Things that might be useful for starting a (web) startup
NOTE: I haven't started a startup and it's more than likely that I never will. But just in case I ever do, I want to keep a list of things that might be useful.
- Nolo legal guides on how-to-incorporate in various states
- Delaware seems like the best place to incorporate as of 10-03
- http://getsatisfaction.com provides a tech-support website for $20/mo (well, it's free, but you really want at least one official moderator)
- Use Google App Engine for scalable web apps as of 10-03
- linode and slicehost seem like the most popular VPS sites as of 10-03. the hostingfu blog has comments about hosting-finding topics.
- Amazon S3 for cheaply serving static content as of 10-03
- Read about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_statements and the 4 basic statements
- See [1] for lists of relevant various developer tools. You may want a version control system, an issue tracker, a wiki, a blog, and/or a CMS
- Fluid Democracy or Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure as parliamentary authority
Predictably, a bunch of ppl have written self-help books for startup-starting. I dunno which are good. I haven't read any. Here's some I saw mentioned:
guarantee ability to remove from mailing list when subscribing; example:
"
Please enter your email address below to sign up for our mailing list Your email address:
XXXXX uses SafeUnsubscribe? which guarantees the permanent removal of your email address from its mailing lists. "
better: also guarantee no sharing, even in event of acquisition
like dropbox, if you offer rewards to someone for signing up, make them symmetric