Startup Resources

Guy Kawasaki's Blog: A startup evangelist, entrepreneur, author, and venture capitalist, Guy Kawaski is the founder of Garage Technology Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm.  His blog covers a wide range of startup and general business topics, while entertaining readers with his insight on both life and business lessons.

Escape from Cubicle Nation: Liberated and intoxicated by working for herself, Pamela Slim successfully started Ganas Consulting, and has since worked with corporate clients like Cisco Systems and Charles Schwab. Her blog provides small business tips and how-to’s, as well as inspires corporate employees to become entrepreneurial within their current roles.

Seth Godin's Blog: Seth Godin has become a prolific resource for today’s marketer. An acclaimed author, Seth’s blog is on the cutting edge of what’s new and effective in marketing your business.

The Four Hour Workweek: Timothy Ferriss’ book, The Four Hour Workweek, has been a bestseller since it debuted in 2007. This book, and the website, provides readers with tips on how to manage time, streamline operations and outsource productivity bottlenecks. The goal? To help you work less and thrive more!

Robin Sharma: A frequent contributor to CNN and a world-renowned author, Robin Sharma’s philosophy on personal success and leadership can be summed up in two words: world class. His blog, books and presentations are designed to help people break through the mental roadblocks so they may fulfill their potential – in their career and beyond.

Personal Branding Blog: Do you have a personal brand? Most people don’t think of branding themselves, but Dan Schawbel thinks differently. Dan’s blog teaches us how to discover, create and maintain our personal brand to help us excel in our personal and professional lives.

Penelope Trunk: Penelope Trunk has made her mark on entrepreneurship with her recent book “Brazen Careerist: The New Rules for Success.” Her book and blog shake up common misconceptions about work, life, and how and where these two areas intersect.

Bird's Eye View: Sadly, the art of conversation has been lost in our world of email, IM and text messaging. Susan Willett Bird is a conversational expert and she’s trained some of the world’s brightest business leaders to reengage in good old fashioned face-to-face conversation. Her blog is a wonderful resource for teaching us how to have meaningful conversations that further success.

Eve Tahmincioglu: Eve is one of the world’s top journalists, authors and columnists on small businesses, career development and entrepreneurship. CareerDiva.net is her personal blog and offers an edgy, inspirational and often humorous glimpse inside all things work. In addition to writing books and blogs, Eve is also a columnist for MSNBC.com where she writes the weekly Your Careers column.

Finding What Matters: Launched by Carolyn Kepcher, who previously an executive with the Trump Organization and was his right-had person on the hit series on NBC, The Apprentice.  Carolyn is an expert on the topic of success in business, entrepreneurship and balancing a family.  FWM is a portal for career women everywhere who are wanting to balance success and their personal lives. 

StartUpNation: Fueled by the surge of entrepreneurship in the past decade, the Sloan Brothers have become a one-stop shop for all things pertinent to starting and operating a business. Whether searching for tips on accounting or ways to improve marketing, StartUpNation is a virtual encyclopedia of all things startup-related!

Small Business Administration: The SBA is here to serve your small business. Whether you need funding for your new venture or want to learn about pertinent business topics like disaster preparedness, the SBA provides a wealth of free information that’s at your fingertips.