Sell Your Company | TechCrunch


• The Complete Guide To Freemium Business Models | TechCrunch


• What To Look For In A Company Board | TechCrunch


• VCs Weigh In On What It Takes To Be A Successful Investor | TechCrunch


• Hell Yes, Mayor Bloomberg. I’m With You.


• Ten Principles of Eternal Team Mojo « YallaStartup!


• Skype’s Worthless Employee Stock Option Plan: Here’s Why They Did It


• Free Startup Tools: How Does Your Term Sheet Compare To The Standards? | TechCrunch


• In The Ring: Problems, Problems Everywhere | TechCrunch


• Ten Tips On How To Work With Your Board Of Directors | TechCrunch


• Keen On… Why The Third Industrial Revolution Will Take Place in Europe Rather Than America (TCTV) | TechCrunch


• There Will Be Cake: Here’s How To Motivate Your Start-Up | TechCrunch


• How DropBox Started As A Minimal Viable Product | TechCrunch


• Why Diversity Is Bad For Startups | TechCrunch


• The 9 Skills Needed to Be a Super-Connector | TechCrunch


• Trouble Hiring? Create A Cult. | TechCrunch


• Facebook’s Zuckerberg: If I Were Starting A Company Now, I Would Have Stayed In Boston | TechCrunch


• How Entrepreneurs Can Create Their Own Luck | TechCrunch


• Looking To Hire Top Talent For Your Startup? Here Are Five Things You Should Know. | TechCrunch


• Now I Know: Entrepreneurs Discuss Success, Failure, And Lessons Learned In New Video Series | TechCrunch


• Jack Dorsey: “The Hardest Thing For Any Entrepreneur Is To Start” | TechCrunch


• How to Make Your Startup Go Viral The Pinterest Way | TechCrunch


• Sean Parker: “Little Startups Are Ridiculously Over-Funded” | TechCrunch


• Why Instagram Is So Popular: Quality, Audience, & Constraints | TechCrunch


• Social Proof Is The New Marketing | TechCrunch


• How Entrepreneurs Can Increase Productivity by 500% | TechCrunch


• Building For The Long Haul | TechCrunch


• Exploring The “Labs” Trend in Consumer Startups | TechCrunch


• The Web Is Rewarding Greed and Bad Behavior (Business As Usual) | TechCrunch


• Eight Ways To Go Viral


• Lies Entrepreneurs Tell | TechCrunch


• How to Survive Your First Year As An Entrepreneur | TechCrunch


• Five Myths Of The Enterprise Startup | TechCrunch


• How I Designed CodeYear.com in 1 Hour | SachaGreif.com


• Details Matter | TechCrunch


• HOW TO: Win the War for the Most Talented Employees

Good luck reading all this! Please share your own favorite links in the comments.

- François

Best pitching resource I have ever seen!

For those of us who have to pitch in the MNT/Entrepreneur Clash of the Titans,

You will find a great video from one of the best Angel in the Valley explaining how to captivate your audience and convert your pitch into a powerful fundraising tool. Just follow the link.

http://video.seedcamp.com/video/865597/seedcamp-week-2010-how-to

It is very long (45 mins) but most of it is interesting and entertaining.

Good Night,

Hadrien

Don't be childish.

Hello guys,

I don't know if you have followed the whole Google + Search integration drama but I thought that article about how Twitter & Facebook were pretty childish about this issue was interesting.

http://gigaom.com/2012/01/23/dont-be-evil-is-not-a-slogan-nor-a-browser-extension/

Has anyone tried the "Don't be evil" extension?

What are your thoughts?

The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video | Magazine

The YouTube Laugh Factory: A Studio System for Viral Video | Magazine:

Humm... a meme factory! in Culver City California...

And youtubers making up to $72K a year!

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com:

IBM Sends Watson Supercomputer to Business School

Have you all heard about Watson? The Jeopardy champion of the world?

Looking forward to seeing you all in a week.

james

Don't write on the whiteboard :: Joseph Perla

Don't write on the whiteboard :: Joseph Perla

How to do a techie interview where you have to write code....
For example for a APM or PM post at Google....

(For the geeks among you!)

have a good week!

james
(comments are welcome!)

"I recently interviewed at a major technology company. I won't mention the name because, honestly, I can't remember whether I signed an NDA, much less how strong it was.

I did well. Mostly because of luck. I normally step over myself when I interview. I guess I've improved over the years. Here are a few tips to ace your own interview......"

Let's sing!

Hi everyone,

I didn't sing during our last English class 'cause I'm such a bad singer. Instead, I have something that you might find interesting (specially if you love Queen):

This is a YouTube video from Google to promote Google+ Hangout and it's just awesome! If you have time check the Google YouTube Channel, they made really good videos.

I can't sing but do you know you can make your Mac sing?
Open a terminal and copy-paste this: say -v "Good News" "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me"


Have a nice week everyone, see you soon
Julien


And just a little bonus because I took too much time to post this (I should have post it last Friday): here the last Google video about the new Google Search Engine features (posted on YouTube yesterday).

Looks great to me. I want to test it!

You Start the Girl Effect - Girl Effect

You Start the Girl Effect - Girl Effect

one of Ted's best ads of the year!

ted.com/aws

what do you think?

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration | Video on TED.com

Luis von Ahn: Massive-scale online collaboration | Video on TED.com

have you heard about the reCaptcha project? or Duolingo.com?

hear all about it here! ( from the person who invented Captcha's!)

looking forward to seeing you all soon

happy new year!

james