Things that increase productivity and inspire you to become a successful entrepreneur

I keep this post up to date so if you have links to add feel free to put them in comments.

Before you start your start-up please read theese blog posts:

• The 100 Rules for Being an Entrepreneur by James Altucher
• My Million Dollar Mistake by Neil Patel

Books to read

• The Four Steps to the Epiphanyby Steve Blank
• Ther art of start by Guy Kawasaki
• Tuned In: Uncover the Extraordinary Opportunities That Lead to Business
• Rework by 37 Signals
• Inspired: How To Create Products Customers Loveby Marty Cagan
• Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Founders at work
• The $100 Startup

Personal productivity

• http://www.mindmeister.com/ MindMaps
• http://calendar.google.com/ Google Calendar
• http://pomodoro.me   TimeTracking
• http://Wunderlist.com  To-do list
• http://www.rememberthemilk.com/ To-do list tool
• http://www.boomeranggmail.com/ – Nice app for Gmail
• http://Evernote.com notes
• http://www.clipular.com/  web snapshots
• http://ifttt.com/ - If this that that

Sites&Blogs

• http://www.mixergy.com
• http://www.tonywright.com/
• http://www.steveblank.com
• http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/
• http://www.quora.com
• http://www.linkedin.com
• http://stackexchange.com/
• http://news.ycombinator.com/
• http://www.copyblogger.com
• http://venturehacks.com/
• http://customerdevlabs.com

Surveys

• http://www.surveymonkey.com
• http://www.phpforms.net
• http://www.wufoo.com
• http://www.surveygizmo.com

Wireframing

• http://balsamiq.com
• http://mockflow.com/
• https://gomockingbird.com/
• http://www.axure.com

Hire Designers, Developers, Copywriters

• http://www.oDesk.com
• http://www.elance.com
• http://www.guru.com
• http://www.vworker.com
• http://craigslist.org

Project management

• Google Docs http://docs.google.com
• Basecamp http://basecamphq.com/
• Atlassian http://www.atlassian.com/
• ZoHo http://www.zoho.com/
• ActiveCollab http://www.activecollab.com
• Wrike http://www.wrike.com/
• Pivotal Tracker http://www.pivotaltracker.com/
• Microsoft Project http://www.microsoft.com/project/en/us/default.aspx

Communication

• http://www.skype.com
• http://www.google.com/talk/

Video recordings

• http://camstudio.org/
• http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html

Launch soon pages

• http://launchrock.com/
• http://launchsoon.com/

Landing pages

• http://www.kickofflabs.com/
• http://www.unbounce.com
• http://www.tomazo.com/

Content management frameworks

• http://www.drupal.org
• http://www.wordpress.com
• http://www.joomla.com

User testing

• http://www.usertesting.com/
• http://silverbackapp.com/
• http://www.youeye.com/
• http://startuplift.com/
• http://whatusersdo.com/

User feedback collection

• http://usabilla.com/
• http://www.notableapp.com/
• http://usabilityhub.com/
• http://www.trymyui.com/

Analytics

• Google Analytics http://analytics.google.com
• KissMetrics http://www.kissmetrics.com

Places to get beta testers

• http://wikindu.com/
• http://betali.st/
• http://startupli.st/
• http://www.ziipa.com/
• http://thestartuppitch.com/
• http://angellist.co
• http://crunchbase.com/
• http://www.killerstartups.com/

Email marketing

• MailChimp http://www.mailchimp.com
• Constant Contact http://www.constantcontact.com
• CampaignMonitor  http://www.campaignmonitor.com/
• Aweber http://www.aweber.com/

Infographics

• http://infogr.am/
• http://thenextweb.com/apps/2011/08/16/tips-tricks-and-resources-to-make-your-own-gorgeous-infographics/ Good article about inforaphics
• http://visual.ly/
• http://creately.com/

SocialMedia

• http://www.hootsuite.com
• http://tweetdeck.com

File Sharing&Storage

• http://drive.google.com
• http://www.dropbox.com
• http://www.box.net

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