From BigCo to Startup: 20 Tips for Evaluating Early-Stage Companies & Making the Leap

Choosing your next role is one of the most important investments you can make — but, unfortunately, no one hands you a ready-made toolbox for navigating big career decisions. And evaluating opportunities in the startup world — without much publicly-available information and data to grasp onto — can be an even trickier black box.

Even in a compressed job hunt, taking a few minutes to flip … [ Read more ]

StartupZone

“StartupZone is a one-stop resource provider for pre-IPO startups. It offers an array of products and services that address startup companies’ most common needs while creating opportunities for job seekers, entrepreneurs, investors, and product or service vendors.”

StartupFailures.com

Insight, resources, and support for entrepreneurs riding the startup roller coaster.

Solobiz

Solobiz is an online business community providing education, practical solutions, and daily support for entrepreneurial thinkers. Solobiz provides interactive services, peer support, and online access to experts through its multiple channels.

StartupNetwork.com

StartupNetwork.com’s mission is to be the leading “human capital network” (i.e., an aggregator of high quality candidates and career opportunities) for high tech startups.

We offer two complementary services: The Job Exchange and the Founder’s Forum. The Job Exchange is the only online recruitment site dedicated to the high tech, pre-IPO industry that allows hiring managers to source candidates based on the job seeker’s risk tolerance … [ Read more ]

Career Action Center

Are you considering working for a start-up but having trouble deciding if it’s the right move for you? Maybe you know the start-up you’d like to work for, but you need more information before you make that first contact. Or perhaps you’ve heard all the buzz about start-ups, but you can’t quite put your finger on what the term means. No matter what your interest, … [ Read more ]

Jumping Chips

Focused on the semiconductor industry.

TopStartups.com

start-ups by category, recruitment sources as well as job listings.

Garage.com

This is a seed-stage VC firm but it has lots of useful resources for and about startups in general.