] by Don Sagrott, founder@sospep.com - a compilation of some of the best blogs that you will find on the subject of "startups"
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] 2016-10-30
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] http://onstartups.com/ - * - OnStartups was started by HubSpot founder Dharmesh Shah. The blog is a goldmine of actionable advice for any entrepreneur.
] http://www.saastr.com/ - * - SaaStr was created in 2012 and has quickly risen to become one of the most respected online resources for SaaS startups and entrpreneurs, collecting over 2.5M views a month. It's founder, Jason Lemkin, is an expert in the field, sharing everything he has learned going from $0 to $100M ARR. Lemkin started 2 companies and has led or sourced the first VC investments in numerous SaaS/ enterprise start-ups such as Guidespark, Pipedrive, Salesloft and RainforestQA. This blog is a must-read!
] http://www.quicksprout.com/blog/ - - Quicksprout is the creation of Neil Patel, the co-founder of KISSmetrics and Crazy Egg. He might be the most prolific blogger in the world. Inc, Forbes, Entrepreneur, you name it, Neil will show up. Not only does he pump out loads of content, it's consistently some of the best you'll read anywhere. His "ultimate guides" pack more value than a lot of the paid resources floating around online. His insights have had a huge impact on the content strategy we execute here at JitBit. A top 3 on this list!
] http://www.copyblogger.com/blog/ - - Google anything related to copywriting and this website will show up. Brian Clark and the team at Copyblogger continually produce some of the most actionable and thought-provoking content that will have you producing more and engaging and higher converting copy in short time. Their guides are a must-read.
] http://copyhackers.com/ - * - Joanna Wiebe delivers one of the best copywriting resources you'll find anywhere online. In her own words, "I teach startups how to convert like mofos using li'l ol' words, old-school copywriting and new-skool smartz". If you're a startup founder, micropreneur or marketer looking to boost conversions with your words, this should be a first stop.
] http://conversionxl.com/blog/ - * - Peep Laja sells money for a living. He is a world renowned conversion optimization expert who has built a reputation on helping companies of all sizes find where they are leaking money and fix it. He started the ConversionXL blog, which is now the #1 conversion optimization resource online. Be careful, this blog can suck you in for hours!
] https://lessaccounting.com/blog/ - * - Less Accounting provides accounting software for small businesses. Their blog is a treasure trove of great advice to help small business owners enjoy working with their money again.
] http://blog.getvero.com/ - * - Jimmy Daly has quickly turned the Vero blog into a go-to resource for anyone wanting to learn how to set up successful onboarding and email automation campaigns. This blog has been at the top of the RSS feed for a long time. It always delivers at least one "aha" moment.
] http://joel.is/ - * - Joel Gascoigne is the co-founder and CEO at Buffer, one of the world's most popular social sharing apps. His blog has over 100 articles providing a transparent look at everything he has learned about startups, life and happiness throughout his journey with Buffer.
] http://andrewchen.co/recent/ - - Andrew Chen is involved with some of the most successful startups on the planet. He has written over 650 essays which have been featured and quoted in the New York Times, Fortune, Wired and WSJ. He regularly writes in-depth essays on a range of topics from mobile product design to fundraising to user growth. Read every word!
] http://tomtunguz.com/ - * - This startup blog is a personal favorite! Tomasz Tunguz is a partner at Redpoint VC and writes daily, data-driven blog posts about key questions facing startups including how to fund raise, startup benchmarks, management best practices and team building. All his insights are based on years of experience working directly with some of the most successful startups on the planet.
] http://www.coelevate.com/ - * - This is the blog of Brian Balfour, currently the VP of Growth at HubSpot. Brian has started multiple VC backed companies, and grown user bases to millions of active daily users. His articles on growth and user acquisition have been featured on sites such Forbes and OnStartups. He regularly shares long form actionable growth essays on the CoElevate blog. With endorsements from people like Hiten Shah and Noah Kagan, you'll quickly realize why this blog is on the shortlist.
] http://sixteenventures.com/ - * - Sixteen ventures is the brainchild of Lincoln Murphy, a customer success and acquisition expert who has helped over 300 SaaS companies accelerate their growth by optimizing the Customer Lifecycle, from acquisition to retention. Lincoln has been featured in Inc Magazine, Fast Company, Venture Hacks and has spoken at industry events including SaaS University, HostingCon and Pulse. We devour every piece of content he publishes.
] http://www.shopify.com/blog - - There is a reason over 100,000 people have signed up for the Shopify blog. They share uber actionable content on a daily basis. A lot of the content has a strong ecommerce focus, but there is a lot of other content related to list building, traffic generation, conversion optimization and a host of topics positioned to help businesses grow sales. We check this one out every day!
] r# 1 comments
] http://blog.videofruit.com - Bryan Harris - ++(starting a business, reverse engineering successful campaigns, growing your email list)
] http://backlinko.com - Brian Dean - ++(conversion rate optimization, seo) Brian Dean is a daddy of link building and you would love to bi his son :-). Ton of great growth tactics.
] https://m.signalvnoise.com) - Basecamp - -Signal vs Noise wisdom from Basecamp crew. It is hybrid of Seth Godin and Groove blog. Must read
] r# 2
] http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/ - - Both Sides of the Table is the creation of entrepreneur turned VC, Mark Suster. He sold one of his startups, Koral, to Saleforce and is now General Partner at Upfront Ventures. This blog provides a lot of valuable lessons to startup founders.
] http://predictablerevenue.com/blog - - Aaron Ross is the founder and best selling author of Predictable Revenue. He has been teaching companies of all sizes how to double and triple new sales since he helped Salesforce grow from $5M to $100M.
] http://close.io/ - - This is our favorite blog when it comes to building successful SaaS sales strategies. Steli Efti is one of the best closers on the planet. His posts often feature interviews with other successful startup founders where they break down the exact processes you need to develop profitable sales processes, hire top sellers, build compensation plans and establish early sales in strongly product-focused startups. Please give this one your undivided attention.
] http://steveblank.com/ - - Steve Blank is a Silicon Valley serial-entrepreneur who is recognized for developing the Customer Development methodology, which launched the Lean Startup movement. He also hosts a must-see weekly radio show powered by Wharton School titled "Entrepreneurs Are Everywhere"
] http://growthhackers.com/ - Growth Hackers is an active community of growth-focused marketers. People upvote and comment on popular articles making it easy to find the best content. We love the "Growth Studies" section. This is where you'll see experts such as Morgan Brown and Sean Ellis deconstruct the growth strategies of powerhouse brands like Uber, Stripe, Spotify and HubSpot.
] http://workawesome.com/ - - The blog gets over 500,000 monthly pageviews and covers life hacks and tips on how to be more productive at work and in life. Valuable lessons for any entrepreneur.
] http://www.digitalmarketer.com/blog/ -
] http://500.co/ - 500 Startups is a leading global venture capital seed fund and startup accelerator. It manages over $200M in assets and invests in 1300+ technology start-ups. Needless to say, these guys know what they are talking about.
] r# 3
[HOW-TO]
] I did a google query for the "best startup blogs",
] copied the complete listing of blogs from each of the top {3} ranked articles
] combined the listings from the 3 articles into 1 list
] removed the duplicated entries, ADDED an * for each entry that appeared on > 1 article list
] added additional 'blogs' based on recommendations in comments on article, either > 1 recommender, recognized, reviewed
] # 445 - LIST-SITES IN business/startups/sites - has section on startup blogs
] r# 1 = https://www.groovehq.com/blog/startup-blogs - 26 blogs by groove hq - - kinda cool, earlier I was looking for "from 0 - 100k mrr" blogger, this was him turnbull alex,