Building a startup is no easy feat. It will test your grit, determination, and resolve throughout the entire process. Enter…startup blogs.
While building a startup, capital can sometimes be tight, so it can be tough to bring in a team to work with.
However, working with a team is extremely beneficial. It will allow you to share ideas, surround yourself with experts and delegate your work, freeing you up to do other important, value-producing tasks.
However, when you don’t have a team to help fuel your growth, startup blogs can be a great resource to provide information that can help you grow your business.
In this post, we’ve outlined 50 of the best startup blogs to follow.
You can start reading these today to help you navigate entrepreneurship and help grow your business online or in person.
We’ve split these resources into five sections;
- Blogs for Startups
- Venture Capital
- Digital Marketing
- Entrepreneurship
- Startup Founders
Blogs For Startups
Groove Blog
The Groove blog is an excellent resource for entrepreneurs and startup founders.
This blog offers fantastic advice ranging from customer service, building a fully remote team, and using content marketing. Geared more towards the tech industry, Groove can provide core information about building a business and posts frequent updates on their SaaS products.
Quick Sprout
Run by Neil Patel, co-founder of Crazy Egg, UberSuggesst & the Neil Patel Digital Marketing agency, Quick Sprout is the go-to place for discussing common problems encountered by startups and their online presence.
Given Patel’s interest and knowledge base in acquiring customers and converting them, Quick Sprout is a brilliant library for providing engaging and helpful content for those looking to convert leads and followers.
forEntrepreneurs
Started by David Skok, a five-time co-founder, and current venture capitalist, Skok uses this blog to share what he has learned in the startup industry with other startup founders.
It is recommended for those that like to follow industry trends and learn from key figures in the industry.
forEntrepreneurs has also been voted the number 1 website for entrepreneurs by Inc. Magazine and ranked 2nd on the list of 100 Best Websites for Entrepreneurs by Forbes Magazine.
Startup Stockpile
With a tag line like “Tools, Templates, & Tactics You Can Use To Start, Run, & Grow Your Business,” as an entrepreneur or startup founder looking for a one-stop-shop for advice, you cannot go wrong with Startup Stockpile.
With a name like a “Stockpile,” expect to find a vast arsenal of brilliant insights into the startup industry.
Startup Nation
With a frequently updated blog, podcast, and e-book all available, it’s safe to say that Startup Nation covers a wide range of topics.
With multiple posts per day, Startup Nation provides a whole host of reading material, frequently updated, and is one of the best blogs to follow for startup founders.
Startups.com
Startups.com offers in-depth online courses for entrepreneurs and startup founders.
With speakers and teachers like Neil Patel (see above), they also provide a library of video and article content on categories such as; funding, design, ideas, marketing, teams, and leadership.
With Startups.com, you can expect quality advice from startup founders on all aspects of building and starting a company.
HBR
The Harvard Business Review blog has some excellent articles on entrepreneurship. They’re a more traditional publication and publish a lot (so there’s more to sort through), but the gems make it time well spent.
Small Business Trends
Covering Marketing, Finance, Technology & Management, Small Business Trends is built for small businesses. Offering the latest news & articles on various topics for small businesses to take advantage of, this is a great platform to get your daily business tips.
StartechUp
The “mothership” of Startup Oasis, StartTechUp is a goldmine for quality articles on building remote teams, SaaS product development, and outsourcing. With articles published weekly, Startech Up is a blog worth bookmarking for quality resources and tech advice alone.
Mixergy
Opening with the tagline “What do the top startup founders know that you don’t?”, Mixergy – outside of the bad name – showcases top startup founders, asking them to share their worldly advice. With a hit podcast in tow, Mixergy is a great online resource to read and listen to on the go for (aspiring) entrepreneurs.
Andrew Chen’s blog as “one of the best startup entrepreneurship blogs of all time.”
Venture Capital
Both Sides of the Table
Essential reading for anyone interest in or looking to obtain Venture Capital (VC).
Mark Suster founded both sides of the table – an active Venture Capitalist – Suster is arguably one of the most influential voices in the industry. His blog is always on the recommended reading list for more information on the startup business.
VatorNews | Voice of the Entrepreneur
VatorNews combines interviews and guest blogs from influential figures in the Venture Capitalist industry with several blog series covering; making money online, thought leadership, and digital health.
While this blog is a bit more unique than others in the category, that doesn’t mean that the information it offers is any less helpful.
Andrew Chen
The modern godfather of product development – Eric Ries, author of the Lean Startup – described Andrew Chen’s blog as “one of the best startup entrepreneurship blogs of all time.”
Without all the flashy CSS style integration, Chen manages to distill quality information about high-growth startups, technology, and more into what resembles more like an RSS feed.
With an endorsement like that from Eric Ries, it’s hard to pass this one by.
AVC
With VC in the title, any blog listing the top VC blogs available must have this one included in the list. Taking a leaf out of Seth Godin’s book, Fred Wilson – founder of AVC, has posted every day since 2003.
While this blog centers around VC, it also contains practical knowledge on building a (tech) startup.
A growing list of readers comes with an insightful and helpful comment section, something you’ll be hard-pressed to find on any social media site these days.
A Smart Bear
The home of a software startup founder, bootstrapper, investor, and mentor, Jason Cohen.
A smart bear offers blogs explaining complex subscription business models while also covering marketing and company culture topics. A must-read for anyone who is looking for help with their subscription-based business.
Benedict Evans
Ben Evans is a Venture Capitalist at Mosaic Ventures and Entrepreneur First, but in his spare time, he likes to cover topics on what matters in tech and where the industry is going. As an independent analyst, Evans writes weekly essays and blogs on things he’s mulling over while also dispensing good information about the VC world. With a 160,000 strong email subscription list, he must be doing something right.
Chris Dixon
Chris Dixon has a very impressive résumé. As an early investor in Kickstarter, Stripe, Flatiron Health, Warby Parker, Zipline, Pinterest, and Stack Overflow, it’s clear Chris knows what he’s doing when it comes to investing.
He’s now focusing on Cryptocurrencies and blockchain, but that doesn’t mean he’s stopped blogging about VC topics. With over half a million followers on Twitter, Chris is one to watch for any startup entrepreneur looking to learn from others.
The Twenty Minute VC
Run by Harry Stebbings, a 24-year-old London-based creator, this blog turned podcast interviews some hugely influential figures in the tech world.
Covering topics like how to scale your business into a unicorn, raise investment, and interview pioneering young CEOs looking to shake up multiple industries.
This is a blog you can listen to on the go, with new episodes dropping every couple of days.
Venture Hacks
Venture Hacks, run by Naval Ravikant, the co-founder of Angel list and silicon valley entrepreneur turn philosopher, and his Angel list co-founder, Babak Nivi.
Venture Hacks promises to deliver “good advice for startups.” As the blogging arm of the Ravikant’s & Nivi’s AngelList, Venture Hacks covers topics like writing for entrepreneurs, making cap tables, and picking co-founders.
Coupled with complementary videos, Venture Hacks is a great place to get daily business and venture capital motivation from one of the most influential speakers in the industry.
This Is Going To Be BIG…
Based in New York City? If so, this blog is for you. Run by a native New Yorker, Charlie O’Donnell, who invests in seed and pre-seed NYC startups at Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, talks about navigating the VC world in the big apple.
Recommended reading for anyone starting a business in NYC, O’Donnel includes resources in his niche that you’d struggle to find anywhere else. Follow for tips on how to start a business in NYC and scale for growth.
Digital Marketing Startup Blogs
The Moz Startup Blog
The Moz blog is one of the leading Digital Marketing blogs available online today. With articles aplenty on topics such as how to improve websites and to improve your social, search & content marketing, Moz leads readers along the way to better marketing experiences.
Not only that, but Moz continues to bring in industry experts to provide hints, tips, and insights for those looking to learn more about marketing success. With free SEO guides and other helpful resources, this blog gives those interested in marketing a roadmap for success. One of the best startup blogs out there with a quality Twitter feed & Facebook page as well.
Social Media Examiner
Covering all things social media marketing, Social media examiner is a quality blog covering topics from improving your Facebook retargeting ads to posting better TikTok videos.
Want to know how to structure the perfect ad video or achieve organic growth using Instagram Reels? Social Media examiner covers it all.
Most posts are accompanied by highly produced and quality videos, helping those fall into the TL/DR category. For entrepreneurs who want to increase their sales using social media, following and reading this blog daily is a no-brainer.
They also have a great daily email blast that links to their best and most recent articles and a podcast interviewing industry leaders. It’s fair to say that Social Media examiner does have it all.
Unbounce Conversion Intelligence
Publishing all things related to marketing since 2009, from A/B testing & landing pages to conversion rate optimization & email marketing. If you’re looking for hot tips in copywriting or the essential elements of landing pages to improve your conversion rankings, Unbounce has you covered.
Econsultancy
Covering the latest marketing and digital insights news, using knowledge gleaned from Econsultancy’s world-class analysts and experts. Well worth the read if you’re interested in direction on how to market yourself online using the latest trends.
Econsultancy covers various topics with investigative dives into unique industries and sharing practical marketing advice that businesses can implement straight away.
This blog is well worth the follow for those looking for unique opportunities and startup-focused resources with a focus on upcoming marketing and business trends.
Crazy Egg
Crazy Egg is dedicated to helping you make the most of every visitor for startups that want to learn how to optimize their funnels and customer conversions.
Crazy egg is one of those startup blogs that every new marketer or solopreneur should bookmark for future and continued reading.
With resources covering how to improve your online sales methods and the latest tech platforms for CRM, webinars, and email marketing, this blog is a one-stop-shop for improving your customer’s & website traffic value and a great continued read for any small business for you and your team.
MailMunch Blog
This blog covers thoughts on web marketing and email content marketing for small to medium-sized businesses. Learn how to become a conversion pro through creating and adopting opt-in forms and everything you could imagine when it comes to email.
Given that marketers continue to tell us how vital email is to businesses, it would be worth your time to understand how to make email work for you to increase your conversions, something MailMunch’s blog can help with.
Duct Tape Marketing
Founded by John Jantsch, sometimes known as the World’s Most Practical Small Business Expert for marketing ideas and strategies, Duct Tape Marketing set out a mission to provide simple, effective & affordable small business marketing.
This blog is a brilliant all-in-one resource for startups with limited marketing budgets & is recommended for those looking to understand unique and practical strategies that work.
With blogs, podcasts, and books available, there is something for everyone at Duct Tape.
ConvertKit
Apart from offering one of the most popular email marketing platforms on the web, Convertkit also provides a highly detailed and robust blog on digital marketing.
Convertkit is one of the best startup havens for regular posts and helpful tips with a handy and user-friendly platform.
Could this platform provide any more value!?
Well, with an active Facebook community and growing customer base, we expect Convertkit to continue to go from strength to strength, while continuing to offer teachings on startup growth.
Single Grain
Originally a failing SEO startup, the company was purchased by the marketing guru Eric Giu, for, drumroll please…$2!
Since doing so, Giu has transformed the company and used his marketing and business development experience to turn it into one of the leading digital marketing agencies around today.
While offering full-scale digital marketing services, the company also has a stunning blog showcasing new and exciting articles on digital marketing (of course) and contemporary topics such as NFTs, affiliate marketing, and software development upgrades.
With a loyal following on Twitter to boot, the Single Grain blog is worth checking out for all your digital marketing needs.
Social Triggers
Founded by Derek Halpern, Social triggers was born out of Halpern’s passion for building and marketing businesses and websites.
Halpern has built & marketed websites that have attracted up to 1,000,000 visitors in a day!
Like the others in this section, Social Triggers is primarily a digital marketing agency. Still, the site’s blog contains some brilliant hints and tips on marketing online and life advice, how to improve content marketing, and bootstrapping businesses.
Halpern’s rise to the top in the digital entrepreneur’s equivalent of the American Dream and a blog that your startup should be using to accelerate your growth.
Entrepreneurship
Forbes for Entrepreneurs
Isn’t Forbes the magazine that publishes the annual report on the wealthiest people in the world? Yes. Then why is it on a list for Startup Blogs to read?
Because, along with their quality articles on business and management, the company also has branches for other areas, including startups, entrepreneurship & leadership.
These other magazine areas are havens for quality articles and posts written by industry experts and provide essential reading for startups.
Blogtrepeneur
With a host of tools and resources for startups and entrepreneurs, Blogtrepeneur was started to help make the journey for entrepreneurs a little less complicated.
With articles focusing on growth and personal development along with entrepreneurship, this blog provides a range of posts worth getting your teeth stuck in to.
Entrepreneurs Journey
Entrepreneurs journey provides recommended reading for marketing, blogging, personal development, and more for anyone interested in entrepreneurship or startups.
Founded by Yaro Starak, Entrepreneur’s Journey shares stories on starting a business, selling education or in-demand digital services, buying and selling websites as a side hustle, and how to scale and automate your business.
Gary Vaynerchuk
One of the most recognizable faces in the entrepreneurship industry as a whole. Gary Vaynerchuk is an investor, serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, and more.
While his opinion and delivery have a way to divide opinion, you cannot knock his advice and drive to help others realize the joys of entrepreneurship and creating your own business. As startup blogs go, this one is right up there.
GoDaddy’s Startup Blog
A leading domain seller and website builder, GoDaddy’s website has an extensive library of articles startups. Given the nature of GoDaddy’s business model, expect a lot of information on online business and tech startups.
Be warned, however, once you head to GoDaddy, you may receive retargeted ads for a very long time – as I personally found out.
Hot Sauce! Secret Sauce for Entrepreneurs
Hot Sauce is a blog run by Cayenne Consulting. Updated every weekday, there are hundreds of posts here for every type of reader, from those looking to start a food truck business to choosing the best marketing plans. Hot Sauce covers it all. You can even subscribe to this blog via an RSS feed, so you’re daily entrepreneurial news and information gets delivered directly to you.
With categories including business planning, consulting, finance, accounting, innovation, leadership, marketing, raising capital, and more, Hot Sauce has everything you need as an entrepreneur to make your business a success.
How To Change The World
By Guy Kawasaki, a former venture capitalist, he chronicles how he launched multiple online ventures and funded even more through his firm.
With a podcast that interviews leading figures in entrepreneurship and offers recommended reading lists for entrepreneurs, this is one blog you’re sure to learn a lot from.
The Entrepreneurial Mind
Written by Dr. Jeff Cornwall, co-founder of The Entrepreneurial Mind, a serial entrepreneur, and a professor of entrepreneurship.
Cornwall credits his interest in entrepreneurship early in life, growing up in an entrepreneurial family, and feeding off community spirit.
Offering coaching lessons, a podcast, and a frequently updated blog, with a website called “the entrepreneurial mind,” the resources here are recommended for entrepreneurs looking for unique posts about the latest news on sales, success, customer retention, and more.
Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist
Penelope Trunk is a serial entrepreneur. Founding at least three companies, she takes her experience and mixes it with engaging and fun writing with a sprinkle of personal anecdotes to develop a hugely rewarding and enjoyable blog.
With priceless insights and laugh-out-loud observations, Trunk provides timely and helpful advice for entrepreneurs in a way that others cannot. As one of the only women on our list, if you’re looking for a different perspective on entrepreneurship, there are worse places to start.
Steve Blank
While Blank’s blog isn’t the most aesthetically appealing, don’t let that put you off the valuable advice that you can find on these pages.
Covering a whole host of topics using his experience as a founding CEO, Blank takes readers, hand in hand through insightful business theory.
Most posts come with a helpful summary section found at the end of the blog, which is always a nice touch.
As a startup founder, it’s crucial to always be learning, feeding your mind the information it needs to grow a business to success.
Startup Founders
Pat Flynn
Founder and chief content creator Pat Flynn is one of the world’s most respected podcast hosts.
When it comes to developing and building your own online business, launching a podcast, or just trying to earn some extra side income, then Pat Flynn has you covered.
His journey started by chronicling his experiments in the pursuit of earning extra income as a side-hustle and has slowly blown up into an empire.
Neil Patel
Marketing expert and all-around nice-guy Neil Patel is your personal digital marketing guru. The guy churns out so much quality content you’d be a fool not to check him out.
Patel opens the lid on the strategies that made his business successful and gives you the toolkit to follow in his footsteps.
With a website full of free online courses from SEO, Instagram marketing, and Growth Hacking, Neil Patel’s blog is a dream for a startup founder.
Spencer Fry
Founder & CEO of Podia, Fry has been an entrepreneur his entire life, claiming that he’s never earned a paycheck from anyone other than himself.
For a man who bootstrapped three startups, his mission is to help entrepreneurs whenever and however he can.
As an active Twitter enthusiast, he helps startups understand what to expect when growing a business, why competitors matter less than you think, and the benefits of bootstrapping a company compared to raising capital.
An excellent blog for startups to follow when starting out.
Seth Godin
As a startup founder, if you haven’t heard of Seth Godin, then you must have been living under a rock. The father of modern Marketing, this man is the picture definition of discipline. Writing a blog post every day for the last decade, Godin has produced thousands of articles with legendary advice.
His books have understandably won acclaim all over the world for their timely insights. Seth Godin is known for giving his out-of-the-box views without apologizing.
As blogs go, this is a brilliant online resource recommended for a startup or entrepreneurs in need of marketing help.
Eric Ries
What to say about Eric Ries that hasn’t already been said in our other blog posts? We love Eric Ries here at Startup Oasis, and why not?
The guy is the godfather of MVP development, changing the face of software development for entrepreneurs and startups in the last decade.
His book “The Lean Startup” is a triumphant resource and recommended reading for startups to learn how to bring products to market quickly and effectively.
His blog can be seen as a continuation of his book, with blog posts covering topics such as conversion optimization, how to bring more value to your startup, and the latest need-to-know news in the tech industry.
Tony Robbins
Tony Robbins is one of the most prominent self-help gurus on the planet. With an impressive CV that shows him helping millions of people battle anxiety, depression, and stress.
But Tony Robbins is more than that; he’s built a million-dollar business empire that ranges from books, TV shows, retreats, and conferences, and his blog cover business-related concepts from psychology to managing your finances.
An excellent blog for those interested in understanding how to use your mind effectively in the pursuit of success.
Russell Brunson
Russell Brunson is the pioneering founder of Click-funnels, the website builder that helps startups create funnels that convert leads into sales using a formula that Brunson has refined over the years.
In his blog, Russell shows that he is dedicated to helping startups succeed, giving followers the tools and resources that they need to increase sales and value in their business.
Brunson’s on-the-nose style of writing and content delivery may annoy some people. Still, you cannot knock the guy for expertly delivering on his promise to ensure entrepreneurs learn the ins and outs of creating effective sales funnels.
Derek Sivers
Sivers’ blog takes you back to the time when HTML ruled the web. This refreshingly simple blog focuses on the content rather than the style.
Having founded CD baby in 1997 and then selling it for $22 million, Sivers is a profoundly insightful entrepreneur that comes with a deep level of knowledge perfect for startups.
A richly engaging and intelligent blog for startups and entrepreneurs alike.
Joel Gascoigne
As the co-founder of Buffer, Gascoigne is known for taking a non-traditional approach to growing his business.
With a refreshingly transparent writing style, Gascoigne is recommended for entrepreneurs that like following in the footsteps of those that have gone before them.
A uniquely and brilliant blog for startups, Gascoigne tells it like it is, with wide-ranging interviews, a large Twitter and Facebook following, and a vast array of blog posts that is sure to keep you reading well into the night.
Noah Kagan
As the founder of AppSumo and with time at Facebook as a marketer, Kagan has a penchant for data-driven marketing.
With an impressive list of guest bloggers and great insights into the world of digital marketing, Noah Kagan’s blog should be on every startup recommended reading list.
With recent posts covering topics from How Youtube is Changing the World and the rise of the Bitcoin influencer, digital entrepreneurs can delight in the content on offer in a brilliant blog from a startup founder we can all rely on to provide consistent value and the latest tech news.
What’s Next For Startups?
As a startup founder, it’s crucial to always be learning, feeding your mind the information it needs to grow a business to success. However, it takes a team to build a startup, and while some entrepreneurs prefer to bootstrap their business and do everything themselves, a good blog, can provide the answers to questions you may be looking for.
Blogs are moving away from the shouty opinion pieces we were used to seeing in the early stages of the internet and now provide a high amount of value to their readers.
Which blog will you get started with today?
