25 Media publications that Founders must follow.

Sahil Vats
The Productivity Revolution
4 min readMay 15, 2018

Curated list of Media publications followed by global startup founders !!

The life of a founder is a demanding one that never seems to offer enough hours in the day and a million things that you need to learn and know of !!

Reading gets you through the intellectual nourishment needed through this.

As somebody who has just started with his career, I’m at a stage where I love to read as much as I can to gain a footing and not come across as ignorant and just “Know my stuff”.

I figured out this list of 25 web- publications and apps to help me get a semblance of the hundred-million things happening around.

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This list was curated from following a number of Startup founders and what they read and would be worth your effort to see what the readers who are leaders are up to. A bit of time and effort saved 😃

Business:

1. Grant’s Interest Rate Observer

It’s a great journal site for Financial markets. Ideal for people interested in understanding an independent perspective on anything from interest incomes to World Bank rates to Tokyo trading. It’s a goldmine of unconventional thoughts on investments and trading.

2. McKinsey insights

McKinsey has been the Golden go to sight for constant business learning for decades now.

3. Tech In Asia

Tech in Asia is a media, events, and jobs platform catering to Asia’s tech and startup community. They are on this mission to help the tech and startup community move forward.

4. Product Hunt

Product Hunt is a curation of the best new products, every day. Discover the latest mobile apps, websites, and technology products that everyone’s talking about

5. Inc.

This is an amazing journal which hosts an array of articles on a variety of topics like startups, growth, technology, money etc.

6. The market Mogul — Breakfast Briefing

This is a newsletter that brings to you the 5 Top stories from the world of finance, politics and global affairs in less than 3 minutes every day at 6.30 AM.

7. The Economist Intelligence Unit

Created in 1970s, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is the research and analysis division of The Economist Group and the world leader in global business intelligence. This site provides the country and risk analysis for about 200 countries.

8. Tech Crunch

Latest Tech Crunch Videos. See All Videos … Sign up for Newsletters. See all newsletters. The Daily Crunch. The Weekly Roundup. Crunch base Daily. Emai

9. HackerNoon

The Hacker Guide To Angel Investing. This post is intended for aspiring or beginning angel investors. Go to the profile of Benjamin Joffe. Benjamin Joffe. May 10

10. Harvard Business review

Harvard business review is a general management magazine published by Harvard business publishing , a wholly owned subsidiary of Harvard university. HBR is published six times a year and is headquartered in water town, Massachusetts.

11. Marketing Sherpa

This site is pure gold for marketers. With a massive database of case studies, data, research and training material for marketers, this is something every founder must visit regularly to know whats working for others in the industry.

12. Now This:

The latest video news, investigative reports, interviews and original series from NowThis. NowThis is the #1 video news brand in social media today.

13. Seeking Alpha

This is a crowd-sourced content website specifically catering to financial markets.

General Learning

14. Curiosity

This is a great site for just learning!! Its got wonderfully curated content on a diverse array of topics that may interest you from entrepreneurship to travel and space. Its super addictive to say the least.

15. The verge

The Verge talks about technology, science, art and culture and is a great place to derive actionable and valuable ideas from.

16. The Wall Street Journal

The wall street journal online coverage of breaking news and current headlines from the US and around the world . top stories , photos ,videos ,detailed analysis and in depth.

17. Valuewalk

ValueWalk is a news site which discusses global breaking news on Business, Value Investing, Politics, Technology and Science. As a founder it always help to know what’s happening in your industry faster than the competition does and this site helps you gain that knowledge.

18. Investopedia

Investopedia is the world’s leading source of financial content on the web, ranging from market news to retirement strategies, investing education to insights from

19. Startup Digest by TechStars

The personalized insider newsletter for all things startup in Silicon Valley-SF Bay Area and around the world. … Who’s talking about Techstars Startup Digest?

20. Business Insider

The website is one of the biggest business news websites on the web at the moment and has various international editions to curate to local geographically relevant content.

21. Gadgetflow

The #1 platform to discover the best products on the market. Over 25M people a month stay up to date with cool products, awesome gadgets, and crowd funding …

23. Angel.co

Angel List is where the world meets startups. Find a great startup job, invest in a startup, or raise money.

24. Reddit

Reddit gives you the best of the internet in one place. Get a constantly updating feed of breaking news, fun stories, pics, memes, and videos just for you.

25. Quora

Quora is a place to gain and share knowledge. It’s a platform to ask questions and connect with people who contribute unique insights and quality answers.

26. The Next Web

Original and proudly opinionated perspectives on remarkable stories for Generation T.

I’d be happy to hear your take on this and also chip in with any interesting publications I may have missed !!

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