100 Small Business Resources for Entrepreneurs From 2012

Before several days I was simply trying to look at my Evernote notebooks to see what small business resources I was reading in 2012 and what will need to stay in my evernote account, what will need to be in which notebook and what I think will need to be deleted.

Quickly after searching for the 2012 as a year of creating notes I find more than 2,600 notes that I was created in that year. There are different stuff in the form of my notes, my lists, interesting articles, books… It’s huge small business resource list.

Here I want to share 100 small business resources that I found in my evernote account from last years for which I think is valuable for entrepreneurs.

Business Startup

1. Killing Your Startup by Listening to Customers | Steve Blank
2. How to Run a Startup Like a Seal Platoon | Forbes
3. 7 Keys to Hiring Startups First Employee | Forbes
4. 3 Factors That May Be Limiting Your Startup’s Success | Open Forum
5. The 3 Things Startup Founders Need to Know About HR | Forbes
6. 10 Ways to Generate Your Own Startup Capital | Young Entrepreneur
7. Think Like a Startup | Forbes
8. How to Build a Billion Dollar Startup | Steve Blank
9. The Role of Business Development at a Startup | Andrew Dumont
10. How to Do Business Development at Startups | Women 2.0
11. How to Become a Must-Have | The Smart Fast Startup
12. More efficiency or more innovation | Innovation Excellence
13. What Does Validated Hypothesis Look Like? | Cindy Alvarez
14. Start-up on a Budget: 14 Cheap Tools | Inc.
15. Changing Management’s View of an Innovation From “Probably Not a Good Idea” to “We’re Late” | SKMurphy
16. The Exponential Rise of Lean Business | Forbes
17. The Value Hypothesis | Forbes
18. The Rule of 10 for Product Design | Up and Running
19. Five Tips to Inspire Innovation at Your Small Business | Entrepreneur
20. Are Your Employees Scared to Innovate? | Open Forum
21. 7 Deadly Sins of Start-ups | Inc.
22. The Danger of the Minimal Viable Product | Harvard Business Review
23. Small Business Innovation Lessons From 3 Big Companies | Open Forum
24. Eric Ries: A Better Way to Pivot | Inc.
25. Bring Your Innovation to Market With These 6 Tips | Open Forum
26. The Roadmap from Great Idea to Great Product | Business2Community
27. Is Pivoting a Smart Strategy for Young Entrepreneurs | Young Entrepreneur
28. Managing Your Ideas | Small Business Trends
29. Why the Innovators Dilemma is Everyones Dilemma (And How to Beat It) | Under 30 CEO
30. Design Your Business to Handle Exception, Not for the Exception | Open Forum
31. Vision Versus Hallucination – Founders and Pivot | Steve Blank
32. 10 Things to Consider When Starting a Business in a Down Economy | Forbes

Productivity

1. 50 ways to Increase Your Productivity | Lifehack
2. 7 Ways to Leverage Your Time to Increase Your Productivity | Lifehack
3. Time Management Tips: Focus on Your Priorities | Click Newz
4. 4 Critical Ways You Can Stop Wasting Time Today | Lifehack
5. The 7 Bad Habits of Insanely Productive People | Copyblogger
6. The Hierarchy of Getting Important Stuff Done | Duct Tape Marketing
7. The Cycle of Getting the Important Stuff Done | Duct Tape Marketing
8. How Task Management Software Adds Value | Business2Community
9. 7 Steps to Turbocharge Your Efficiency | Inc.
10. 7 Strategies to Avoid Distraction at Work | Mens Health
11. Secrets of the Most Productive People I Know | Inc.
12. 12 Most Practical Strategies to Beat Stress at Work | 12 Most
13. Multi-tasking Will Kill You | The Altucher Confidential

Content Marketing

1. How to Build Better Buying Personas to Drive Killer Content | HubSpot
2. A Fool-Proof Formula for Easily Creating Compelling Content | Copyblogger
3. Agile Content Marketing: How to Grow and Audience that Grows Your Business | Entreproducer
4. What’s Your Content Marketing Plan of Attack [Infographic] | Econsultancy
5. 10 Content Marketing Must-Do’s for Brands | Convince & Convert
6. Successful Online Content Planning in 45 Sure-Fire Bullets | Function Writing Group
7. How to Overcome I Wish Mentality and Start a Blog | ProBlogger
8. 100 Lessons Learned from 10 years of SEO | Quick Sprout

Social Media

1. 6 Steps to Getting Started With Google + | Social Media Examiner
2. How to Create Social Media Editorial Calendar | Search Engine Watch
3. How to Optimize Your Business for Local Search and Social Marketing | Quicksprout
4. 5 Top Google + Tools and Apps for Marketing Pros | Social Media Examiner
5. Putting the Social Back into Social Media: 40 Ways to Build a Loyal Audience | Copyblogger
6. 9 Social Media Hacks I Use Every Day | Social Media Today
7. How a Small Business Uses Social Media to Generate Leads and Deliver Customer Service | Radian6
8. 5 Reasons Google + Is Worth It For SMBs | Small Business Trends
9. A Quick Guide to Tumblr for Business | Open Forum

Marketing

1. 10 Brand Building Steps for Begginers | Fast Company
2. 21 Reasons You’ll Fail at Marketing | Up and Running Blog
3. Eight Creative Marketing Ideas to Make Your Business Stand Out | Entrepreneur
4. Reinventing Advertising: A Manifesto | Firepole Marketing
5. Needs and Wants Are Often Confused | Seth Godin
6. The Psychology of Advertising | Business Pundit
7. Make a Great First Impression: 9 New Rules | Inc.
8. Stop Trying to Delight Your Customers: The Idea in Practice | Harvard Business Review
9. 4 Simple Ways to Find Out What Your Customers Really Think | Open Forum
10. How to expand and Get New Customers | Microsoft Small Business
11. Email Checklist | Seth Godin
12. Case Study: Should You Listen to the Customer? | Harvard Business Review

Management

1. No Really! Change is a Good Thing | Inc.
2. Competitive Intelligence versus Knowledge Management | Proactive Intelligence
3. 9 Ways to See Change Coming (Before it Kills Your Business) | Inc.
4. Managing Innovation is about Managing Change | Innovation Excellence
5. 6 Must Have Tools for Managing Virtual Employees | Open Forum
6. Tips to Manage Successful Sales Team | Entrepreneur
7. The Power of the One-Page Strategy | Young Entrepreneur
8. The 5 Biggest Mistakes You’e Making With Work Relationships | Fas Company

Motivation

1. 25 Ways to Get Motivated Today | WiseBread
2. Hack Your Mind to Get Motivated | Lifehack

Business Planning

1. Burn Your Business Plan | Forbes
2. The Best Way to Predict the Future Is To Create It | Forbes

Entrepreneur

1. Four Myths of Entrepreneurship Debunked | Young Entrepreneur
2. Working On the Business Easier Said Than Done | Dr Jeff Cornwall
3. The Three Most Important Factors of Business Success | Duct Tape Marketing
4. How an Entrepreneur Imagines the World | Duct Tape Marketing
5. Why Being a Successful Entrepreneur Takes Practice | Forbes
6. 4 Steps To Turning Your Dream Into a Business | Inc.
7. How to Build a Better Business Model | Inc.
8. 21 Tools to Unlock Your Creative Genius | Blue Glass
9. 3 Fundamentals of Building a Great Business | Inc.
10. 15 Free (or Cheap) Web tools for Creative Entrepreneurs | Open Forum
11. Twelve Keys to Success | The Sales Blog

Technology

1. Starting | Chris Brogan
2. Making Sense of the Cloud for Small Business | Duct Tape Marketing
3. 10 Ways Business Intelligence is Evolving | CMS Wire