But just because you have to learn from your mistakes doesn't mean you can't get some help to keep from making the big ones. Whether you want a list of guidelines of where to get started with your own startup, or you are just hoping for some tips and tricks to help you along the way, there are quite a few blogs that can help you.

Check out this list of the ten absolute best startup blogs on the web for wannabe entrepreneurs.

1. Paul Graham

This isn't a blog so much as an advice article site with various posts written about starting your own business opportunity. Paul Graham has a lot of weight behind his words as he is an extremely successful entrepreneur himself. You probably best know him at the founder of Y Combinator, the most influential startup aid on the net. They provide seed money, advice and instruction for those a certain number of beginning online businesses every year. But he is also the founder of  Viaweb and Hacker News. His is definitely the number one site I would recommend anyone who is even hoping to begin a startup, much less take it to the next level.

Some especially good reads are Startups In 13 Sentences, Organic Startup Ideasand Founder Control.

2. Mixergy

Jimmy Wales, Paul Graham, Timothy Ferris...these are names that every online entrepreneur knows and envies. What do they have in common? They are all regular features on the brilliant Mixergy, a blog created by the also highly successful Andrew Warner. His method of teaching about startups is to ask the masters about their beginning steps and early days to get a clear picture of what everyone can do to have the same (or at least some) success. Based on the principle of learning by listening, it is a great way to get into the right mindset and known where to best start things off yourself. These are definitely must-read interviews for anyone who is hoping to make it someday. The other articles are also very interesting and informative, including one of the main features up right now titled The Fail Series.

3. Onstartups

Hubspot and Pyramid Digital Solutions founder Dharmesh Shah started his blog to help teach the basics of startups to the uninitiated. Anyone who is just beginning on the road to entrepreneurship will be well advised to check out his site and take heed of his very practical and useful advice. He offers posts on where to begin, how to raise capital, dos and don'ts and presentation. His essays can lead you straight through every step. He also provides resources, links to other useful blogs and tools.

4. Steve Blank

Steve Blank is an interesting man. He started out as a entrepreneur who managed to put his hand in a little bit of everything. After great success he took a position as a professor at U.C. Berkeley and Stanford University, two amazing schools where students have been able to greatly benefit from his knowledge on entrepreneurship and startups. Now he has taken to blogging to give the same lessons to those who would seek them out. What I like about his site is that it offers tips on topics that I have never seen anywhere else. He isn't just concerned with the general bones of business, but rather ads some flair and spice.

Check out one of his newer posts Why Board Meetings Suck for some awesome information on how to reinvent the common - and snooze-worthy - board meeting into a more productive and interesting affair.

5. Both Sides of the Table

If you want to know how to raise a good amount of venture capital, Mark Suster is your man, without a doubt. Experienced in both lower and higher levels of business, this VC began with his own startup and became one of the big named in entrepreneurship. His blog itself is very basic but he does a great job of offering highly in-depth posts while keeping up with current events to put business against real-life changes in the markets. Very useful and extremely interesting.

6. Marc Andreessen

The blog of Marc Andreessen, the founder of Netscape and Opsware. He is now a VC (Andreessen Horowitz) and his blog offers some of the best startup advice you can find online.

7. Chris Dixon

Chris Dixon is the co-founder of Hunch, which is rather interesting as he also has a superpower: the ability to take a hunch and profit enormously. He definitely has an eye for successful startups, and  he was one of the first investors behind various massive online companies that became every day additions to the average user's life. His list of investments include Skype, Foursquare and Invite Media, to name a few. Is it any wonder that his site is especially good for advice related to knowing which ones to pick? He is also providing valuable insight into startups and how you can personally expand your probability of high profits.

8. A VC

Fred Wilson isn't much of a writer but he is a financial guru worth listening to. Affiliated with Union Square Ventures, he is the go-to guy when it comes to raising venture capital and how to finance your startup. He offers great resources, easy to understand advice and plenty of tips and tricks of the trade. This is definitely a place for those just beginning to put on their reading list.

9. Startup Lessons Learned

Eric Ries is a well known entrepreneur and the founder of the  Lean Startup Methodology. Some really good posts there. It is a customer-oriented approach to startups the utilize free and open source software and agile software development to build a business plan. He provides conferences all over the world that are run on a local basis in each city. But these fill up fast and so it is useful to check out his blog instead, where he frequently examines current market trends, gives advice and better explains his philosophy and how it can be used by the modern entrepreneur.

10. A Smart Bear

Smart Bear Software's founder Jason Cohen has a great, easy-to-understand and friendly blog where he posts business advice for the new initiate into the entrepreneurship world. Cartoons, interesting facts and positive reinforcement are the common trends here, and so it is as much a feel-good blog as it is a place for tips. Very enjoyable to read, and definitely one of the more informative startup blogs on the web. Add in the fact that Cohen is a rather likeable person and you have the makings for a great site.

Jessy is a web entrepreneur and stay-at-home mom who blogs for Home Loan Finder, the free Australia-based money saving tool. Check out our money saving guides for newbie entrepreneurs: Guide to Repaying Your Home Loan and 3 Money Saving Tips for When Life Changes

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Top 10 Best Startup Blogs is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

You’ve heard there are many ways to improve your credit history. Well, here is one strategy to help in a speedier repair process. It’s known as the re-aging of debt and it is a violation of your rights, as stated in the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) and Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA).

One common issue clients raise is why they have duplicates on their report. They have looked carefully, checked and re-checked and can see amounts that were identical but the dates didn't match.

It is these discrepancies that could be re-aging violations sitting on your report and lowering your credit score. Now, re-aging can be intentional (willful) and it can be unintentional (negligent). The bottom line is that IF it does happen, it doesn’t really matter WHY it happened; it can still cause a collection to remain on a credit file longer than allowed by federal law.

Here’s how it works. When you fall behind on an account, it’s considered bad 30 days after the missed payment. That's the date it should be reported as negative. That date is also the marker for the statute of limitations. The original creditor attempts to collect on this debt. If no results, then they hire a collection company to take over the job. The collection company usually puts a new date on the debt – the date they got the file. However, they are legally bound to honor the 2, 3 or 6 months that the original creditor attempted to collect on the debt. If they start the clock any time after the original date, which extends the statute of limitations, that is a violation of your rights and you have a candidate for removal!!

Not rocket science here, it's simply having some understanding of how this law works.

You are improving your credit history by disputing under the grounds that the company is violating your rights and you can demand that they remove this re-aging violation, and don’t just let them correct the violation.

Credit repair techniques do change, just as other regulations change. Using the most current techniques will increase the success of your disputes.

Learn more about the secrets the credit bureaus don’t want you to know. If you have seen this discrepancy in your credit reports and you are ready to start a sure fire track to raising your credit score, follow this link to a brief introductory video, http://tinyurl.com/improvescore, Get Your Credit Score Builder - A Quick Start Guide, and start regaining your financial freedom.

My husband and I are vigilant about keeping our credit score darn near perfect. What we found out is that as long as we have one payment still due, it will never reach more than 799. That really annoys my husband!

Does your credit score need repair? Or is it, darn near perfect?

Do You Need to Improve Your Credit History As Fast As Possible? is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

It's that time of the year for planning for a New Year in life and business. In my mind are echoes from a mentor early on in my corporate training career. I asked him, what are the three most important things to do to attract business? Without hesitation he stated, visibility, visibility and visibility.

Then I couldn’t help myself.  Do you know how you download both free and fee audios and eBooks – all year long ? I went to my Chef’s Table for Entrepreneurs Telesummit speakers for the skinny on how to get that visibility, visibility, visibility. For me to take on my new year planning challenge, I needed to distill their wisdom so I can put it into action. Jon Hansen, Sally Shields and L. Drew Gerber shared sooo much valuable information last fall, I just had to go to them again to help me get clearer in my planning.

1. Here’s what I remembered was most striking in what Jon said in an almost non-stop brain dump: to build a sustainable brand your plan doesn’t have to be elaborate. That from someone who went from no where to everywhere in just 3 short years with using key online social media venues. The best thing – almost everything is available to anyone at low to no cost. Blogging, Blogtalkradio and Being in community – all with providing value - are at the top of this list.

2. Sally held nothing back. She gave top tips about how to use a current event to tie in your press release to, as she said, “have the media clamoring to interview you!”  Example after example of how to easily and practically write yours, every idea could lead to a press release. A fun way to build sustainability too.

3. And thank you Drew. I most remember his sense of humor about – cocktails! Specifically, a creative circle cocktail hour. It’s around those cocktails that you can converse for clarity about you and your unique distinctiveness. I’m just glad, since I’m not a big drinker, he said it could also be a creative circle food hour. This discussion turned out to be a perfect beginning to his walking us step-by-step to the PR process.

Wow. So many creative and enjoyable ways to get on a person’s radar screen! Not as different as I thought either. Just an easier way to think about that online presence for visibility.

Still not sure where to go for publicity? You now have three people who you can put on your own radar screen – before it becomes too crowded for you.

PS – PR is one of the key factors in my business plan. How about you?

Not Sure About How You Can Get Publicity? is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

This year I am assured things are working securely. Until I hear otherwise about the contest's integrity, here's are some ways you can help introverts be known for the intelligent, thoughtful and good-friend people we are because --- 2010 is your year.

Introvert-itude©: Being secure in who you are, self-confidence, can come as easily to introverts as extroverts.

1. Would you go to http://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/best-coaching-blogs-2010/ Hopefully, you'll see my blog still at the top, Business Sales Coach for Introverts and Shy - Business and Life Tips for Introverts and Shy, by Patricia Weber. Would you give it a THUMBS UP?

2. If you are a follower of my blog or know me personally, would you leave a positive comment in the comments section? Those count for extra points. The comments round runs through June 7th.

Next is the competition round from June 8th to June 14th. This is the chance for a blog to make it into the semi-finals.

3. Do you have a blog? Because if you have interest, we could collaborate on a mutual blog post or interview. Can you leave me a comment below if this is the way you want to go?

Once the semi-finals starts, popular voting will be just for fun.

Okay; it's just a contest. JUST a contest. But what if, just what if, we as introverts can raise our heads high as we raise our profile - we can make 2010 our year.

Won't you help?

Introvert-itudes©: Introvert Attitude of Confidence is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

1. Jonathan http://twitter.com/sharpendtrain is from Sheffield, England. I like that he is a straightshooter talker! And since we have actually had a real face-to-face, via Skype, I can say he tells the truth.
2. Terilyn J Goins http://twitter.com/theworddr is someone my husband introduced me to through his local networking! We've hit things off to a wonderfully growing collaborative relationship. She's an introvert like me!
3. Louise DiSclafani http://twitter.com/louise_di is someone I met on speed networking on the telephone, networking website, BlitzTime. She's quite interested in collaborating so connect with her if you believe in collaborating for increased business growth.
4. Tyrone Turner http://twitter.com/tyroneturner is one of those serial-preneurs. He has both corporate and home-based business success.
5. Judielise http://twitter.com/judielise Judie is one of the first people I met on Twitter and we had a quick connection. Yep; another introvert. She is a disability advocate and just moved from the great state of Maryland to the wonderful state of North Carolina.
6. Alan Davidson http://twitter.com/AlanDavidson introduced me to the Barefoot Doctor who I learned basics of Tao from.
7. Your Chess Coach http://twitter.com/YourChessCoach uses her chess savvy to teach kids the game through ecourses and ebooks.
8. Sandra De Freitas, http://twitter.com/TechCoach just completed a blog post series, Resuscitate Your Blog, and is a new iPad user.
9. John Assaraf http://twitter.com/johnassaraf Remember The Secret? John was in that movie. He talks quantum physics which matches up beautifully with spirituality.
10. Cathy Stucker - http://twitter.com/CathyStucker I can't recall how I met Cathy but I do know, if you blog, or want guest bloggers, this is the lady to connect with. She has a free service where you get emails once or twice a day, Monday through Friday, with bloggers looking for expert sources, requests for guest posts, bloggers and web masters offering guest posts, and more.

Who are your Top Ten Follow Friday on Twitter, LinkedIn or even FaceBook?

Can you tell me something about them? Something that might make me want to follow them?

Top Ten FridayFollow More and More Recommendations is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

1. Bob Burg at http://twitter.com/bobburg is the ultimate Go-Giver. And yes, he really authored the book of the same name, with John David Mann.
2. Mike Sachleben is one of the co-founders of BlitzTime (affiliate link) and makes it possible to take networking online to it's next logical level - talking one to one on the telephone!
3. Derrick Hayes http://twitter.com/encouragement4u is the creator of Derricknyms. He turns your name turned into a positive message. Connect with him for certain.
4. Carol Look http://twitter.com/CarolLookEFT will inspire you to use EFT with the Law of Attraction to manifest results as quickly as you want.
5. Beth Bridges http://twitter.com/ClovisChamber is the person at Clovis Chamber to help you make your networking work for you and your business.
6. Nikki Cates Hayes http://twitter.com/ManageURLife is the empowerment authority for women.
7. The WOW Network Alliance at http://twitter.com/WOW_Network s a member based resource for women entrepreneurs, 9 to 5 career professionals, and direct sales marketers.
8. Susan Bender Phelps at http://twitter.com/OdysseyMentor and I met on BlitzTime. She was a guest speaker for me and got rave reviews. Now she and I are accountability partners as we each move our business to a next level.
9. Michael Brown's main social media hangout is LinkedIn at http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbrown76. This connection speaks to a small world - he lives just 40 minutes from me! He is an associate with Booz Allen Hamilton.
10. When Daniel Stoica wraps up tax season he gets darn serious about online networking. He is at http://twitter.com/DanielStoicaTax and gives some wonderful accounting tips.

Who's in your Top Ten?

Top Ten FollowFriday Recommendations of Social Media is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

1. Bill and Cindy Cloughly own SmellyCat Productions http://twitter.com/smellycatprod The name alone hopefully makes you want to get to know them!
2. Cecil McIntosh http://twitter.com/stressless. I met Cecil on Twitter early on and was inspired by his variety of quotes. He offers a free eBook around his specialty of stress.
3. Jeff D'Urso http://twitter.com/jeffdurso Jeff is one of the founders of the fabulously different, speed networking on the telephone, networking website, BlitzTime. If you want a place to have 1-2-1 conversations without leaving home, give it a try.
4. Mercedes Warrick http://twitter.com/MercedesWarrick has a unique approach to meditation which focuses on a specific breathing process. Plus she's just darn fun to talk with.
5. Chicos! http://twitter.com/LoveChicos This is one of the few celebrities if you want to think of it that way, that this introvert can relate to because I just love some of their clothes. Plus, they have a great preferred customer discount program.
6. Lisa Garr's http://twitter.com/TheAwareShow The Aware Show has a wonderful programming of healing type speakers. I follow her to know what free interviews are coming up and attend just who I want to hear.
7. Amy Palmer; anyone who invites me to be on their telesummit deserve the Top Ten FollowFriday mention! LOL. She http://twitter.com/FearBustinSales focuses on general sales reluctance.
8. Stephen Russell, http://twitter.com/BarefootDoctor aka, The Barefoot Doctor, has an incredible online program with audio and video to study Tao. Very empowering.
9. Flyn Penoyer is the Consummate Go-Giver Networker! http://twitter.com/FlynPenoyer His expertise is LinkedIn and he has wonderful training both fee and free.
10. John David Mann - http://www.facebook.com/johndavidmann mostly hangs out at FaceBook. He is an incredibly gifted author, entrepreneur and another Go-Giver. I met John through my next FollowFriday recommendation.
11. Oh wait just a minute! Hang on here. That would make for Top 11, so can you wait a week? I hope so.

Who are your Top Ten Follow Friday on Twitter, LinkedIn or even FaceBook?

Can you tell me something about them? Something that might make me want to follow them?

Top Ten FollowFriday on Friday, Again is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

1. Ali R. Rodriguez is the Passionista Expert at http://twitter.com/Ali4Coach Years ago when I met her on a teleclass, I was impressed with her intuitively knowing that - I often wear a red clown nose!
2. Andrea Satter http://twitter.com/AndreaSatter. I met Andrea on the virtual speed networking website, BlitzTime and was immediately impressed with her networking other-focus. The kind that makes an introvert happy.
3. Bonnie Gortler http://twitter.com/Optiongirl As one of my online speed networking friends, we discovered a good deal about each other on the telephone. If you want someone who connects beyond the internet, you want her in your network.
4. Connie Hammer http://twitter.com/conniehammer is passionate about helping parents with autistic children.
5. Ed Drozda hangs out on LinkedIn http://www.linkedin.com/in/edrozda He distinguishes himself as a small business coach advisor - "I don't tell you how, instead I give you various whats."
6. Kerryn Griffiths http://twitter.com/kerryngriffiths Kerryn is the founder of ReciproCoach, an international community of coaches who engage in reciprocal coaching, mentoring and supervision for their own personal and professional development.
7. Kerul Kassel; great admiration for this lady with a big heart and likely even a bigger back yard with her love of horses. She hangs out at LinkedIn. http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kerul-kassel/0/301/175 If you need to get over procrastination, she's the one to help you.
8. Margie Basaraba http://twitter.com/basarabadd/ Margie is a friend, a client and a consummate networker. If you want to save on travel of any kind, talk with her.
9. Mari-Lyn Harris multi-talented, often called a serial entrepreneur. She tweets social media ideas at http://twitter.com/heartatwork and in the kitchen at Twitter, http://www.twitter.com/sedonapies she cooks up pies.
10. Rocky Romero another LinkedIn recommendation - http://www.linkedin.com/in/rockyromero Rocky is having great success with 100 Day Challenges on BlitzTime, a community of achievers interested in unreasonable outcomes and goals in the next 100 days.

Who are your Top Ten Follow Friday on Twitter, LinkedIn or even FaceBook?

Can you tell me something about them? Something that might make me want to follow them?

Top Ten FollowFriday Recommendations on Friday is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

Any one of my recommendations will provide you inspiration, laughs, intelligent conversation, fun, and they will add more fulfillment to your life.

That's it for last week - yes; last week. And this week, aiming for Friday to be another Top Ten FollowFriday Twitter Recommendations.

Who are yours? Can you talk about them on a blog post?

Top Ten FollowFriday Twitter Recommendations on Monday! is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer

When I got Ellen's email I was winding down a two-week visit with my mom and starting to think about the trip to Kentucky for one of my husband and my last Concours d'Elegance this year. So before we leave, in completing the responsibility that goes along with this nomination, I'm fulfilling this obligation with such recognition:

• Thank the person who has given you the award - Ellen, you hopefully received my email and my post at your blog with my appreciation for such recognition;
• Copy the logo and place it on your blog - It's here just below and a bit to the right;
• Link to the person who has nominated you for the award - that's Ellen Brown, The Wellness Coach;
• Name 7 things about yourself that people might find interesting - as an introvert, I always cringe with such self-disclosure so if you know these things about me already, I think you will agree they are somewhat interesting:

1 - In the late 1990s I owned and drove a Harley-Davidson motorcycle;
2 - My first career out of college was an elementary school teacher;
3 - It's mainly because of my extrovert husband, who I regularly thank, for so many life adventures like boating, flying airplanes, traveling the world, our car hobby and much more;
4 - My family all still live on Long Island NY where I was born and raised. I'm the only one who moved and maybe that's a big reason my family is so important;
5 - Waaay back (too far too say) my husband, son and I lived for 2 years in Turkey, Incirlik CDI, while my husband was in the Air Force;
6 - Finally figured out my obsession with and why I have so many pairs of shoes;
7 - One of my favorite things to do is have intimate dinner parties with small groups of people, no more than 6 and the two of us, in our beautiful home.

• Nominate 7 other "Kreativ Bloggers”, and post links to their blogs - Here are my nominees:

1. Jim Sutton, http://www.jimsutton.naiwe.com/ - I met Jim on a Blitztime networking call at the end of February. Becoming friends quickly for me is odd unless you meet someone as positively engaging as Jim. We now collaborate and talk about twice a month. Jim is a consummate networker at LinkedIn and readily shares his findings on his blog.

2. Kim Murphy, http://kmacopy.wordpress.com/ - Kim and I were having a fine time tweeting back and forth with words we were making up. We had so much fun we decided blogging about it. We've talked on the telephone and hope to figure a way to connect further. Kim is a marketing copywriter.

3. Bonnie Dubrow, http://www.marketingtoyourworld.com/main/blog/ - Thanks again to Blitztime, I got to meet and further get to know this energizing extrovert who calls herself, Energizer Bonnie. She and I am Jim collaborate together and with her expertise on marketing her blog is cutting-edge information.

4. Gail Foley, http://www.heycardlady.blogspot.com/ Gail is one of about six SendOutCard entrepreneurs who back in 2006 I met on an online networking website. She was the only one of the six who walked her talk about the cards. I signed on with her as an entrepreneur and we've been friends since then. She's as extroverted as I am introverted and her blog is a wonderful testimony to building relationships.

5. Lee Ann Lambert, http://livingintroverted.com/ - It was a joy to meet Lee Ann. Her posts will ring true for any introvert and as she proclaims herself an "introvert activist", she is an inspiration to any introvert.

6. Judie Elise, http://uniquefamilylife.blogspot.com/ - Judie and I met on the Twitter introvert group. We clicked immediately. I think it was more because we are both from New York than that we are both introverts! This lady is amazing and so is her blog about living as a family of invisible illnesses and disabilities. With seriousness but fun she's an inspiration to all unique families.

7. Barbara Lopez, http://brightfarm.typepad.com/ - What a niche! She's the Elevator Pitch Coach who I met through networking with someone else. That someone else introduced us and wow! Barbara and I are on the same age with boring, self-centered, ho-hum-make-me-yawn introductions that it was just meant to be a connection. Hurry over there now and find all the ways she can turn your spiel into interesting, other-focused and "Wow! How do you do that?" responses.

• Send the nominees a message to let them know they have been nominated - and as I complete this post I will be doing just that!

There. I'm complete I believe.

And again I am most grateful for Ellen's nomination of "Kreativ Blogger Award". And just as I hope readers of her blog find mine to be worthwhile, I hope you will also enjoy the information of the bloggers blogs who I recommend. Just MAKE time, SCHEDULE it if necessary, to visit each one and read about and learn from these various masters of their trade.

Do you have a blog that you want to mention? A blog you've been inspired with? Made a friend with the blogger? Or for some reason want to recommend a blog? Will you post it here?

Business Sales Coach for Introverts Blog Nominated for Kreativ Blogger Award is a post from: Courage Coach for the Reluctant Marketer