10 Blogs Entrepreneur’s Must Follow

If you are a start-up looking for capital, or an entrepreneur that will one day run with that great idea, then here are 10 blogs that are an absolute must. If you haven’t already, set up an RSS reader and subscribe to these blogs.

1. A VC – Fred Wilson is a Managing Partner of two venture capital firms, Flatiron Partners and Union Square Ventures and has been a VC for 19 years. A VC offers a great insight of how a VC thinks and acts. A must for anyone wanting to approach a VC to finance their start-up.
2. Blogtrepreneur – Not an easy name to say three times fast, however this site offers a wide range of information for the every day entrepreneur. The authors are two young entrepreneurs who founded YoungEntrepreneur.com and pioneered a method for improving the profitability of under-performing businesses using a unique ‘bottom line’ program. For entrepreneurs, this blog is very easy to relate to and offers very useful advice in many areas of business and entrepreneurship.
3. Feld Thoughts – Another VC with a wealth of experience. Brad Feld has been an early stage investor and entrepreneur for over 20 years, and invests in a number of very interesting and ground breaking companies. Brad is very receptive to cold emails and is always willing to help out newbie entrepreneurs
4. How to Change the World – Guy Kawasaki is just one of those guys who has been there and done that. Very easy to relate to, Guy offers advice on just about everything; from tweeting to pitching and presenting.
5. VC Deal Lawyer – I have always enjoyed this site, and maybe I’m bias because I’ve spoken with the author Chris McDemus on numerous occasions. If you are involved in a start-up or about to take the plunge I recommend you dig deep into Chris’ blog to get a good understanding of the legal side of venture capital.
6. Quick Sprout – Neil Patel is the co-founder of 2 Internet companies: Crazy Egg, and KISSmetrics. Neil himself admits he has had a roller coaster of a life, making millions of dollars in one venture only to lose it all on the next. For me advise through experience is the best advice of all.
7. Inc.com – A collaboration of numerous authors, this blog offers a vast array of information for the entrepreneur. Here are just a few topics discussed on the site: Start-Up, Running a Business, Finance, Leadership, Sales and Marketing, Technology and Innovation. Keeping track of their posts is a job in itself, posting half-a-dozen stories each day. Unfortunately you have to sit through an advert before reading each post, but other then that, this blog offers it all.
8. Seth’s Blog – Seth Godin is a marketing and branding wizz, and that goes for marketing his own books (10 and counting) including The Dip – a Business Week and New York Times bestseller. A highlight of this blog is Permission Marketing. Godin explained how to turn strangers into friends and friends into customers. Learn how to marketing to people who have shown an interest in your product/service.
9. Get Elastic – If your company operates online, and in particular sells online products, this site will offer a wealth of information. Each post provides practical examples of how to make your product sell. From site layout, to product branding this blog may just help your product reach the tipping point.
10. Blog Maverick – Author Mark Cuban is the owner of the Dallas Mavericks (NBA basketball team) and Chairman of HDNet (HDTV cable network). Yes the site talks a lot about sport (good oh!), but from a professional business prospective, so it makes sense. Looking deeper into the blog you will find a wealth of information from the viewpoint of Mark Cuban.