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I have compiled the best advice for startups given by successful entrepreneurs or specialized publications, covering all the phases of the process: from planning the presentations and business plans for the VC’s to the daily operations tips:

• The Art of the Executive Summary by Guy Kawasaki
• A Guide to Starting Your Business by Chris Campbell
• Startup Tips for the Early, Early Days by Dharmesh Shah
• Startup Marketing: Big Bang vs. Darwinian Evolution by Dharmesh Shah
• How to save money running a startup (17 really good tips) by Jason Calacanis
• Startup Handbook: How to identify and deal with the slow masses, knowledgeable skeptics, and savvy dreamers by Jason Calacanis
• 36 Startup Tips: From Software Engineering to PR and More! by Alex Iskold
• A Couple of My Rules for Startups by Mark Cuban
• Ten Rules For Startup Success by Loic Le Meur
• Ten Rules for Web Startups by Evan Williams
• The Entrepreneur’s New Year’s Resolution: “I Will Fix My Pitch” by Bill Reichert
• The hardest lessons for startups to learn by Paul Graham
• How to start a startup by Paul Graham
• A student’s guide to startups by Paul Graham
• 10 Rules For Startups by Andy Fox
• Start-up advice for entrepreneurs, from Y Combinator Startup School by Mark Coker
• Pithy Insights On Startup Marketing by Dharmesh Shah
• Starting a Business: Advice from the Trenches by Kevin Potts
• The Top 10 Questions Investors Asked Us by Chris Campbell

Also, be careful with:

• The Top Ten Lies of Venture Capitalists (by Guy Kawasaki)
  

And avoid:

• The 18 mistakes that kill startups (by Paul Graham)
• 10 Stupid Mistakes Made by the Newly Self-Employed (by Steve Pavlina)
• The Top 10 Mistakes People Make When Starting A Business (by Evan Carmichael)

And never, ever forget how useful Search Engine Optimization and Internet Marketing in general can be to consolidate your business on the Internet -as a sales, publicity, communications and service support channel- as Rand Fishkin of SEOmoz pointed out in his article:

• I’m Getting Pretty Tired of Startup Advice that Doesn’t Include Any Mention of SEO

Do you know of additional startups resources to include?

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