7 Must Reads for Developers Turned Entrepreneurs

Note: This post was ported from my old blog to help out the nearly 300 people who had it bookmarked on del.icio.us.

Here are 7 must-read blog posts for developers turned entrepreneurs:

1. How to Start a Startup
   I encourage reading all of Paul Graham's articles if you haven't already. This just happens to be my favorite
   
2. Sometimes it is Just Time to Pull the Trigger
   Cornwall's a professor at Belmont and the guy knows his stuff. I've been linking to him for awhile.
   
3. James Hong: On Having Balls, Part II: Staying Hungry
   Co-Founder of Hot or Not writes: "We stopped all dividending of profits. This money is now better used being reinvested into the company. What this basically means is that my income for the year just dropped from 'x million' to 'ZERO'."
   
4. Creating Passionate Users: Don't ask employees to be passionate about the company!
   My favorite line: "...support people in doing what they're trying to do, and stay the hell out of their way."
   
5. Ian Landsmans Weblog v2.0 - 10 Tips for Moving From Programmer to Entrepreneur
   
6. Why You Have To Work For A Startup
   Follow-up: Why You Have To Work As A Consultant
   
7. Pull! 10 Signs You are Shooting Down Good Ideas.
   Numbers 2 and 4 are particularly noteworthy:
   2) Your competition is your main source of ideas.
   4) You only want BIG ideas.