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In This Edition:
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⚡YC, Sequoia & a16z
in One PDF
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Hidden YC Guides for
Founders
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The GTM Guide for
Underdogs
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⚡Your Shortcut
to Startup
Wins
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⚡YC, Sequoia
& a16z in
One PDF? Yep.
Grab It Fast
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Starting up is
hard.
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From idea
validation
to fundraising, there’s no
shortage of advice
— but the real
challenge? Finding what actually
works.
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So we curated 13 essential
resources
trusted by YC
founders,
investors, and
operators who’ve
been there, done
that.
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Here’s a glimpse
of what’s inside
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Validate
your idea
– Learn how to
spot
startup-worthy
problems with
Founder
Institute’s
framework.
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Plan your
MVP
– Michael Seibel
(YC) breaks down
what to build and what not
to.
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Michael
Seibel
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How
to
Plan
an
MVP
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Find
Product-Market
Fit
– See how
Superhuman built
an engine to get
there
faster.
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Raise your
first
round
– YC’s
step-by-step guide
to your first
investor
pitch.
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Master your
metrics
– Andrew Chen’s
iconic deck on
what investors really
look for.
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Avoid the
18
startup-killing
mistakes
– Paul Graham’s
timeless
must-read.
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Access real
pitch
decks
– 40+ examples
from top-funded
startups.
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And that’s just
scratching the
surface.
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Whether you’re
still
brainstorming your
big idea or
gearing up to
fundraise — this
eBook is your shortcut to
startup
wisdom.
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Download the
full guide
and level up your
founder
toolkit.
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Stop
Guessing.
Start
Growing — 13
Proven
Startup
Resources
130.14 KB •
PDF File
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Every resource in
this list could
save you weeks (if
not months) of
trial and
error.
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Hidden YC
Guides Every
Founder
Needs
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YC Wisdom They
Don’t Teach in
School
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Everyone knows
the famous YC
quotes. But the real
value? It’s buried
deep inside their
lesser-known
resources — the
ones only seasoned
founders talk
about.
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If you’re an
early-stage
founder trying to
go from idea → MVP →
fundraising →
scale, this collection
is your cheat
code. ⚡
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Here’s a taste of
what’s inside
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How to
Start a
Startup
(Stanford
Course)
— the gold
standard for
startup
fundamentals.
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Build Your
MVP the YC
Way
— practical
frameworks that
stop you from
overbuilding.
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Finding
Product-Market
Fit
— David Rusenko’s
guide to nailing
the hardest
stage.
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David
Rusenko
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How
To
Find
Product
Market
Fit
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How to
Pitch Your
Startup
— YC’s no-fluff
playbook for
storytelling that
sells.
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B2B vs B2C
Metrics
— the numbers that actually
matter to
investors.
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Understanding
SAFEs &
Equity
Rounds
— simplify your
fundraising
structure.
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Understanding
SAFEs
and
Priced
Equity
Rounds
by
Kirsty
Nathoo
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These aren’t just
blog posts —
they’re
battle-tested
lessons from YC
partners,
founders, and
alumni who’ve
built unicorns and
survived the dip.
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Download the
complete
eBook
to access all 14
resources — and
start building
smarter, faster,
and with fewer
mistakes.
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The Best YC
Resources
Aren’t the
Ones
Everyone
Talks About
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Because the best
founders don’t
guess.
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They learn from
the ones who’ve
already done
it.
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The GTM Guide
for
Underdogs
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6 GTM Secrets
for Scrappy
Founders
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Let’s be honest
—
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Most Go-To-Market
(GTM) playbooks
are written for VC-backed
startups
with deep pockets,
fancy CRMs, and
outbound teams of
20.
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But what if
you’re bootstrapped?
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No ad budget. No
big team. Just you
(and maybe your
co-founder) trying
to grow something
real.
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That’s where this
guide flips the
script.
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After studying 300+
bootstrapped
SaaS founders, Zdenko Zvada
& Alex Estner
revealed 6 scrappy GTM
tactics
that actually work without
raising a
cent.
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Here’s a sneak
peek
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Mine negative
reviews for
leads
— your
competitors’ angry
customers are your
warmest
prospects.
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Go where
micro-communities
live
— Reddit, Slack,
and Discord are
your hidden growth
channels.
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Collaborate
with niche
influencers
— forget big
names;
micro-creators
move faster and
convert
better.
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Extend
founder-led
sales
— every call
teaches you what
money can’t buy:
real user
feedback.
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Build
education-first
funnels
— teach first,
sell later. It
builds trust and
qualified
leads.
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Get listed (or
build your own
directory)
— meet customers
exactly where
they’re
searching.
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These aren’t
hacks. They’re survival
strategies
for builders who
don’t have a
million-dollar
runway — just
relentless
focus.
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Download the
full eBook
for detailed
frameworks, real
examples, and
step-by-step
guides.
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Most GTM
advice out
there is for
VC-backed
startups
9.32 MB •
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Because not all
growth playbooks
need
funding.
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Some just need
hustle. ⚡
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Startups
Buzz
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When Failure
Becomes Your
Greatest
Mentor
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Every founder
fails.
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But the ones who
win? They treat
every mistake like
a masterclass in
what not
to do next.
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Here’s how to
build a culture
where learning
outpaces losing —
and every setback
becomes a stepping
stone.
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Read how
failure
turns into
your unfair
advantage.
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The Hidden DNA
of
High-Performance
Startup Teams
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It’s not
ping-pong tables
or stock options
that make a
startup
unstoppable — it’s alignment,
trust,
and a shared
obsession with the
mission.
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This piece breaks
down how top
founders hire for
mindset (not
résumés), create
psychological
safety, and keep
teams thriving
through
chaos.
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Discover
what
separates
great teams
from
fast-burning
ones.
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50+ Rules They
Don’t Teach You
About Surviving
Startups
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Startups aren’t
won by luck —
they’re survived
through grit,
clarity, and
relentless
adaptability.
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This guide
distills
hard-earned
lessons from
founders who’ve
been through the
chaos — the mental
frameworks, money
habits, and focus
rituals that keep
them in the
game.
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Discover
the unspoken
rules every
founder ends
up learning
the hard
way.
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WEB PICKS
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Wikipedia just
told AI
companies to pay
up — urging them
to use its paid
API instead of
scraping
millions of free
pages for model
training.
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JP Morgan
analysts reveal
the staggering
math behind AI’s
future — and why
it could mean an
extra $35 from
every iPhone
user
(forever).
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Berkshire
Hathaway issues
a warning after
AI-generated
clones of Warren
Buffett start
spreading
dangerous
financial
misinformation.
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“Walk My Walk,”
a fully
AI-generated
country hit,
just topped
Billboard’s
charts — proving
that
machine-made
music isn’t the
future, it’s the
present.
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Google’s next
AI model is
about to drop
with next-gen
image generation
powers — a major
leap for
creators and
developers
alike.
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