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Links to Resources


Articles


30 Questions to Ask Before Joining a Startup

Back Office

The Ultimate Back-Office Guide to How to Launch a Startup by Elaine Zelby (Signal Fire)

Books


Be 2.0

Startup Boards

Traction: Get a Grip on Your Business

Venture Deals

Courses


Venture Deals

RB+1 Venture Training for Academy Investor Network Members

Events - Veteran Startup


Hofstra Venture Challenge

Rocket Pitch (Babson College)

Military Veteran Startup Conference (SF)

Events


Conferences and Pitch Competitions for Veterans


Podcasts


Beyond the Uniform

Programs/Incubators/

Accelerators


AIN Accelerator/Incubator List

1 Million Cups

AlphaLab Gear Manufacturing Program

Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses

PeaceTech Accelerator

Studies/Publications/

Papers


Institute for Military & Veterans Affairs (All Publications)

Success Factors for Veteran Entrepreneurs

University-Focused Syndicates


Alumni Venture Group

Baylor University

Berkeley

Cornell

Harvard

Indiana University

MIT

Notre Dame

Princeton

Stanford

Veteran-Focused Entrepreneur Organizations


Bunker Labs

Coalition for Veteran Owned Businesses (CVOB)

Dog Tag Bakery Fellowship

Entrepreneurship Bootcamp for Veterans (EBV)

Veteran Business Battle

Institute for Veteran and Military Families (IVMF)

National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVoba)

Patriot Boot Camp

PenFed Veteran Entrepreneur Investment Program

SCORE

Veteran Business Outreach Centers

Vendors


Airtable - Collaboration Tool

Bench - Financial Software

Brex - Expense Management

Carta - Capitalization Table Management

Coda - Collaboration Tool

Pilot - Bookkeeping and Finance

Ramp - Expense Management

Slack - Collaboration Tool

Stripe Atlas - Incorporation Setup

Zoom - Video Conferencing

Blogs - Academy Investor Network

AIN Blog - Venture Math

Academy Investor Network VC Basics Pt. 1

Blogs


AVC

Axios

Brad Feld

CBInsights

Ed Zimmerman

GoingVC

Sam Altman

Strictly VC

TechCrunch

Dual-Use


AFWERX

National Security Innovation Network

CITRIS Foundry

dcode

Defense Innovation Unit

SpaceWERX

Female Voices


Hello Alice

The Vinetta Project

Newsletters - Dual Use

Aerospace Industries Association

Defense One

NextGov

Payload (Space)

Newsletters

Startup Catalyst Brief

Term Sheet (Forbes)

Regional

DC Inno (Washington DC)

Resources


CoFounders Lab

Failory

First Round Search

Founder Library

Foundersuite

High Output Founders Library

Holloway

Goodwin Founders Workbench

Grow with Google

GSV Passport

Guides.co

Lean Startup Stack