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24 alternatives to The Startup Chat: How to Start a Side Business

Actionable tips on starting a side business

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. The Startup Chat: How to Start a Side Business launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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The Startup Chat 126: How to start a side business▲64
Start a business while keeping your main gig
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat▲53
How to build a brand
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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How To Start A Startup - Paul Graham▲122
Counterintuitive parts of startups, and how to have ideas
2015 · howtostartastartup.co · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 155 - Thinking small & intimate in business▲61
Stop trying to be grandiose. Start small and go deep.
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 151: How to create a winning startup culture▲61
How to bring the right people together & make them get along
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Start With A Side-Project▲170
How I built, marketed, and sold a side-project in 3 months
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Zero To Scale - 103: Launching a Side Business and Interviewing Like a Mo'Fo▲61
All about launching and hiring issues
2016 · zerotoscale.com · its alternatives →
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Startr▲156
"Like Airbnb for Uber." Inspiration for your next startup
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 171: Founders Dilemma▲79
Decision making tips for startup founders
2017 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Talk To Your Fucking Customers! (If You Want To Build A Better B2B Startup)▲171
Actionable advice for B2B Startups by Steli from Close.io
2018 · close.com · its alternatives →
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CoffeeHub▲233
The easiest way to book time with professionals you admire
2025 · coffeehub.jp · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 121: How to come up with great business ideas▲71
Hiten Shah & Steli Efti share how to generate startup ideas
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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The Tim Ferriss Show - Should you start a ‘startup’ or build a cash-flow business?▲72
The answer to the question that everyone ask themselves
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The Startup Chat 141: The power of teaching▲56
How to build a better business by sharing what you know
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Start Small, Stay Small▲66
A developer's guide to launching a startup
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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Hit Reply – Episode 4: Start small▲68
How to get started at building and launching things
2016 · hitreply.co · its alternatives →
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The Bite-Sized Entrepreneur▲80
21 Ways to Ignite Your Passion & Pursue Your Side Hustle
2016 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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How to Start a StartUp - 19: Sales and marketing▲61
Tyler Bosmeny, Michael Seibel, Qasar Younis, Dalton Caldwell
2015 · enhancecast.com · its alternatives →
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From Spark to Startup▲200
Startup ideas that you can launch over a weekend
2024 · sparktostartup.substack.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 162: How to do team retreats▲65
Tips for designing successful startup retreats
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat - 37: How to Make Decisions When You Don't Have All the Information▲66
How to make tough, uniformed decisions.
2015 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →
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Lean B2B: Build Products Businesses Want▲70
Practical guide to B2B startups
2015 · amazon.com · its alternatives →
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StartupAdventure▲115
A "choose your own adventure" story for startup founders
2015 · its alternatives →
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The Startup Chat 144: How to become more thoughtful▲78
How to think your way to bigger results
2016 · thestartupchat.com · its alternatives →

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