About This Founder Resources Page
Startup Seeds is built around the database of business ideas we extract from top startup podcasts. But an idea on its own is not enough. You also need tools, references, and operators who have been where you want to go. This page is where we collect the resources we actually recommend to founders researching their first or next business.
We only include things we have either used directly or had recommended to us repeatedly by operators on the podcasts we follow. If something is listed here, it is because it shortens the distance between picking an idea and running a real business.
How founders typically use this page
- After picking an idea from the database, come here to find the tools for landing pages, payments, hosting, and outreach you will need to test it cheaply.
- When stuck on a specific problem, scan the categorized lists above for a shortcut. Most early-stage problems (validating demand, writing the first landing page, finding the first ten customers) are well-trodden.
- As a reference for newsletter subscribers who ask us what to read or listen to when they are starting out.
For the full list of ideas we have indexed, visit the main database. For the shows we mine for ideas, see our podcasts page. And for deeper reading on how to actually execute, the blog covers validation, bootstrapping, and finding your first customers.