Here's a tip for when you first get started: practice giving the throttle very small amounts of gas.

In fact, when you first start out - don't even touch the gas. Idle the car on a flat parking lot in neutral and just let out the clutch very slowly and smoothly after shifting into 1st - you'll start moving forward.

Everyone always tries to learn how to perform a powered start right off the bat and that's a recipe for disaster.