If there was a Startup MBA (there really should be) the class curriculum would looks something like this…

Blogs

Andrew Chen – I really like his blog. I’ve read so many. I’d like to get him to visit us. The godfather of growth blogging. Spend some time in his archives. Great stuff!
Adam Nash – Former LinkedIn exec and really smart dude. Every post is worth reading.
Amy Hoy – Unicornfree, bootstrap, no-bs-get-real blog. Very entertaining writer and good videos as well.
Sean Ellis – A plethora of really good posts on growth hacking.
Conrad Wadowski & Mattan Griffel – Growth consultants out of NYC. Conrad gave us a presentation to use for one of our events. Great guys. They have online classes that are good.
Brian Balfour – Entreprenuer, Angel Investor, Growth Specialist.
Dan Martell – Founder of Clarity and lecturer on growth.
Tommy Griffith – SEO
Matt Cutts – yep, SEO.
Chamath Palihapitiya – (Growth) Facebook.
Andy Johns – Facebook, Twitter, and Quora (we love quora)
Avinash Kaushik – web analytics
Neil Patel – Kiss (not the band) Analytics blog
Noah Kagan – Chief Sumo. Very funny vids too
Seth Godin
Nabeel Hyatt – Zynga
James Currier (write in)
Tomasz Tunguz – startup marketing.
Jeremy Liew – growth
Josh Elman – helped grow LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter
Paul Graham – You don’t know Mr. Graham?
Mike Greenfield – Growth Hacker
Jason Cohen – Founder of WP Engine (startup marketing)
Rand Fishkin – Founder of Moz.com and the oracle of search optimization.
Nir Eyal – psychologies of growth and user engagement.
Nathan Barry – Designer/ Developer/ Marketer hybrid.
Mike DeVerna – Growth at Hired.com
Shawn Collins – affiliate marketing
500 Startups
Ryan Holiday – growth
Lance and Joanna – hacking copywriting
Sangeet Paul Choudary – Platform Thinking
Tim Ferriss
Brad Feld – TechStars co-founder, author, marathon runner. Great posts on startups. Friend of SCV Startup (helped launch us…)
Luke Wrobeloski – A world class data-driven designer.
Alexis Ohanian – Reddit (growth)
Danielle Morrill – Growth
Vladimir Prelovac – SEO
Elliot Shmuckler – LinkedIn.
Dan McKinley – growth at Etsy.
Ian Lurie – Founder Portent.
Will Critchlow – Cofounder of Distilled, the leading organic and paid search agency.
David Naylor – SEO expert.
Steve Blank – Serial entrepreneur and author of multiple startup guide books.
Dharmesh Shah – Cofounder of Hubspot
Chris Dixon
Fred Wilson
Aaron Ginn – Head of Growth at StumbleUpon
Stephan Miller – SEO and social media marketing.
Evan Solomon – Engineer and growth thinker
Ryan Carson – CEO and Founder of Treehouse, an online technology school that teaches you how to code, start a business, etc.
Jakub Linowski – UI Design Tips for conversion
Jason Calacanis – This Week in Startups (500 Epis)

Books

Do More Faster – Brad Feld
Venture Deals – Brad Feld
Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products
The Lean Startup – Eric Ries
The Art of the Start – Guy Kawasaki
Zero to One – Peter Thiel
The War of Art – Steve Pressfield
The Hard Thing About Hard Things – Ben Horowitz
Founder’s Dilemma – Noah Wasserman

Apps & Tools

WinStreak – Personal productivity
Venmo – transfer money without having to use PayPal
Stripe – credit card processing (avoiding PayPal)
Sumall – web analytics made simple
SendGrid – email
MailChimp – email
Evernote – personal organization
Square – take payments
Invoice2Go – help with your invoicing
Producteev
Wunderlist – task management
Pocket Analytics
WordPress

If there was a Startup MBA (there really should be) the class curriculum would looks something like this…

Blogs

Books

Apps & Tools

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