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Tools for Business Model Generation – Alexander Osterwalder
Business
Futureworks NYC’s Next Top Makers Community Workshop: Business Basics
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Legal
Legal Issues for Startups with Brent Britton
Legal
Legal and Accounting Basics for Startups
Manufacturing
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Marketing
Futureworks NYC’s Next Top Makers Community Workshop: Marketing & Storytelling
Prototyping
Prototyping
Human-Centered Design – TED Talk by David Kelley
Prototyping
Futureworks NYC’s Next Top Makers Community Workshop: Understanding Users
Popular guides & tools
Business
Guides to Running an Internet Business – Stripe Atlas
Manufacturing Business Resources – NYC Department of Small Business Services
Software Development Platform & Community – Github
Discovery Tool for NYC Tech Resources, Jobs & Events – Gary’s Guide
Well-Rounded, Affordable Legal Education – Brooklyn Law School
Payments Platform for Running An Internet Business – Stripe
Ecommerce Fulfillment Provider – ShipBob
Early Stage Funding & Community – YCombinator
The Entrepreneurship Database Program at Emory University
The Top Ranked Accelerator Programs – Seed Accelerator Rankings Project
Product Startup Plan – Next Top Makers
Business Basics for Product Startups – Electric Objects’ Adrea Simmons, Botfactory’s Nico Vansnick & Martenero’s John Tarantino
The Inside Story of Pebble’s Demise – Steven Levy
Where Seed VCs Should Look for The Unicorn – Mattermark’s David Beisel
Kickstarter Is Debt – Bolt’s Ben Einstein
How to Create a Pitch Deck for Investors – Guy Kawasaki
The Business Model Canvas – Strategyzer
Data-Driven Products Now! – Skyliner’s Dan McKinley
Legal
The Top 7 Legal Documents for Every Startup
Should You Invest in Foreign Patent Protection – Cooley’s Max Colice
Should You Have Shareholder Agreements – Cooley’s Matthew Bartus
What You Need to Know About Patents – Cooley’s Bill Galliani
An Introduction to Patents and Trademarks for Startups – Myers Wolin’s Daniel Gross
Manufacturing
Innovation Guide – Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute
National Services & Initiatives for Manufacturers – Manufacturing Extension Partnership
Manufacturing Resources Platform – Etsy Manufacturing
BOM Management Software – Dragon Innovation
The Magic Power of An AVR Chip – Josh.com
500+ Basic-to-Advanced Mechanical Assembly Presentations – Noah Posner
Design for Manufacturing Workshop – Jordi Borras
How It’s Made Series: Beats By Dre – Bolt’s Ben Einstein
Manufacturing Readiness Level Deskbook – Department of Defense
3D Printing with Metal – Spencer Wright
Apple AirPods Teardown – Ifixit
Formlabs Form 2 Teardown – Bunnie Studios
A-Z of Plastics Manufacturing Processes – Modip
Marketing
Mobile Company Naming Tool – Viable
Mobile App for Bite-Sized Marketing Lessons – Primer
The Clues to a Great Story – Andrew Stanton
The Technology of Storytelling – Joe Sabia
“Telling a Compelling Story & Connecting with the Audience – Indiegogo’s John Vaskis, Infinia Ventures’ Chris Gorges”
Your Story is Your Strategy – Ben Horowitz and Carmine Gallo
Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content – Ann Handley
Nicely Said: Writing for the Web with Style and Purpose – Nicole Fenton
Prototyping
PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Prototype and Fabrication Service – PCBway
Low Cost Design Software – AutoCAD Fusion 360
Technical Prototyping Platform for Innovation and Invention – FabLab
Design Software for All Aspects of Development – Solidworks
Adobe Desktop & Mobile Apps – Adobe Creative Cloud Suite
Industry-Leading Content for Engineers and Designers – Fictiv
Building Product, Talking to Users, and Growing – Adora Cheung
“Understanding Users: Creating Products That Matter in People’s Lives – Kit.com’s Camille Hearst and Pensa’s Marco Perry”
Why You Only Need to Test with Five Users – Jakob Nielsen
Meetup’s Dead Simple User Testing – NYU’s Clay Shirky
Competitors’ Products Are Great Prototypes – Google Ventures’ Mike Margolis
How to Run Live User Testing – Google’s Brenden Mulligan
Virtual Crash Course in Design Thinking – Stanford D School
The Design Sprint – Google Ventures
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