Online Tools for Entrepreneurs
The How-To Entrepreneur’s Handbook
Funding:
Y Combinator specializes in funding early stage startups.
Small Business Administration
Blogs – software
Free Popular blogging software
Six Apart Blogging Software for Professonals
Six Apart Blogging Software for Businesses – there is free version
Blogs – to read
Seth Godin’s Blog – marketing blogger
Blogs – reader
Google’s popular online blog reading software
Calendars – Online
http://www.google.com/calendar
Google’s popular online calendar software
Website – Browsing
Mozilla’s popular web browser.
Website – Hosting
Cheap and easy domain name registration and hosting.
Website – Finding Developer and Designer
Elance – online marketplace for developers and designers
Sitepoint’s corner dedicated to online marketplace for developers and designers
Website – Analysis and Visitor Tracking
SiteMeter – free and paid version to track up to the minute visitor activity
http://www.google.com/analytics
Free website analytics tool by Google.
Magazines
Entrepreneur magazine
Inc Magazine published (by Monsueto Ventures)
FastCompany Magazine (by Monsueto Ventures)
Fortune Magazine
Forbes Magazine
Conde Nast Portfolio Magazine
CRM
SalesForce.com
Infusion CRM
Small Business Corners
http://www.dell.com/content/topics/segtopic.aspx/sb360/index?c=us&cs=04&l=en&s=bsd
Dell’s corner for small businesses
http://www.microsoft.com/smallbusiness/hub.mspx
Microsoft Small Business Center
Intuit’s JumpUp – site for starting a business
Remotely Control Your PC
The easiest way to connect and control your laptop or desktop from anywhere – FREE
Remote access your pc – free and paid versions are available
Newsletters
Online website for Newsletter and email management
Mailing List
Standard Rate and Data Service
InfoUSA
Mozilla’s popular email software
http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/
Free PDF creator software. Download and install it. Then you can convert any document into PDF instantly – either from your word, excel, websites.
Books
Books – best seller lists.
http://amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/3/ref=pd_ts_b_nav
Amazon.com’s top selling 100 books in Business and Investing category
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/results.asp?CAT=914500&srt=S&z=y&cds2Pid=17801
Barnes & Noble’s top selling books in Business category
New York Times Hardcover Business Best Sellers
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/04/books/bestseller/200711bestpaperbusiness.html?ref=bestsellers
New York Times Paperback Business Best Sellers
Credit Cards
https://home.americanexpress.com/home/open.shtml
American Express Open
Tradeshows
Trade Show Week
Phone
Centrepoint Technologies Inc. TalkSwitch PBX Phone System
