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Books

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The Art of the Start 2.0: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
The Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide, Second Edition The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business
The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses Running Lean: Iterate from Plan A to a Plan That Works (Lean Series)
The Startup Owner’s Manual: The Step-By-Step Guide for Building a Great Company

Glossary

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Forms/Reports Templates

HR Guidelines and Templates: A collection of how-to information regarding human resources, combined with templates for useful forms and letters. How-to covers job interviews, and notices that federal and state laws require to be displayed in the workplace. Templates include a job description form, a job offer letter, and more.  This material was provided by HR Answers.

Developing a Business Plan

Misc. Forms and Templates

Sample Investment Documents

At the National Venture Capital Association (nvca.com) you’ll find model documents for:

  • Stock Purchase Agreement Example
  • Investor Rights Agreement Example
  • Voting Agreement Example
  • Management Rights Letter Example
  • Convertible Note
  • Term sheet

More reading

You’ll find lots of good reference material on just about any entrepreneurial topic in our curated tag-cloud of blog posts from entrepreneurs and investors.