“I Have An Idea, Now What?” (Resources For New Entrepreneurs)

By Hadiyah Mujhid (Co-Founder, Black Founders)
I often receive emails or view posts of the flavor, “I have an idea, I don’t know how to code, now what?”

This is my response for those who are curious about starting an web-based or software startup. (in no particular order):

Start Building:

• Startup Weekend
• Find a local hackathon

Google:

• Lean Startup
• Customer Development

Learn To Code — Newbie Ruby Resources:

• Try Ruby
• Rails For Zombies
• Ruby on Rails Tutorial by Michael Hartl
• Code School
• Ruby Meetups

Read:

• The Four Steps to the Epiphany
• Business Model Generation: A Handbook for Visionaries, Game Changers, and Challengers
• The Lean Startup: How Today’s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses

Meet Other Entrepreneurs:

• Startup Meetups
• Startup and Entrepreneurship Meetups
• Technology Meetups

Visit Blogs:

• Startup Lessons Learned
• Steve Blank’s Blog

This post was originally posted at Hadiyah Mujhid’s blog.

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About the guest blogger: Hadiyah Mujhid is an entrepreneur and software engineer currently working on early stage startups in San Francisco. She co-runs Black Founders, an organization that promotes diversity in the startup ecosystem. Hadiyah blogs at www.hadiyah.me. Follow her on Twitter at @hadiyahdotme.