The best source for information about startups is the web, not books. You can probably learn 90% of what you need to know from reading everything on these two l

The best source for information about startups is the web, not books. You can probably learn 90% of what you need to know from reading everything on these two links: http://paulgraham.com/articles.html http://paulgraham.com/articles.html http://venturehacks.com/archives http://venturehacks.com/archives The details of deal terms are not very important until you're actually raising money. You'll have a lawyer at your side when you do that anyway. The hard part is building a product that users love. Focus 99.9% on that.