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Useful resources for Startups
Baltic Startups Community
- Community for entrepreneurs in Finland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Sweden
- Blogs: arcticstartup.com, testmarket.eu - follow, comment and contribute
- Events Calendar: arcticstartup.com/events - follow and add your startup events
- Groups: LinkedIn and Facebook - network with fellow founders
- Database of Founders and Startups: arcticindex.com - list yourself and your startup
- Business plans: HumanIPO.com - submit idea, find advisors and angel funding
Incubators for early stage startups / projects
We think that incubators are really great initiatives for early stage ideas and startups. Apply to incubators to work closely with experienced mentors, some even provide seed financing.
Europe
- Bootcamp by Aalto Venture Garage, Finland. 2-week program, 4 times a year
- OpenFund, Creece. Investment €30-50K
- Seedcamp, UK. Local Seedcamps around Europe, follow the agenda
- TheDifferenceEngine, UK. 6 month program, £20K investment. Apply by October 3rd
- HackFWD, Germany. For tech teams, investment for 1 year, you can work from home
- StartupBootcamp, Denmark. 3 month program, plus investment
- TetuanValley, Spain
Americas
- Y-Combinator, USA. 2 times a year, up to $20K investment
- TechStars, USA, 4 cities (Boston, Boulder, Seattle NYC), up to $18K investment
- I/O Ventures, USA. Up to $25K investment
- StartupChile, Chile. Up to $40K investment
Online Libraries and Resources
- Garage48.org - from idea to service within 48 hours
- StartupToolsWiki - useful tools by categories (from design to HR and finance) by Martin Villig
- Startup Valuation Calculator by Martin Villig
- TheFunded - community of entrepreneurs to rate and review VCs by Tarvo Tamm
- HelpStartupOut - craiglist for startups by Jüri Kaljundi
- StartupLinkup - find co-founders and people for the early stage startups by Martin Villig
- Ask the VC blog (well categorized articles) by Jüri Kaljundi
- Q&A section at OnStartups.com by Mark Kofman
- iTunes University (download and listen) by Erki Katkosild
- Stanford Enterpreneurship Corner by Mark Kofman
- Drawer of random business ideas by Asko Seeba
- Quora - Q&A website organized by topics by Jüri Kaljundi
- 40 free sources to get coverage for startups by Peep Laja
Presentations by our Club Members
- Conference "From students to Entrepreneur" Oct '09 - How to find ideas and think big? (PDF) by Ragnar Sass
- Connect Estonia seminar Sept '09 - Money raising in Elbonia (PDF) by Ragnar Sass
Videos (in Estonian language)
- Mis on startup? Tõnu Runel (Edicy) AIESECi seminaril. May 2009
- Mis on startup? Ragnar Sass (UnitedDogs) by Mait Raava
- Mis on juhtimine? Martin Koppel (Fortumo) by Elmo Puidet
- Mitmed juhtimisalased video-intervjuud by Mait Raava
Useful books
- Jessica Livingston "Founders at Work" by Ingvar Kupinski
- The Startup Company Bible For Entrepreneurs by Janek Barndõk
- Business Models Inc by Rando Rannus
- Seth Godin "Permission Marketing" by Alari Aho
- Seth Godin "The Dip" by Alari Aho
- Geoffrey Moore "Crossing the Chasm" [B] by Martin Villig
- Mahan Khalsa "Lets Get Real or Lets Not Play" [B] by Martin Villig
- 37signals "Getting Real" (free eBook) by Martin Villig
[B] - Books available for borrowing.
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