Startups

and some corporate stuff. to heavily refactor.

General

• http://ircstartups.pbworks.com/ - #startups, non-official hn channel (see also ##hackernews)

• http://www.startups.co.uk/

• Rethink your Startup Website: Make a Net, not a Funnel

• http://joel.is/post/36051780992/the-maker-manager-transition-phase

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elevator_pitch

• http://hbr.org/

• http://www.paulgraham.com/guidetoinvestors.html
• http://iamwil.posterous.com/i-got-into-yc-after-applying-six-times-heres/

• https://www.docracy.com/mobileprivacy/

• http://www.slideshare.net/Flippadotcom/how-do-websites-make-money-16613130

Hiring

• Hiring your first employee (a UK guide)
• How I hire writers
• http://ryancarson.com/post/26412233938/hiring-your-first-employee
• http://www.ewherry.com/2012/06/the-recruiter-honeypot/

• Velocity 2010 - Adam Jacob on DevOps

• http://sivers.org/delegate/

• http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/187296/How_Valve_hires_how_it_fires_and_how_much_it_pays.php#.US0ViYe8Koy

• https://github.com/darcyclarke/Front-end-Developer-Interview-Questions
• https://www.kennethnorton.com/essays/productmanager.html

Management

• http://www.lean.org/whatslean/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lean_manufacturing

• https://thelab.o2.com/2013/01/how-do-you-manage/

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5145097

• Greg Wilson - What We Actually Know About Software Development, and Why We Believe It's True

• http://leancanvas.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value-added_reseller

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_chain
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_proposition
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_addressable_market

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service-level_agreement

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Competitive_intelligence
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_intelligence

• http://www.sourcecon.com/news/2011/07/13/best-practices-for-the-creation-of-a-successful-sourcing-model/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Performance_measurement
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_performance_indicator
  • http://kpilibrary.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_driver

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_management

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innovation_management
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_foresight
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_title

• https://c1.cognician.com/ - software that frames issues by asks questions
• http://drupal.org/project/ideation - crowdsourced feedback, us education ept.

• http://www.huddle.com/this-is-huddle/about-huddle/
• http://goachiev.com/
• http://www.brightidea.com/
• http://www.imaginatik.com/
• http://www.spigit.com/
• http://www.managementinnovation.net/
• http://www.outsystems.com/

http://www.refactory.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_device_management

• http://www.vatlive.com/

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Co-creation

• http://techcrunch.com/2013/02/26/venture-assistance-a-philosophical-view-of-what-boards-should-and-should-not-do/

• http://life-longlearner.com/bd-101-less-obvious-ways-to-find-a-decision-maker/
• http://life-longlearner.com/how-to-find-a-decision-maker-part-1/

Outsourcing

• http://www.zdnet.com/time-to-spread-your-outsourcing-risk-3039288106/
• http://www.out-law.com/page-6322

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multisourcing
  • http://www.bcs.org/content/conWebDoc/13966
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vendor_management_system

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartner

• http://www.itbusinessedge.com/slideshows/show.aspx?c=79766

• sourcing guide

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_process_outsourcing - hmm

• http://www.waterstechnology.com/inside-market-data/discussion/1685477/paris-financial-information-summit-multi-sourcing-holds-key-data-quality

• http://www.ceoexpress.com/default.asp

• http://www.forbes.com/sites/drewhansen/2013/02/18/whats-the-source-of-y-combinators-success/