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Which one is it?

I have to choose Seth Godin's blog.

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Because this question is going to generate large numbers of "correct" answers, it should probably be tagged community wiki to allow others to edit and improve the lists. – Paul McMillan Oct 26 '09 at 11:13

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My favorite would be Paul Grahams Essays.

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+1; They always are very thoughtful. – Slav Ivanov Oct 11 '09 at 18:10
Haven't read all of them, but this one is a masterwork ! paulgraham.com/wealth.html – Olivier Lalonde Dec 18 '09 at 6:51
Thanks Oli for this link - reading all Paul's essays is on my todo list, but following your advice, I read that one this morning - it is indeed excellent. – Steve Wilkinson Feb 4 '10 at 17:23

Noam Wasserman's "Founder Frustrations" blog has some excellent content that is based on research covering many companies. This means that the content often is more objectively "valid" than what you get from a blog that simply represents a single person's insights and experiences.

I also really enjoyed Marc Andreesen's old blog which had some excellent entries on startups, funding structure, etc - but seems to have disappeared off the net so I can't link to it any more...

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Tricky question, because it will obviously depend on your field. For me (web development, but those blogs actually are broader than that):

In order of importance:

Joel on software : The king, such an inspiration.

Coding Horror : Very frequent posts, and great tweeter account.

Signal vs Noise (37 signals) : huge audience, always throwing points to make you think.

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I cannot be without most of them. Dharmesh's OnStartup's is a great one, but now I am hooked with this answer's site, even if it's not a blog. I guess as time evolves the quality of a blog changes too. That is why I found the need to start an aggregator selecting top content in one place at Paper .

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Godin is solid, but Derek Sivers' website is a goldmine. His summaries of business books are amazing and extremely useful.

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Some of my favorites -

37 signals - A refreshing philosophy towards business and life.

Daring Fireball - On strategy in tech industry and everything Apple related

Creating passionate users - Marketing and user experience related

Econsultancy - Ecommerce and internet marketing related

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Sadly Creating passionate users is now dormant but I agree wholeheartedly - it has some excellent advice on it. Means there's no point subscribing with an RSS reader, but certainly worth taking some time out to review Kathy's great material. – Steve Wilkinson Feb 4 '10 at 17:26

I'll add to the excellent list above:

http://venturehacks.com/ http://500hats.typepad.com/ http://www.startuplessonslearned.com/ http://blog.simeonov.com/ http://andrewchenblog.com/ http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/

Obviously I'll second Onstartups, blog and this site, Joel's blog and their forum, and Paul Graham's essays.

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I really like Neil Patel over at Quicksprout. A close second is Dharmesh's OnStartups. If Answers counted as a blog, then that would be my number one. It just sucks me in because of all the great contributors and questions.

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Ben Yoskovitz at InstigatorBlog.com has some great insights on running a startup.

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Mark Suster's Both Sides of the Table has been great for a first time entrepreneur.

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Steve Blank. Now, there is a guy i'd like to have a beer and a steak with. http://steveblank.com

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