Here are some resources for getting started with a startup in New York City:

(And don’t forget to find a co-founder and sign up for free mentoring)


Books:

The Four Steps to the Epiphany by Steven Gary Blank.

Crossing the Chasm by Geoffrey Moore

Founders at Work: Stories of Startups’ Early Days

Engineering Your Start-Up: A Guide for the High-Tech Entrepreneur (2nd Edition)

The Art of the Start: The Time-Tested, Battle-Hardened Guide for Anyone Starting Anything

Entrepreneur’s Notebook: Practical Advice for Starting a New Business Venture


Groups/Events:

Garysguide.org for a list of amazing tech events in the city.

NY Tech Meetup sign up for this group to engage with the largest tech community in NYC.

NextNY sign up for this group as well for high-quality discussions.

New York Entrepreneur Week

Girls in Tech New York

Bootup IO

Ultra Light Startups

Hackers and Founders

Brooklyn+30

Augmented Reality New York

Endeavor

Hatchery

Startup One Stop

Founders Institute New York

Entrepreneurs Roundtable

New York PHP

MIT Enterprise Forum of NY

Web2NewYork

iBreakfast

Mobile Monday New York

Young Women Social Entrepreneurs

Lean Startup Meetup New York


Early-stage VCs:


NYC SeedStart from NYCSeed

Union Square Ventures

Genacast

First Round Capital

Polaris Venture Partners

Spark Capital

Zelkova Ventures

Contour Ventures

Betaworks

Metamorphic Ventures

Founders Collective

NYC Investment Fund

DreamIt Ventures

SoftBank Capital

RRE Ventures

DFJ Gotham

Greenhill SAVP

General Catalyst

IA Capital Partners


Angels/Angel Groups:


New York Angels

Keiretsu Forum New York

Esther Dyson

Scott Kurnit


Office Space for Small Companies / Co-working:


Hive at 55

DogPatch Labs

New Work City

Rose Tech Ventures

Sunshine suites

Tech Space

Common Spaces

NYU/Poly Incubator


Services:

Freelancers Union


Law Firms:

Fulbright & Jaworski

Gunderson Dettmer Stough

Roman R. Fichman


Blogs and other recommended reading:

http://avc.com

http://venturehacks.com

http://steveblank.com/

http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/

http://web.archive.org/web/20070701074943/http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/06/the-pmarca-gu-2.html

http://paulgraham.com/investors.html

Venture Capital Made Transparent by Mark Peter Davis from DFJ Gotham

http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2005/12/the_102030_rule.html

http://www.sequoiacap.com/ideas


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