- About Me
- Startup News + Media
- Startup Ecosystem Resources
- Startup Events
- Australian Startup Experts
- Industry Bodies
- Accelerators + Incubators
- Australian Startup Jobs
- For Aspiring VC's
- Analysis + Growth Hacking tools
- Boards
- Founders
- Funding
- Grants / Legal / Awards
- Growth
- Marketplaces
- Metrics
- Pitching
- SaaS
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Australian Startup Resources for Founders + Investors
I'm Garry Visontay, an Australian entrepreneur and venture capital investor with over three decades of local and international business experience. This site provides my curated list of blog posts, eBooks, reports and tools that might be useful to founders, investors and aspiring VC's interested in the Australian tech startup ecosystem.
Startup News + Media
Anthill - online community for entrepreneurs, business builders and innovators
Australian Financial Review - Technology Section
Australian Financial Review - Entrepreneurship Section
ESIC Directory - An advisory, assessment and listing service for Australian startups
Ideas Hoist - Australians making ideas happen
Ignition Lane - Weekly wrap-up of Australian tech
Inside Look - People, culture and tech inside the most innovative companies in Australia
Internet Dealbook - Tech-Internet M&A and Investment Database published by Right Click Capital
IoT Hub - New and events related to IoT
Kochie’s Business Builders - Small business news, resources, features and inspiration
Smart Company - StartupSmart's parent but often has great articles for entrepreneurs
Sparks - Weekly email update of ecosystem happenings from Spark Festival
StartupAUS.org - A startup lobby group with a useful newsletter
Startup Daily - News, Insights and Stories from the Australian and New Zealand tech ecosystem
Startup Gateway - Is a unique platform for startups to connect with opportunities from VC's, news, events to training programs.
Startup Melbourne - The home of Melbourne Startups, startup resources, and online business ideas
Startup Ranking - World ranking of startups. It has many Australian startups listed
Startup Soda - A daily newsletter with the news, blog posts & resources from Australian startups, founders & VCs.
Startup News - Western Australian startup news
Techboard - Promotion, Discovery, Intelligence for Australia's Startups and Tech Companies
TechSydney - Helping Sydney become the most desirable place on earth to grow a tech company
This Week in Startups Australia (TWISTA) - Mark Pesce - interviews with Australian tech founders and investors
The Sizzle - Australian tech news and offers
Startup Ecosystem RESOURCES
AICC - Australian Female Founders Support Map - map for all programs nationally for female tech entrepreneurs
AirTree's open source VC resources - founder resources
AngelList - Job board & startup listings
Australian Capital Raising Guide for Startups - Stone & Chalk
Artesian's Airtable - List of Venture Capital Firms in Australia
Breakout Careers - tech job site for startups
City of Sydney's 10-year startup plan - A plan outlining how the City can support the tech startup community
Chief Scientist of Australia's report - Alan Finkel's report on boosting high impact entrepreneurship in Australia
Crossroads 2016 - An action plan written by StartupAUS to develop a vibrant tech startup ecosystem in Australia
Crossroads 2017 - An action plan written by StartupAUS to develop a vibrant tech startup ecosystem in Australia
Crossroads 2018 - An action plan written by StartupAUS to develop a vibrant tech startup ecosystem in Australia
Crossroads 2019 - An action plan written by StartupAUS to develop a vibrant tech startup ecosystem in Australia
Crossroads 2020 - An action plan written by StartupAUS to develop a vibrant tech startup ecosystem in Australia
Doctology - showcasing Australian healthtech
Emerging Technology Talent Snapshot 2019 - StartupAus
Entrepreneur's Guide - Startup | Scaleup | IPO - An Australian focused 299 page guide that every entrepreneur should read
Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2018 - Startup Genome's report on global ecosystems
Global Startup Ecosystem Report 2019 - Startup Genome's report on global ecosystems
Global Fintech Ecosystem Report 2020 - Startup Genome's report on global fintech ecosystems
Global Fintech Ecosystem Report 2021 - Startup Genome's report on global fintech ecosystems
Hotwire Australia 2022 Decoding Tech Brands Research Paper - Analysis of brand design for Australian tech businesses
KPMG Report - 2018 Fitness, fulfilment and foresight - Research into the well-being of Australia startup founders and entrepreneurs
KPMG Report - 2019 Fitness, fulfilment and foresight - Research into the well-being of Australia startup founders and entrepreneurs
List of Australian startups - Regularly updated list of web tech Australian startups
List of Australian Accelerators, VC's and Angels - A startup funding/investor list seeded by Airtree
List of Australian Tech Investors - Angel Groups, Family Offices, CVC's, VC's - www.startup-funding.com.au
Mypresenses - See how your startup is listed on startup websites
NZ Entrepreneur - Startup New Zealand guide
NZ List of Investors - list of investors currently investing into New Zealand
NSW Government Grants for Startups - funding options for NSW startups
Perth Startup Ecosystem 2013 - Report on Perth's early stage software company ecosystem
Google-Commissioned PWC Report on the Australian Ecosystem 2013
Silicon Beach Australian Startup Ecosystem Study 2012
Spike Innovation Report - Boosting Entrepreneurship 2015 - The report prepared for Australia's Chief Scientist
StartRail map of Melbourne ecosystem - Startup map of the Melbourne ecosystem produced by Blue Chilli
StartRail map of Sydney ecosystem - Startup map of the Sydney ecosystem produced by Blue Chilli
Startups Downunder - Acadmic journal on how startup communities facilitate Australian Entrepreneurship
Startup Deal Flow Sources for Angel Investors in Australia - Mack Resources
StartupGalaxy - A directory of startups, investors, accelerators and startup jobs
Startup Lists - Website listing numerous startups - Sydney and Melbourne companies are included
StartupBlink Ecosystem Report 2019 - Global ranking of countries - 1,000 cities - 100 countries
Startup Muster Report 2016 - Survey of founders within the Australian ecosystem
Startup Muster Report 2017 - Survey of founders within the Australian ecosystem
Startup Muster Report 2018 - Survey of founders within the Australian ecosystem
Startup Salary Guide for Australia 2019-2020 - Survey of salaries for various startup roles
Startup Salary Guide for Australia 2021-2022 - Survey of salaries for various startup roles
Startup Salary Guide for Australia 2022-2023 - Survey of salaries for various startup roles
Startup Status - A map of organisations supporting entrepreneurs in Australia
Startup Talent Gap Report - by StartupAUS
Startup tools stack used by Australian startups - Stripe research 2016 from 200+ Australian startups
State of Australian Startup Funding 2021 - Report published by Cut Above and Folklore
State of Australian Startup Funding 2022 - Report published by Cut Above and Folklore
Student Entrepreneurship Links - list of resources and organisations for student entrepreneurship - maintained by Murray Hurps (UTS)
Techboard Australian Startup Ecosystem Map - 2018
Techboard Australian Startup Funding Report - 2018/19
The Sydney Startup Ecosystem: A List of 250+ Resources for Entrepreneurs - Founder Institute
The Role and Performance of Accelerators in the Australian Startup Ecosystem - Report for the Department of Industry, Innovation & Science conducted by the UNSW Business School
The Venture Capital Effect 2017 - AVCAL report on Australian VC
We Have Dry Powder - list of Australian VC's
Resources for founders to develop soft skills and preserve mental health
DifferenThinking (Melbourne) - Dr. Zivit Inbar
Peak Persona (Brisbane) - Peta Ellis and Aron Birkby
Soft Skills for Scale (Melbourne) - Melissa Rosenthal
Startup EVENTS
D61+Live - Innovation, science and technology event by Data61 & CSIRO (Sydney)
CeBit - APAC’s largest and longest running B2B technology exhibition and conference (Sydney)
Fishburners Friday Night Pitches - open to all every Friday night (Sydney)
Innovation Bay - regular dinners and one-off events across the country for tech investors
Launch Festival - startup conference (Sydney)
Morego - Retreat for high growth businesses (Australia and New Zealand locations)
QODE - Conference on growth, technology, innovation and the future (Brisbane)
NSIN - North Sydney Innovation Network events
Pausefest - Creative, tech and business conference (Melbourne)
Semi Permanent - For designers, artists & creatives (Sydney & Auckland)
Southstart - People, Technology and Ideas
Spark Festival - A two week program of events and activities covering all things startup, innovation and entrepreneurship (Sydney)
Startcon - Australia's largest startup and growth conference (Sydney)
Startup Grind - Monthly event series, fireside chats with founders
Startup Grind APAC Conference - startup conference (Melbourne)
Sunrise - Blackbird Ventures annual startup conference (Sydney)
Sydney Tech Meetup - longest running, and biggest, meetup for tech startups in Sydney (Sydney)
Tech23 - Pitch competition for 23 high-growth, deep tech companies (Sydney)
Venture Cafe Sydney - Regular events & mentoring at Macquarie Park (Sydney)
West Tech Fest - Entrepreneurs, Tech, Startups, Creativity, Innovation (Perth)
Australian Startup EXPERTS - MY PICK
Accountant - Standard Ledger - Remco Marcellis
Accountant - Full Stack - Stuart Reynolds
Accountant - HelloCFO - Bryn Leggett
Accountant - Vital Addition - Lachlan Grant
Brand Strategist / Messaging - Sarah Birken
Digital Marketing - Digital Minds - Nik Jain
Digital Marketing - Hyro - for high growth businesses - Mark Segal
EMDG Grants - Export Incentives - Warren Cross
Founder Coach - Dr. Jodie Lowinger
Immigration Agent - Bravo Migration - Michael Sulzbach
Lawyer - General Standards - Kurt Falkenstein
Lawyer - Addisons - Kieren Parker
Lawyer and Accountants - Luna - Ronen Heine
Pitch Deck Makeovers - Scott Lee - The Unspoken Pitch
Pitch Deck Makeovers - Graphic Designer - Mariana Pirutti
Pitch Deck Makeovers - Graphic Designer - Brian Tuohy
R&D Tax - Noah Consulting - Elie O'Han
Strategic Communications - Hedgehog + Fox - Kate Mason
UX/UI/Design - Sangwook Park
INDUSTRY BODIES
Advanced Manufacturing Growth Centre (AMGC) provides co-funding for industry-led collaborative projects through its Project Fund and the Advanced Manufacturing Early Stage Research Fund
AVCAL - Australian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association
Fintech Australia
Food Innovation Australia Ltd (FIAL) connects businesses with R&D expertise through its Enterprise Solutions Centre and delivers training on research and innovation
Industry Growth Centres Initiative provides opportunities and assistance for collaborative industry-led projects
North Sydney Innovation Network
TechSydney - an entrepreneur-led industry group that connects and promotes Sydney's tech industry
Accelerators + Incubators
Sailist.co - 300+ Australian startup programs list - great resource maintained by Euwyn Goh
25 Fifteen - Startup builder (Sydney)
Academy of Interactive Entertainment - Games, animation and film
Adelaide Business Hub - Incubator & business community, plus support with defense contracts (Adelaide)
Advance - A community for connecting Australians globally
Actuator - National medtech accelerator (Melbourne)
AgFrontier - Regional agtech incubator for rural businesses (Sydney & Brisbane)
Antler - startup generator program (Sydney)
Commonwealth Bank Innovation Lab - Corporate innovation focused on blockchain, social robotics & AI (Sydney)
ARC - Hardware accelerator (Brisbane)
AusPost Innovation Hub - Co-creating & partnering with startups
Australian Centre for Rural Entrepreneurship - Support & programs for rural entrepreneurs
Australian Health Accelerator (AH-x) - Sunshine Coast accelerator for MedTech, Health or Wellbeing (Brisbane)
Aussie Founders Network - Australian founders, investors and industry advisors
Bluebox - Queensland University of Technology Accelerator
Caltex Spark - Slingshot corporate accelerator run for Caltex (Sydney)
Catalysr - Accelerator for migrants and refugees (Sydney)
CBR Innovation Network - Canberra Ecosystem Service Provider
CenWest Innovate - Development of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Central West
Chobani Food Incubator @ the Monash Food Innovation Centre - Supports food and agriculture startups and entrepreneurs (Melbourne)
Cicada Innovations - Incubator (Sydney)
Cisco Innovation Centre Australia - Developing new ideas and ‘IoT’ solutions for agriculture, transport and smart cities
Coventured - a free resource allowing any startup to better connect with corporates (Sydney)
CyRise - Cyber-security accelerator (Melbourne)
CommBank Innovation Lab - Sharing innovation methods, insights and experience (Sydney)
CORE: A Resources Innovation Hub - Innovation hub focused on resources technology (Perth)
Darwin Innovation Hub
Data61 - Data science research and engineering network of advisors for R&D
Edugrowth - Education accelerator (Sydney)
Eighteen04 - Clean tech + smart city based startups in the Hunter Region (Sydney)
ELEVACAO - Women-only programs to help get pitch and investment ready (Sydney & Melbourne)
Energy Australia - startup bootcamp (Melbourne)
Energy Lab - Incubator for energy related startups (Sydney)
Enterprize (Hobart & Launceston) - Support for Tasmanian startups community (Hobart)
EY Foundry - Ernst & Young backed incubator for early stage B2B startups (Sydney)
Fire Station 101 - Ipswich Innovation Hub (Brisbane)
Fishburners - startup co-working and community (Sydney)
Founder10X - University of New South Wales accelerator
Founder Institute - The World's Largest Startup Launch Program (Sydney)
Founders Program - University of NSW runs programs for founders
Fusion Labs - Corporate and government accelerator (Sydney)
Generation Entrepreneur - High school entrepreneurship program (Sydney)
Genesis - UTS-backed startup competition for alumni, staff, students, $25,000 grant (Sydney)
Grow Coastal - Hub for innovators, startups and high growth companies (Brisbane)
Hackathons Australia - Community of hackathon participants, organisers & supporters
Harbour City Labs - No-equity accelerator backed by ACS (Sydney)
Harvest Accelerator (Perth)
Hatchery - University of Technology startup incubator
Hatch Quarter - startup incubator (Melbourne)
HaymarketHQ - A co-working space dedicated to connecting entrepreneurs to Asia (Sydney)
HCF Catalyst - Slingshot corporate accelerator run for HCF (Sydney)
Heads Over Heals - An NFP supporting female entrepreneurs (Sydney)
High Growth Ventures - KPMG-backed support programs
Horizons - Slingshot corporate accelerator run for travel and tourism (Brisbane)
Hotdesq - Accelerator (Brisbane)
HRTech - Slingshot corporate accelerator backed by SEEK & Hudson
Hub Australia - Tech-focused co-working space
Hunter IF Project - Innovation hub in the Hunter Valley, events, programs, resources (Hunter region)
iAccelerate - Wollongong University startup incubator
ICN – Industry Capability Network
Impact Tech Ventures - Help social and environmental companies expand to Asia
Incubate - Sydney University Startup Incubator
In-tellinc - Science and Technology Incubator (Hobart)
Innovation Cluster - Incubators, commercialisation hubs & collaborative platforms (Perth)
Innovation ANU - Student entrepreneurship programs & co-working (Canberra)
Innovation and Collaboration Centre - provides events, programs and SpaceTech incubator program (Adelaide)
Kiln Incubator - Incubator (Canberra)
KPMG Innovation Labs - Corporate innovation (Sydney)
LaunchPad WSU - Western Sydney Uni Incubator (Sydney)
LawTech Hub - Lander and Rogers (Melbourne)
Lion Unleashed - Slingshot corporate accelerator run for Lion (Sydney)
LOT Fourteen - Co-working, events, innovation collaboration (Adelaide)
MAP - Melbourne Accelerator Program
Medlab - Cicada Innovations medical tech accelerator (Sydney)
Mill House Social Enterprise Accelerator - Accelerator (Canberra)
Microsoft Reactor - Community innovation space by Microsoft (Sydney)
Microsoft Scaleups - Accelerator for scaleups (Sydney)
Mktplace Ventures - Incubator and VC (Melbourne)
Mill House Social Enterprise Accelerator - Accelerator (Canberra)
Monash Generator - Monash University accelerator (Melbourne)
New Venture Institute - Flinders University incubator
Plus Eight - accelerator run by Spacecubed (Perth)
QUT Blue Box - QUT’s innovation, venture and investment company (Brisbane)
REACH Australia - PropTech & RealEstateTech accelerator (Melbourne)
REALabs - Corporate invention lab focused on AR, VR robotics (Melbourne)
Realtechx - Growth Program supports emerging real estate tech scaleups
Remarkable - Disability Tech Accelerator (Sydney)
River City Labs - accelerator (Brisbane)
RMIT Activator - University affiliated accelerator (Melbourne)
Rocket Seeder - Food and Ag accelerator
Runway Geelong - accelerator
Sandbox - RMIT activator (Melbourne)
SheStarts - Blue Chilli accelerator for female entrepreneurs (Sydney)
Slingshot - Corporate Accelerator (Sydney)
Spark Bureau - Sunshine Coast incubator
SPARK Deakin - Deakin University accelerator program
Sparklabs Cultiv8 - AgTech & foodtech accelerator (Sydney)
Spacecubed - coworking and incubator space (Perth)
SproutX - Agtech accelerator (Melbourne)
Startup Founder 101 - meet-up group for aspiring and early-stage startup founders (Sydney)
Start Onramp - Accelerator (Brisbane)
Startup Catalyst - International startup missions for founders, investors, innovators
Startup Gladstone Inc. - Startup support programs
Startupbootcamp - Global startup accelerators
Stockland Accelerator - PropTech corporate accelerator powered by BlueChilli (Sydney)
Startmate - Accelerator (Sydney, Melbourne & Auckland)
Stone & Chalk - Fintech hub (Sydney, Melbourne & Adelaide)
Sydney Landing Pad - A free program to launch your business in Sydney (Sydney)
Sydney School of Entrepreneurship - An NFP Organisation offering courses to Uni and TAFE students (Sydney)
Tank Stream Labs - Australia's largest coworking space for tech start-ups
Tech Ready Women - Program for women founders to get technical education (Sydney)
TechSydney - Membership organisation for startup community in Sydney (Sydney)
Telstra Labs - Innovation lab focused on IoT (Sydney)
The Actuator - Medtech Accelerator
The Bridge Hub - AgriFood tech hub
The Business Centre - Business support in NSW
The Capital - Innovation hub in Brisbane - QLD
The Sydney Startup Hub - Sydney startup community building
The Precinct - Co-working space and community in Brisbane
ThincLab - Collaboration space & incubator (Adelaide)
Unearthed - Accelerator (Perth)
Upstairs (Bathurst) - Startup support in the NSW Central West
UTS Startups - Uni-affiliated startup incubator program (Sydney)
VC101 - Australian VC Internship Program (Sydney)
Venture Catalyst - Equity-free incubator program for startups backed by UniSA (Adelaide)
Western Sydney Launchpad - Business and innovation support program
Westpac Innovation Centre - Investments, partnerships, industry collaboration, events
WeWork Labs - Equity-free incubator backed by WeWork
YINC Youth Incubator - Young Change Agents - high school entrepreneurs (Sydney)
AUSTRALIAN STARTUP JOBS
Angel List - Australia Startup Jobs
Blackbird Portfolio Companies Job Listing
Breakout.Career
Earlywork
Facebook - Australian Startup Jobs
Innovation Bay Job Board
LinkedIn Australian Startup Jobs
Mainsequence Job Board
Seek Startup Jobs
SquarePeg Portfolio Companies Job Listing
Startup.Jobs
Startup Galaxy Jobs
TechSydney Startup Jobs
FOR ASPIRING VC's
** Highly recommended resource *** - #BeYourOwnMentor - Independent Study in Early Stage VC - Brian Laung Aoaeh
Books
Becoming a Venture Capitalist (Masters at Work) - Gary Rivlin
Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital - Spencer Ante
Essentials of Venture Capital - Alexander Haislip
Magic Box Paradigm - A Framework for Startup Acquisitions - Ezra Roizen
Mastering the VC Game: A Venture Capital Insider Reveals How to Get from Start-up to IPO on Your Terms - Jeffrey Bussgang
Road to a Venture Capital Career - John Gannon
Secrets of Sand Hill Road: Venture Capital and How to Get It - Scott Kupor
The Business of Venture Capital - Probably the most detailed book about venture capital ever written - highly recommended - Mahendra Ramsinghani
Term Sheets and Valuations - A Line by Line Look at the Intricacies of Term Sheets & Valuations - Alex Wildmerdling
Venture Capital 101 - Bill Snow
Venture Capital 2.0 - the revolution of Machine Learning & Data-Driven VC - Joao Nunes
Venture Capitalists at Work: How VCs Identify and Build Billion-Dollar Successes - Tarang Shah
Venture Deals: Be Smarter Than Your Lawyer and Venture Capitalist - Brad Feld
Women Who Venture - Renata George
Other Resources
2018 State of Terms in Venture Capital Benchmark - Different
8 Questions I Ask Every Startup - Li Jiang
10 Themes From 10 Years Of Venture Investing At First Round
40 Epic Resources For Investing In Startups - Zach Miller
Advice for VC's from a Serial Founder - Arlo Gilbert
Age and High Growth Entrepreneurship (academic paper) - Pierre Azoulay
Aggregated Thoughts on VC - Erik Torenberg
Applying a VC mindset to corporate ventures - Garry Visontay
Confluence - A platform and community for VC's
Debt Is Coming - Alex Danco
Founders of Successful Tech Companies Are Mostly Middle-Aged - Seema Jayachandran
Going VC - web site for advancing your career in VC
How To Build A Startup And Understand Venture Capital - Mark Suster
How To Get A Job in VC: resources curated by Diversity.VC - Francesca Worner
How to Get Superior Returns in Venture Capital - David Teten
How to Negotiate With VC's - HBR article
How VC's Get Measured - Rob Go
How Do VC's Make Money - Elizabeth Yin
How VC's Think - The Psychology That Drives Investing Decisions - Gigi Levi-Weiss
How Venture Capital Works - Alejandro Cremades
IRR is a Vanity Metric - Seth LevineIs Venture Capital Worth the Risk - Nathan Heller - The New Yorker Magazine
Land of the "Super Founder" - A Data-Driven Approach to Uncover the Secrets of Billion Dollar Startups - Ali Tamaseb
List of Australian VC's
Podcasts on Entrepreneurship, Startups and Venture Capital - Arnaud Bonzom
PWC Future Of Venture Capital 2013
Questions Early Stage VCs Might Ask You - Elizabeth Yin
Seed Fund Portfolio Construction for Dummies - Eniac Ventures
The Full Ratchet Podcast - a podcast dedicated to demystifying Venture Capital
The Real Reasons Why A VC Passed on Your Startup - Sarah Downey
The Suprising Lessons that Venture Capital Has Taught Me About People - Peter Fenton
The VC / Founder Split - A Study About the Venture Capitalist's Value-Add - Carl Fritjofsson
The Venture Capital Method - Online spreadsheets for startup valuation
VC101 - Australian VC Internship Program
Venture Capital Is Rocket Fuel - great Linked In post from Michael Jackson on VC funding
Venture Capital Jobs and Career Resources - John Gannon's blog - global VC jobs + 100's of links on VC
Venture Capital Careers - Job site for V roles
What Has Being a Venture Capitalist Taught You About People and Business - Quora post
What I've Learned About Venture Funding - Mark Suster
What Qualities Do Venture Capital Firms Look For In A Startup - Quora post
What's Your VC's Tech Stack - Philipp von dem Knesebeck and David Teten
Why This? Why Now? Why You? - Leo Polovets
Analysis + Growth Hacking tools
Alexa - basic competitor and traffic info
Builtwith - find out what program websites are built with
BuzzSumo - Content Popularity Search Engine
Capterra - find any tool - over 300+ categories for different software
CompeteShark - Track Your Competitors (RCC Portfolio Company)
DomainTools - Better Than Whois
Google nGram - Search Frequency of Phrases in Books
Google Trends - Google Search Trends
Keyword Discovery - Provides Access to the Biggest Keyword Database Derived from Numerous Search Engines
Our World in Data - Visualisation for Global Data
Practical Startup Tools - Collection of Free Tools
SEMRush - Keyword Competitor Data
SEOmoz tools - Free Mox Tools for SEO
Similarweb - Website Traffic Analytics
Spyfu - Competitor Keyword Research
Startup Stash - A curated directory of resources & tools to help you build your startup
Startup Founder's Guide to Analytics - Tristan Handy
WhatRunsWhere - See Where Your Competitor's Display Ads Are Being Run
Boards
11 Quick Tips to Get More Value Out of Your Board - Mark Suster
Advisor's Agreement Template - from Founder Institute
Being an Independent Board Director in a Venture-Backed Startup - Greg Sands
Dealing With the Board - Matt Barrie
How and When to Appoint an Advisory and Formal Board to your Startup - Garry Visontay
Preparing a Board Deck - Sequoia Capital
Re-shaping The Behaviour of Boards in Startups - Judith MacCormick & Jeffrey Tobias
Startup Boards - Mark Suster
Startupboardrooms.com.au - Australian Consultancy for Startup Boards
The Startup Board Report - A new playbook for founders & board members of Australian startups - by KPMG and Think & Grow
The Value of a Board to a Startup - An Excerpt of An Email Sent to A CEO of An Australian Startup Around How A Board Should Be Valued
What Do Boards Actually do? - Mark Suster
What Makes An Awesome Startup Board Member? - Brad Feld
Founders
34 Questions to Ask a Potential Co-Founder - Founders Institute
80% of Your Culture Is Your Founder - First Round Review
A Dozen Lessons About a Growth Mindset - Megan Quinn
At What Point Should Founders Take a Salary From a Startup? - Quora Post
Do You Have Founder DNA? - Founder Institute
Don't Make Founder's Equity Even - Gary Schall
Early Stage Founders Agreement - Simple 2 page Agreement Between Founders
Entrepreneur DNA - Mark Suster
For Entrepreneurs, 45 is the new 25 - Mark Travers
How to Become Insanely Well-connected - Chris Fralic
How Old Are Successful Tech Entrepreneurs? - Benjamin Jones et al
Investor update template - nails the perfect update approach and contents - Daniel Gross
Managing Your Psychological Runway - New Dwyer
Married Couples Are a Startup's Secret Weapon - Anna Escher
Should I Stay Solo or Settle For a Co-founder - Quora post
Single Founders or Co-founders? - Ben Yoskovitz
Slicing Pie - A Methodology for Splitting Equity Between Founders
Some Quick Things Every Founder Should Know - Mark Suster
The Characteristics of Billion-Dollar Startup Founders - Tomasz Tunguz
The Best Way to Learn Anything - The Feynman Technique -
What Separates the Top 10% of Startup CEOs From the Rest? - Quora Post
What We Look For in Founders - Paul Graham - Y-Combinator
Why Investors Should Encourage Founder Selldowns and When/How to Sell Your Shares - Daniel SzekelyWhy Investors Should Worry When Founders Go Quiet - Garry Visontay
Why You Need an Executive Coach - Jackie Vullinghs
Why You Should Stop Boasting How Busy You Are - Tony Fakhry
You Can't Outsource Your CTO - Joseph Misiti
Impostor Syndrome (for founders who regularly have self-doubt)
Do You Really Know What You're Doing? - Narida Joy
Embracing Impostor Syndrome - Darren Ryan
Impostor Syndrome - Seth Godin
Impostersyndrome.com.au - lots of resources
Impostor Syndrome TedxSydney Talk - Mike Cannon-Brookes
Presence - book by Amy Cudmore - broader book on personal behaviour with good reference to impostor syndrome
The Neil Story - Neil Gaiman
Why Impostor Syndrome Isn't Bad - How to Conquer Self-Doubt - TechTello
Funding
101 Questions You Should Ask Before Investing
10 Commandments Of Obtaining Angel Funding - Richard Harroch
66 Tips for Doing DD (Due Diligence) - Learn how to do DD like a startup founder with these 66 checks - Al Bentley
9 Valuation Methods For Startups Explained -Stephane Nasser
A Guide To Seed Fundraising - Geoff Ralston - Y-Combinator
A Primer For Raising With A Convertible Note - Tom Wilson
Are The Deal Terms Australian VC's Ask For Unfair To Founders? - Startupdaily
Beware The Advisor Offering Fundraising Help To Your Startup - Steve Baxter
Bitcoin Reference Site - huge number of references - Jameson Lopp
Cake Equity - Australian system for managing a cap table and ESS
Cap Tables, Share Structures, Valuations - A Case Study Of Early-Stage Funding - TechCrunch - Jason Rowley
Convertible and Safe Notes - Fred Wilson's Contrarian View
Focus On Startups - Youtube video by Mick Liubinskas
Fundraising Mistakes Founders Makes - Sam Altman
How Terms Sheets Can Screw You - Alex Graham
How To Read And Understand A Cap Table - Hyde Park angels
How Do Convertible Notes Work (Infographic) - Daniel Faloppa
How I Killed My Startup Hours Before Closing A Seed Round - T.A. McCann
How Should One Seek Angel Investment For A Startup? - Quora
Instilling Confidence In VC'S From Your Pitch - Quora post
Questions Early Stage VCs Might Ask You - Elizabeth Yin
Secondary Sales in VC-backed Startups: A Quick Primer - Riz Virk
Should You Do A Convertible Note Or An Equity Raise? - Elizabeth Yin
Signing NDA's - Guy Kawasaki's opinion
Startup Funding Book (beta copy)
TAM, SAM and SOM: Learn Your Lingo So You Can Woo Your Investors - Benjamin Chong
The 10 Worst Things You Can Do In A Negotiation - James Altucher
The Mechanics Behind Investing in Convertible Notes - Sonit Agrawal
The Pitfalls In Asking An Investor To Sign An NDA - Dan Gavel - Startupdaily
The Real Reasons Why A VC Passed on Your Startup - Sarah Downey
The Secret Sauce To Startup Valuation - Arthur Porre
The Three Words No Early Stage VC Wants to Hear - Aaron Dinin
There Are No Shortcuts - Why Showing Up in Person is Everything - Mark Suster
These Shocking Hidden Terms Of Safe Notes Can Screw Up Your Startup - Nikhil Kapor
Venture Capital Is Rocket Fuel - great Linked In post from Michael Jackson on VC funding
What Is It Like To Negotiate A VC Round? - Mark Suster
Why Investor Updates Are Really, Really Important - Jason Calacanis
What I've Learned From Seeing 20K Startup Pitches - Elizabeth Yin
What Traction Do I Need To Raise Money? - Elizabeth Yin
Why Investor Updates Are Really, Really Important - Jason Calacanis
Why Safe Notes Are Not Safe For Entrepreneurs - Pascale Levensohn
Why Startup Founders Fail to Raise Funding - Basil Tambanis
Venture Debt
Financing Options - Venture Debt - Fred Wilson
16 Things to Know About Raising Debt For Startups - Nathan Yoon and Melissa Wasser
Venture Debt: A Capital Idea for Startups - Patrick Gordon
Venture Debt Explained (video) - Trinity Capital
Venture Debt: Friend or Foe for Startup Founders - Benjamin Chong
Venture Debt Handbook - LegalVision (Australian produced)
Australian Equity Crowdfunding Patforms
Billfolda - Follow-on investments only, get access to their SaaS platform for listing
Birchal - Consumer brands
Equitise - Early-stage & growth technology companies
OnMarket - Wide variety of deals, early & growth stage businesses
VentureCrowd - Investor-led deals only across early-stage, real estate & alternative investments
Grants / LEGAL / AWARDS
A Framework For Offering Equity to Your Employees - from Gusto
A State-by-State Guide to all the Government Grants Available for Your Small Business - Smart Company
A Stock Option Calculator - How much are my stock options worth?
Advance Queensland - Programs, support, events, grants - QLD
Allens Accelerate - Set of 15 Free Legal Docs for Startups From Allens Lawyers
Austrade – Export Market Development Grants - National
Austrade Landing Pads - Access to free co-working spaces in key international cities
AVCAL Open Source Seed Financing Docs
Business.gov.au - Grants & business funding programs in Australia - National
Business Connect - Free advisory services - NSW
Callaghan Innovation - New Zealand
Enterprize - innovation hubs in Hobart and Launceston designed to serve and build the startup community - TAS
EFIC - Australia’s export credit agency - National
ESOP docs for Australian startups - great info from James Cameron and Emily Close
Grant Connect - Australian Government grant opportunities – National
Grants Guru - Business Grants, Government Grants, Community Grants and more - National
GrantReady - Grant application support - National
Global Talent Employer Sponsored (GTES) Visa - allows employers to sponsor overseas workers for highly-skilled positions - National
IMCRC - Innovative Manufacturing Cooperative Research Centre, Manufacturing grants & support – National
Innovate Canberra – Government grants and assistance - ACT
Innovation Connections - Up to $50,000 in matched funding support - National
Instant Asset Write Off - Simplified depreciation rules - National
LaunchVic - Agency dedicated to the growth and development of startups, $60M fund - VIC
MBIE - Ministry of Business Innovation & Employment, provide advice and support - New Zealand
Medical Research Future Fund - Australian Government support programs - National
New Zealand Trade & Enterprise - New Zealand
NSW Medical Devices Fund - NSW Government support – NSW
NSW Dept Industry – NSW Government grants and support services - NSW
NSW Government Grants for Startups - funding options for NSW startups
Office of the Queensland Chief Entrepreneur - News, events, programs, resources - QLD
RDA ACT – Help to generate more investment and more jobs in the ACT and the broader Capital Region. CBR
RDA Southern Inland – Grants available to the Southern Inland Community - NSW
Tax Incentives of Early Stage Australian Investors - Deloitte Australia
#TechDiversity Awards - Presented by the Tech Diversity Foundation
Anthill Smart 100 - Presented by Anthill Magazine
Australian Angel Awards - Presented by Techboard
Australian FinTech Awards - Presented by Glen Frost
Australian Technologies Competition - Presented by Impact Tech Ventures
Australian Web Awards - Presented by AWIA
Australasian Startup Awards - Presented by StartCon
City of City Business Awards - Presented by the City of Sydney
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year - Presented by EY
IoT Awards - Presented by IoT Hub
Kochie’s Power List - Presented by Kochie’s Business Builders
Smart50 Awards - Presented by SmartCompany
Technology Fast 50 Australia - Presented by Deloitte
UTS Startup Awards - Presented by UTS
Women in Tech Awards - Presented by WiT
Growth
10 Ways To Find Anyone’s Email Address In 17 Seconds Flat Guaranteed - Nathan Latka
16 Lessons On Scaling - Medium article
26 Blogs That Helped Our Startup Grow - Alex Turnbull
31 Growth Hacking Resources - Stephen Jeske
5-Star Feedback Systems Are Broken - Josh Breinlinger
7 Simple Customer Testimonial Examples You Can Steal - Sam Thomas Davies
A Dozen Lessons On Growth - Tren Griffin
Distribution Model - Sales Channels - Ben Horowitz
Founding Sales: Sales for Founders (and others) In First-Time Sales Roles - Peter Kazanjy
Fundamentals of Product Market Fit - Andy Sparks
Growth Marketing - Julian Shapiro
How Do You Define Traction For A Startup? - Quora post
How Startups Die From their Addiction to Paid Marketing - Andrew Chen
Marketing Stack - a curated directory of marketing resources & tools
Master The Essentials Of Conversion Optimisation - great eBook
Mastering The Cro Essentials
Microcopy - Small Words With A Huge Ux Impact - Nick Babich
Really Good Emails
Sales Enablement Tools - massive list compiled by Paul Krajewski
Sell More Faster - The Ultimate Sales Playback for Statups - Amos Schwartzfarb
Split-Testing 101: A Quick-Start Guide To Conversion Rate Optimization
Startup Killer- The Cost Of Customer Acquisition - David Skok
The Definitive Guide To Growth Hacking - Neil Patel
The 19 Channels You Can Use To Get Traction - Medium blog post summary from above book
The CMO - The Most Blamed Role In Business - Scott Maxwell
The elements of user onboarding - 130 page eBook - link to buy book here - Samuel Hulick
The Playbook To Scaling Sales - Mandy Cole
The Shape of Traction - David Beisel
The Tenets Of A/B Testing From A Master Growth Hacker - Gina Gotthilf
Traction - The Elixir of Life - Steffen Bartschat
What Are The Best Books For Startup Growth Hackers? - Quora post
Which Growth Metrics in Tech Businesses are the Most Meaningless or Misleading? - Andrew Chen
Why Onboarding Is The Most Crucial Part Of Your Growth Strategy - Casey Winters
Product Market Fit
How Superhuman Built an Engine to Find Product/Market Fit - Rahul Vohra
True Product Market Fit is a Minimum Viable Company - Ann Miura-Ko
Marketplaces
10 Marketplace KPI's That Matter - Andrei Brasoveanu
19 Marketplace Tactics for Overcoming the Chicken and Egg Problem - James Currier
28 Ways to Grow Supply in a Marketplace - Lenny Rachitsky
A16z Marketplace 100 - top 100 markets places in 2021
All Markets Are Not Created Equal: 10 Factors To Consider When Evaluating Digital Marketplaces - Bill Gurley
A Rake Too Far - Optimal Platform Pricing Strategy - Bill Gurley
Go Big Or Go Home: It’s A Binary Outcome For Marketplace Start-Ups
How To Protect Yourself As A Middleman In A Marketplace - Bessemer venture partners
Marketplace Glossary - Andreesen Horowitz
Marketplace Handbook
Marketplace Startups: The 20 Best Essays - collated by Andrew Chen
Network Effects Are Not Enough - HBR article
Platform Scale Book - Lays out a structured approach to understand, design, implement and grow a platform business
The Evolution Of The Online Marketplace - Boris Wertz
The High Risks And Big Rewards Of Platforms
The Next Market Service Wave: Vertical Market-Networks - Ivan Smolnikov
The Ultimate Guide For Marketplace Analytics - Willy Braun
WTF is Marketplace Liquidity - Julia Morrongiello
Metrics
16 Startup Metrics - Classic Post from Andreessen Horowitz
A16Z Growth Metrics Calculator - 2023
An Intro To Startup Metrics - Alex Iskold
Basics Of Unit Economics - Derek Pilling
Capital Efficiency - the Burn Multiple - David Sacks
Cohort Analysis That Helps You Look Ahead - Benn Stancil
Conversion - The Most Important Internet Metric Of All (Revisited) - Bill Gurley
LTV/CAC - Friend or Foe? - Max MarchioneSaas Metrics For Fundraising - Bobby Pinero
Startup Metrics - Which Ones Matter Most To Investors - Medium
Startups - The Only Metric That Counts - Simran Gambhir
The 10 Most Important Metrics In A Startup's Financial Statements - Tomasz Tunguz
The Amazing Power Of Deflationary Economics For Startups - Mark Suster
The One Ratio Every Subscription Business Needs To Know - BCG Perspectives
The SaaS Metrics that Matter - David Sacks
The Ultimate Cohort Analysis Cheat Sheet - Michelle Myung
Understanding Customer Acquisition Costs - Rob Moffat
Unit Economics: CLTV, CAC and Cohorts - Erik Byrenius
Unit Economics: Unpacking LTV & CAC - Rachel White
What Are Unit Economics? - Quora post
What is Churn? - Joel York
Pitching
150 Second Pitch Tool
30 Legendary Pitch Decks And What You Can Learn From Them - Aaron Lee
7 Brilliant Ways Successful Leaders Start Presentations - Jacqueline Smith
All The Public Startup Pitch Decks In One Place - Medium article by Andy Sparks
Best Pitch Decks - site shows numerous great decks
Gaddie Pitch - 3 Steps To The Perfect Elevator Pitch - try it, it works
Great Slideshow On How To Build A Great Pitch Deck - Steve Schlafman
How To Give A Killer Presentation - HBR article
How To Pitch Your Startup On Stage - Justin Kan
How To Present Your Startup Financials In 3 Slides - Omry Ben David
How To Talk About Your Competitive Landscape In Your Pitch - Donna Griffit
Idea Email Deck - Elizabeth Yin
Lessons From The Study Of Perfect Pitch Decks - Tech Crunch
Perfect Pitch - Keep It Simple, Stupid - Micah Baldwin
Peter Thiel's Pitch Template - circa 2012
Pitch Decks 101: The Ultimate Guide To Sealing A Deal In The Boardroom - Medium article by Startup.co
Pitch Deck Template - The fundamental guide to building a winning pitch deck
Pitcherific - site to help you build your pitches
Pitchplanner - A canvas tool that helps create a pitch
Pixar's Story In a Box - an exploration of the storytelling process that will help founder's deliver their story
Seedstars Pitch Judging Criteria - see what judges look for
The 7 Questions You Should Answer In Your Fund-Raising Pitch - Tomasz Tunguz
The Best Startup Pitches are Great Stories - Alan Jones
The Only 10 Slides You Need In Your Pitch Deck - Guy Kawasaki
The Team Slide - You Had Me At Hello - Josh Hannah
The Ultimate Cheat Sheet For Your Startup’s Investor Pitch Deck - Donna Griffin
Thoughts on Building Your Pitch Deck - Eric Paley from a series of Tweets
Understanding Market Sizing - great 40 minute YouTube video by Minder Chen
Want A Better Pitch - Watch This - Medium article by Andy Raskin
Ways to Think About Marketing Sizing - Benedict Evans
What Are Your Secret Weapons During A Pitch - Quora post
What Is The Best Way To Explain Your Startup? - Mark Suster
What's The Best Vc Pitch Deck Or Video That I Can See Online - Quora post
What We Learned From 200 Startups Who Raised Money - Docsend research report
World's Largest Pitch Deck Collection - 92 pitch decks
Your Pitch Deck Is Wrong - Kevin Dick
SaaS
9 Worst Practices in SaaS Metrics - Christoph Janz
Full Potential SaaS - David Yuan - TCV
How To Value Your SaaS Company - Seth Levine
SaaS Metrics Framework - Updata
Saas Metrics 2.0 – A Guide To Measuring And Improving What Matters - David Skok
SaaS Funding Napkin 2021 - Christoph Janz - Point 9 Capital
SaaS Funding Napkin 2022 - Christoph Janz - Point 9 Capital
SaaS Metrics For Fundraising - Bobby Pinero
The One Ratio Every Subscription Business Needs To Know - BCG Perspectives
The Rule of 40% for a Healthy SaaS Company - Brad Feld
The SaaS Metrics that Matter - David Sacks
The Ultimate Guide to SaaS Pricing Models, Strategies and Hacks - Ryan Law
What is Churn? - Joel York
Startups - General
12 Things About Product Market Fit - Trent Griffin
2 Realities Kill Startups - Running Out Of Cash Is Just The Most Obvious - Phil Hayes-St Clair
5 Lean Startup Principles
Advice For Companies With Less Than 1 Year Of Runway - Dalton Caldwell - Y-Combinator
An MVP Is Not A Product, It's A Process - Jim Brikman
Analysis From 3,200 Startup Failures - Lindsay O'Neal with data from the Startup Genome Project
Bessemer Top 10 Laws of eCommerce
Best Startup Advice I've Heard Or Given - Sam Altman
Brief Summary of the Lean Startup - Eric Ries
Don't Hire For Brains Or Personality Alone In Startups - Anthemos Georgiades
Entrepreneur Dictionary For Startups - Launchopedia
Entrepreneur DNA - Mark Suster
How To Build A Startup And Understand Venture Capital - Mark Suster
How to Successfully Wind Down a Startup - Quip
Is There A Common Thread Around Startup Failures? - Quora post
Jessica Livingston’s Pretty Complete List On How Not To Fail
Magic Box Paradigm: A framework for startup acquisitions - great model by Ezra Roizen on readying your startup for acquisition
On Product Market For Startups - Marc Andreessen
Peter Thiel’s CS183: Startup - Class 18 Notes Essay - Blake Masters
Predictors of Business Survival Scorecard - adapted by Step Change Marketing
Product Management eBook
Should Startups Care About Profitability? - Mark Suster
Soft skills: The vacuum that exists within many Australian startups - Garry Visontay
Sales Enablement Tools - massive list compiled by Paul Krajewski
Startup Advisors Versus Mentors - Paul O'Brien
Startup Calculators - 16 useful calculators - Omni calculators
Startup Focus Book
Startup Science Toolkit - 70+ Pages - Pollenizer
Startups in 13 Sentences - Paul Graham
The Founders Dilemma - great book by Noam Wasserman that all founders should read
The Mistakes That Killed My Startup - Gil Sadis
The Myth of the Young Startup Founder - Ian Hathaway
Token Frenzy - The Fuel of the Blockchain - great overview on Blockchain by European i-bank GP.Bullhound
U.S. Compensation Survey Data 2020 - Betts Recruiting
What Is A Full Stack Developer
What Seven Years at AirBnB Taught Me About Building a Company - Lenny Rachitsky
What's the Best Advice You Have Been Given As An Entrepreneur? - Quora Post
Why The Lean Startup Changes Everything - HBR article
Why Companies Are Not Startups - Steve Blank
Why Smart People Make Bad Entrepreneurs - Carol Roth
Why Startups Fail - Analysis from 200 failed startups - Alice Truong
YC’s Essential Startup Advice - list of 22 great advice ideas from Y Combinator