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If there was a Startup MBA (there really should be) the class curriculum would looks something like this…
Blogs
- Andrew Chen – I really like his blog. I’ve read so many. I’d like to get him to visit us. The godfather of growth blogging. Spend some time in his archives. Great stuff!
- Adam Nash – Former LinkedIn exec and really smart dude. Every post is worth reading.
- Amy Hoy – Unicornfree, bootstrap, no-bs-get-real blog. Very entertaining writer and good videos as well.
- Sean Ellis – A plethora of really good posts on growth hacking.
- Conrad Wadowski & Mattan Griffel – Growth consultants out of NYC. Conrad gave us a presentation to use for one of our events. Great guys. They have online classes that are good.
- Brian Balfour – Entreprenuer, Angel Investor, Growth Specialist.
- Dan Martell – Founder of Clarity and lecturer on growth.
- Tommy Griffith – SEO
- Matt Cutts – yep, SEO.
- Chamath Palihapitiya – (Growth) Facebook.
- Andy Johns – Facebook, Twitter, and Quora (we love quora)
- Avinash Kaushik – web analytics
- Neil Patel – Kiss (not the band) Analytics blog
- Noah Kagan – Chief Sumo. Very funny vids too
- Seth Godin
- Nabeel Hyatt – Zynga
- James Currier (write in)
- Tomasz Tunguz – startup marketing.
- Jeremy Liew – growth
- Josh Elman – helped grow LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
- Paul Graham – You don’t know Mr. Graham?
- Mike Greenfield – Growth Hacker
- Jason Cohen – Founder of WP Engine (startup marketing)
- Rand Fishkin – Founder of Moz.com and the oracle of search optimization.
- Nir Eyal – psychologies of growth and user engagement.
- Nathan Barry – Designer/ Developer/ Marketer hybrid.
- Mike DeVerna – Growth at Hired.com
- Shawn Collins – affiliate marketing
- 500 Startups
- Ryan Holiday – growth
- Lance and Joanna – hacking copywriting
- Sangeet Paul Choudary – Platform Thinking
- Tim Ferriss
- Brad Feld – TechStars co-founder, author, marathon runner. Great posts on startups. Friend of SCV Startup (helped launch us…)
- Luke Wrobeloski – A world class data-driven designer.
- Alexis Ohanian – Reddit (growth)
- Danielle Morrill – Growth
- Vladimir Prelovac – SEO
- Elliot Shmuckler – LinkedIn.
- Dan McKinley – growth at Etsy.
- Ian Lurie – Founder Portent.
- Will Critchlow – Cofounder of Distilled, the leading organic and paid search agency.
- David Naylor – SEO expert.
- Steve Blank – Serial entrepreneur and author of multiple startup guide books.
- Dharmesh Shah – Cofounder of Hubspot
- Chris Dixon
- Fred Wilson
- Aaron Ginn – Head of Growth at StumbleUpon
- Stephan Miller – SEO and social media marketing.
- Evan Solomon – Engineer and growth thinker
- Ryan Carson – CEO and Founder of Treehouse, an online technology school that teaches you how to code, start a business, etc.
- Jakub Linowski – UI Design Tips for conversion
- Jason Calacanis – This Week in Startups (500 Epis)
Apps & Tools
- WinStreak – Personal productivity
- Venmo – transfer money without having to use PayPal
- Stripe – credit card processing (avoiding PayPal)
- Sumall – web analytics made simple
- SendGrid – email
- MailChimp – email
- Evernote – personal organization
- Square – take payments
- Invoice2Go – help with your invoicing
- Producteev
- Wunderlist – task management
- Pocket Analytics
- WordPress
