If you want to discover how to create a "profitable" startup with no funding, no debt, and as small a team as possible... this book is a MUST READ!
37signals used the
unconventional Getting Real process to launch five successful web-based applications (Basecamp, Campfire, Backpack, Writeboard, Ta-da List), and Ruby on Rails, an open-source web application framework, in just two years with no funding, no debt, and only 7 people.
Read it free online at
http://gettingreal.37signals.com/toc.php, or get a hard copy or download at
http://gettingreal.37signals.com/.
Warning: This book will challenge a lot of what you thought you knew about startups!