Small Business

Get a Business-Startup Bundle for $42

By Rick Broida

Updated on: October 7, 2010 / 9:33 AM EDT / MoneyWatch

As Douglas Adams fans know, "42" is the answer to life, the universe, and everything. It's also the number of dollars you'll pay for AppSumo's Ultimate Lean Startup Bundle, a collection of business-startup books and services valued at $1,324.

Here's a sampling of the 17 items included in the bundle:

"The Venture Hacks Bible" (e-book)
"The Entrepreneur's Guide to Customer Development" (e-book)
UserVoice (three-month account)
Chargify billing system ($200 credit)
Scrumpad project management (four-month account)
TextMarks SMS marketing (three-month account)

In other words, you get a wealth of tools and reading materials for developing and launching your startup -- all for less than the price of Eric Reis' "The Lean Startup," a hardcover book coming in Fall, 2011. You'll eventually receive a copy, though I find it kind of funny that you have to wait a full year. Perhaps they should have called this bundle "The Eventual Startup"?

The deal expires in three days, so if you think even a few of the items would be useful, I'd snatch this up immediately.

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