I came accross http://www.startup-review.com/ the other day.  The site is a collection of case study type reviews on successful web based startups – written by Nissan Gabbay of Silicon Valley VC firm, Sierra Ventures.

The site features weekly, in-depth case studies on successful (global) Internet start-ups. The companies profiled have achieved either: a) significant exits, b) large revenue, and/or c) strong Internet brands.

The site offers some great points of learning for anyone building a site, I particularly like the focus on finding and converting revenue streams.

Recently I picked up a book with the unlikely title – ‘Kauffman Thought book 2007′ intending only a quick and probably dismissive browse through the table of contents I discovered a chapter entitled Kauffman eVenturing.  Again a quick browse revealed that this chapter was effectively an advertisement for a website offering resources for entrepreneurs (http://eventuring.kauffman.org/).  Not just any resource either, proud boasts like “…it aggregates the best of the best content on the web…” and the rare beast “…original articles” abound.

I decided that a quick check would not be too terrible a waste of my time and click i did.

Given the tone of my missive to now, you have probably guessed that my angle of approach was less than open minded.  I fully expected to encounter the same old re-hashed articles by the same names with afixed dates that might be more at home within a religous context.

Guilty as charged and I stand before you ashamed and now a changed man.

I absolutely and without reservation recommend this resource to all entrepreneurs – whether experienced or wet eared.  Stuff I loved:

• easy to access categories that make sense
• bite sized articles that you can read in one sitting
• well written, well researched
• who’s who of entrepreneurial authors