AngelBlog.net has a great checklist of items you should consider when starting a company. I included the first 20 steps and you can find the full list here (it’s long, 50+ steps), but its worth the read. I can say that with Pocket Tales, we covered many of these when we started, not because we planned to but because there was no way of getting around it. Some things are probably overkill (like the offsite planning retreat) but everything is still worth consideration.

Build a startup team (if it’s still just you, repeat …