Top 10 Blogs for Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs - DailyBlogTips

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Top 10 Blogs for Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs Posted: 24 Aug 2016 10:50 AM PDT Sometimes a single insight can completely change the direction of your startup or business, so make sure you are reading blogs that can offer such sparks of creativity and mindset change. Below you will find a list of blogs that every startup founder or entrepreneur should read regularly. Enjoy. 1. Paul Graham Essays Perhaps not a blog in the strict sense of the word, but close enough, given it’s a collection of essays he writes and publishes online. Paul Graham is an entrepreneur and co-founder of Y Combinator, and as a result of that he has worked with hundreds, if not thousands of tech startups over the last 10 years. 2. Ben Horowitz Blog Ben is a seasoned technology entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He co-founded Opsware, which was acquired by HP. More recently he started a venture capital firm with Marc Andreessen, called Andreessen Horowitz. Curious fact: Ben is a fan of rap music, and he starts most of his posts with rap lyrics! 3. Quicksprout Pretty much every business has a digital component these days. That is why you need to know about digital marketing, which includes SEO (Search Engine Optimization), email marketing, content marketing and so on. There is no one better to teach you about that than Neil Patel. His posts are always value-packed and straight to the point. 4. Fred Wilson – A VC Fred Wilson has been playing the venture capital game for a long time. According to his website, he started in 1986! Was it even called venture capital back then? You’ll find new posts on his blog almost daily, and most are packed with useful information and insights about the tech scene. 5. Steve Blank Author and serial-entrepreneur Steve Blank shares his views about technology, startups and business in general on his blog. He has worked with 8 startups over the years, 4 of which have gone public! 6. Chris Dixon This guy co-founded SiteAdvisor (sold to McAfee), co-founded Hunch (sold to eBay), invested in Uber, Makerbot, Buzzfeed, and more! He probably knows what he is talking about, right? The link above is to his Medium profile, where he blogs these days. You can also visit his old blog to read over 400 articles he published there. 7. Jason Ball Jason is a partner at Qualcomm Ventures. On his blog you’ll find his analysis of the latest technology trends and startups, as well as pieces about personal development, like this one. 8. Seth Godin It’s all about marketing, and Seth Godin is the master marketer! One big advantage of Seth’s blog posts is that they are very short (from 200 to 300 words) and straight to the point. If you are not reading them, don’t say it’s because you are busy! 9. Both Sides of the Table Mark Suster is an American entrepreneur, angel investor and investment partner at Upfront Ventures. In his blog you will find tips about books, trends, analysis of startups, markets and so on. 10. 500 Hats Dave McClure is an entrepreneur and angel investor based in the San Francisco Bay Area, who founded and runs the business accelerator 500 Startups. His blog is updated quite regularly, and he is always very outspoken about tech and business issues. Original post: Top 10 Blogs for Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs

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ProBlogger: Overcoming the Fear of Being Heard

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Overcoming the Fear of Being Heard Posted: 24 Aug 2016 05:52 PM PDT By Karly Nimmo. In my work with hundreds of podcasters, and potential podcasters (this also applies to bloggers, entrepreneurs, small business owners and anyone putting themselves out there) I see one key thing get in the way over and over again… Our good old mate, FEAR. Let's talk about fear, because it has the capability to paralyse and stop the vast majority from ever leaving the discomfort of their comfort zone.  And, that seems such a shame.  I see so many amazing people, with incredible messages, products and services to share, who are stuck in fear. Fear shows up in a number of ways and in varying parts of our journey.  When you're putting yourself out there in a bigger way, there seems to be a few regulars sitting at the bar, like: fear of rejection (by far the biggest) fear of failure and/or success fear of getting it 'wrong' fear of being exposed as a fraud (good old imposter syndrome) fear that my friends and family won't get it fear that no one will listen fear that it's/I am not enough So, here's my top 8 tips to move through fear. Tip one: identify the fear.   What is it?  Name it.  Shine a light on it.  Say it out loud. I'm afraid of (insert reason here). Tip two:  Does the best possible outcome, outweigh the worst? Best possible outcome? You positively impact someone's day/wee/month/year/life. Worst case scenario? Bruised ego.  (and I've experience enough bruises to know one thing for sure… they heal) Tip 3:  It's not about you. Yeah… that old chestnut.  As humans we have this ability to make everything about us.  Namely, what people might think of us.  And that alone is enough to paralyse us from moving forward.  Focussing on service and shifting that focus from you (and all the things that could potentially go wrong), to those who you can serve, really helps move through the fear. My go to mantra:  When nervous, focus on service. Tip 4:  Practice makes perfect (err, practice makes better) Let's be real.  Most of the time, when we start something new, we suck at it.  Big time.  And the only way to get better is practice. Moving through fear is like a muscle.  If you want to build it, keep working on it.  Remember the first time you've tried anything new and scary?  We build it up to be something really BIG.  Then we do it, and it might not be perfect, but we realise we can do it.  So we do it again… and again… and again… then it becomes something we are comfortable with…. and if we practice enough, we can become a master at it. Whether it's golf, crotchet, growing tomatoes, or doing live webinars, the only way you are going to improve is to keep trying.  Keep showing up – despite the fear. Tip 5:  Drop perfection for experimentation.  Drop perfection.  It serves no one.  And replace it with a good dose of experimentation.  Instead of placing all this crazy pressure on yourself to have things go perfectly, reframe things as an experiment.  Test.  Measure.  Review.  Test.  Measure.  Review.  Framing things as an experiment lightens the load and lessens attachment to outcome. Tip 6:  What you're afraid of has already happened.   Yep.  The rejection you're trying to avoid?  It's already happened.  That doesn't mean it's going to happen again, but if it does, all is well; you've experienced it before and you survived.  You can do it again. Tip 7:  What others think of you is not of your business. Easy to say, hard to live by… but oh, so true.  What others think of you comes from their experience and beliefs and their opinion of you, and anything you say, is ALWAYS going to be skewed by this. Tip 8:  You can't please everyone, so you might as well please yourself.  Enough said.  You're always going to piss someone off.  Might as well be doing it for a good cause. Fear is always going to be present, my friend.  Always.  It's part of our make up as human beings.  A reminder of our mortality.  A way to protect ourselves from harm.  It stems from our vulnerability as cave men and women… when we were prey to wild animals. And while there are many people out there who behave like wild animals, trying to rip others to shreds, the truth is they only have the power you allow them to have.  Hiding away in your cave because someone might have something negative to say about you serves no one. Take a few deep breaths, puff that chest out, focus on those who need to hear what you have to say… and hit record. The world will thank you for it. Karly Nimmo is all about about helping people find their voice, and giving them the tools and platform to get it out there.  She's a passionate podcaster, teacher and mentor atRadcasters Podcasting S'cool. The post Overcoming the Fear of Being Heard appeared first on ProBlogger.

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