Startup Tools

1. Startup Tools Click Here

2. Lean LaunchPad Videos Click Here

3. Founding/Running Startup Advice Click Here

4. Market Research Click Here

5. Life Science Click Here

6. China Market Click Here

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Startup Tools

Getting Started

Lists of Tools from Others

Groups

Find a Co-Founder

Developer Bootcamps

Job Interviewing Tools

Tools from Steve: Lean Startup/Business Model Canvas/Customer Development Tools

  • Founders Workbook – A Checklist for the Startup Owners Manual
  • Over 500 presentations and videos (mine and my students class finals) on Slideshare
  • Harvard Business Review article on Lean here
  • My free online Lean LaunchPad class on Udacity is here.
    • All the Lectures and their subtitles can be download for free here. Creative Commons license applies.
  • I also share all my syllabi, student presentations and my class lectures slides as well.
  • Educators Training Guide is here
  • Course for Educators is here
  • Teachable moments videos for the Lean Launchpad class here
  • How do Customer Discovery videos here
  • How to do Customer Discovery workbook here
  • Sample Lean LaunchPad Lecture slides and suggested syllabus here
  • Latest presentations posted click here
  • Latest student videos posted here
  • National Science Foundation presentations here
  • Stanford presentations, lectures and syllabus here
  • Berkeley presentations, lectures and syllabus here
  • Columbia 5-day presentations, lectures and syllabus here
  • Caltech 5-day presentations, lectures and syllabus here
  • Business Model Competition slides here
  • Some general customer development slides click here
  • National Science Foundation I-Corps presentations, lectures and syllabus click here
  • National Science Foundation/NCIIA I-Corps Faculty toolkit is here
  • LaunchPad Central – the standard for Bus Model Canvas/Customer Development progress for companies/incubators/accelerators

Business Model Canvas

Customer Development

Social Entrepreneurship / Non-Profits

Customer Discovery Checklist

Introduction

Before Leaving the Building

Outside the Building

Returning to the Building

How to Do Customer Discovery Interviews

Founder Stories

Website Domain Names

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Create Mobile Apps Automagically

  • AppPress – make a mobile app without coding
  • Bubble – enables your to program web and mobile apps without code
  • appery – mobile app builder and MBaaS

Create Websites Automagically

“How Big is the Market?” Tools

“How Do I Contact Customers?” Tools

Surveys/Forms

Product Launch Tools/Landing Pages

  • Great Landing Page Tutorial – ConversionXL
  • LaunchRock – Create a viral “coming soon” landing page
  • Prefinery– Beta and Launch Mgmt software
  • LaunchEffect – WordPress Landing pages for viral launches
  • Ooomf – iPhone app store build/push/launch
  • Unbounce – create, publish & test promotion specific landing pages
  • Instapage – create a free landing page
  • KickoffLabs -product landing pages
  • LaunchGator – create a viral landing page
  • Atmio – mobile landing pages
  • Lander – create a landing page in minutes
  • Ion – create landing pages that convert
  • Clickthroo – landing pages with split-test, segment, personalization
  • WordSafety – Check a name for unwanted meanings in foreign languages

Product Demo Videos

Screencasting Software

  • Screenflow– screen recording and editing
  • Snagit – screen capture
  • Camtasia – screen recording and video editing
  • Jing – screenshots and screencasts
  • Screen-o-Matic – cloud recording
  • SnapzProX – mac screen capture software
  • ScreenFlow – mac screen capture and effects
  • Screencastify – screen video recording for Chrome
  • Snagit– Chrome plugin/downloadable, they also build a ton of other software (500 person company in Michigan)

Streaming Video Marketplace

  • Periscope – live streaming video
  • Meerkat –  live stream video
  • Streamium – Stream live video directly to your viewers and get paid in bitcoin
  • Findstringers – global freelance marketplace
  • Twitch –

Traditional Media

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On-Line Advertising Platforms (SEO)

Competitive Online Adword/PPC Analysis

  • SEMRush – SEO and campaign management tool
  • SimilarWeb – discover traffic for any web site or mobile app
  • Thalamus -comprehensive research database of advertising vendors
  • Alexa – competitive website info
  • Spyfu – download competitors keywords and ads
  • Market Samurai – SEO Keyword Analysis Tool
  • WordStream – competitive adword analysis
  • K-Meta – find competitive adwords keywords

Social Media Advertising

  • Captiv8 – social media mgmt platform – connect brands to advertisers
  • Atlas – Facebook’s cross platform solution
  • Adaptly – twitter and facebook advertising platform
  • MarinSoftware – online advertising platform
  • Adroll – retargeting and display advertising
  • Kenshoo – predictive marketing
  • Adstage – manage google, bing, facebook, twitter & linked in Ads
  • Tweetdeck – twitter real-time tracking, organizing, and engagement
  • Followerwonk – Twitter analytics, online segmentation

Search Engine Optimization and Tools

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SEO and Analytics Tutorials

Online Ad Fraud Tools

Web/Social Customer Analytics Tools

  • Google Analytics – web analytics and optimizer from the borg
  • Kissmetrics– actionable analytics
  • MetricStory – Google analytics automatically delivered
  • QuantcastMeasure – measure reach, traffic, frequency, demographics, interests/lifestyle, etc
  • Comscore – ad agency/enterprise analytics
  • AdobeAnalytics – ex Omniture
  • Amazon Analytics – cross–platform mobile analytics reporting service for your app or game
  • FacebookDomainInsights – provides developers and Page owners with metrics about their content
  • HeapAnalytics – captures user action Clicks, taps, swipes, form submissions, page views and lets you measure it
  • GetClicky – real-time web analytics
  • Grafana – Beautiful metric & analytic dashboards for time series and metrics
  • InfluxDB – the platform for time series data
  • Swix – analytics for social media and online
  • Leadlander – marketing automation analytics
  • Segment.io – analytics API
  • Wordtracker – find the best keywords and links
  • Serpico – monitor your competition, backlinks & rankings
  • WhatRunsWhere – locate and assess competitors ads and copy
  • Chart.io – easy analytics for business data
  • Mixpanel– real-time event tracking
  • DigMyData – analytics dashboard for sales, email, social and ad marketing
  • Crazyegg– visualize analytics
  • Mint – site analytics
  • Piwik – open source web analytics
  • Visistat – web analytics measure marketing campaigns
  • DbFace – SQL database application builder build no coding PHP or any frontend html, css
  • Webtrends – analytics and segments
  • Chartbeat – website analytics for doers
  • Kontagent – user analytics for the social and mobile web
  • Forsee – web, mobile, social, contact center analytics
  • Woopra – real time customer and visitor analytics
  • StatsMix – track and display internal & web metrics
  • Keylines – amazing email visualization tool (Palantir for the rest of us)
  • Ducksboard – very cool way to measure any online metrics
  • Dasheroo – Business dashboards done right
  • Cyfe – monitor social media, analytics, marketing, sales, support
  • Mention – media and social monitoring
  • Geckoboard – widget-driven business dashboard
  • Grappster – dashboard for your cloud apps
  • Leftronic – dashboard for real-time analytics
  • Ubiq –data into dashboards
  • PirateMetrics – track acquisition, activation, retention, referral, and revenue
  • Recon.io – Twitter brand monitoring
  • WhosTalkin – Social Media Search tool
  • Diffbot – identify and extract from any web page (stealth search engine!)
  • Kumu – track, visualize and leverage relationships

IoT (Internet of Things) Analytics

  • Tellient – the only analytics platform built specifically for the IoT
  • First Analytics – predict time-to-failure for industrial equipment or solve complex optimization problems involving industrial IoT
  • Uptake – IoT and data analytics company

SEO for Mobile Apps

Mobile App Store Customer Analytics / Ad Platform

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Social Listening

  • Datarank – social listening and analytics tools
  • Bottlenose – social listening for stream data
  • Dataminr – transforms Twitter stream and other public datasets into actionable signals
  • Trendspotrr – transforms social media into action
  • DataSift – human data intelligence
  • Salesforce Radian6 – social media monitoring platform for marketers
  • Brand24 – social media monitoring and analytics

Mobile App Location / Ad Platform / Misc

  • Placed – location based analytics for mobile apps & websites
  • Burstly – mobile app monetization tools
  • Yozio – campaign tracking & viral optimization for mobile apps
  • Tapjoy – mobile app turnkey ad platform
  • Appbackr – market, sell and distribute your apps
  • Chartboost – make money with mobile games
  • Google AdMob – monitize and promote your mobile games
  • Vungle – integrate video ads into your apps

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  • HubSpot – online marketing and web analytics system
  • Eloqua – marketing automation
  • Pardot – marketing automation for multi-touch sales
  • Silverpop – end to end marketing automation
  • AgileCRM – CRM, Sales & marketing automation
  • HipCricket – mobile marketing platform
  • Infusionsoft – small business CRM and marketing automation software
  • Performable – personable web analytics/lifecycle marketing
  • Custora – customer retention, churn reduction, lifetime value
  • Zoho – free/cheap web customer relationship mgmt software
  • Sharebird – Sales enablement software
  • Highrise – small business CRM
  • Pipedrive – sales pipeline management
  • Zferral – affiliate and referral marketing on the web
  • Genoo – marketing automation software
  • Act-on – marketing automation suite
  • HootSuite – social media dashboard
  • Wishpond – social media marketing
  • Intercom – CRM and web messaging tool for web apps
  • Salestrakr – low cost CRM
  • OntraPort – small business CRM, email management, list segmentation, marketing automation, billing, easy website building
  • InviteBox – referral program platform
  • Crowdtap – Influencer Marketing platform
  • Helloworld – promotions, loyalty, mobile, live events, analytics
  • Scaledrone – service for pushing messages to browsers
  • Retargeting.biz – retargeting and marketing automation for commerce

Content Marketing Tools

  • ScoopIt – publishing by curation
  • Roojoom – turn content into leads
  • SnapApp – Content Marketing platform

Reddit

GrowthHacking

Social Monitoring

Email Marketing/Blasting

Transactional Email

Email Sender Reputation

Sender Score – reputation mgmt for email senders

Email Testing

  • Litmus – email previews and email analytics
  • Glockapps – spam testing tools for email
  • MailTester – test the spamyneess of your email

Social Acquisition

  • Woobox – Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social sweepstakes and coupons

Gamification

  • Bunchball – gamification for user engagement and loyalty
  • Hoopla – motivate employees, increase sales productivity
  • Badgeville – gamification platform
  • Gigya – social plugins, gamification

Loyalty Programs

  • RewardStream – loyalty, customer referral
  • 500Friends – customer loyalty program for ecommerce
  • NextBee – customer referral and loyalty programs
  • BigDoor – gamified loyalty and reward programs
  • UrbanAirship – push marketing for mobile

Collaboration

  • TeamViewer – remote support, remote access, online collaboration
  • Pastebin – store and share text snippets online
  • Hipchat – private group chat & IM for business and teams
  • Yammer – private social network for companies
  • Google Apps – Email, Chat, Docs
  • LibreOffice – free wordprocessor, spreadsheet, drawing, presentation, pdf maker and database office suite
  • Skype– free voice and video communication tool
  • Fuzebox – web/mobile online conferencing
  • UberConference – online conference with visual icons
  • Typewithme – document collaboration tool
  • Google Hangouts – Googles uber Skyoe
  • Evernote – remember everything
  • Campfire – team collaboration
  • RealTimeBoard – online whiteboard & collaboration tool
  • Wikispaces – wikis for everyone
  • Slideshare – share Powerpoints and docs with customers
  • Join.me – free screen sharing
  • Ning – Create your own social network
  • Doodle – online group scheduling
  • Freeconferencecall.com – Free conference calls – awesome!
  • Speek – easy to setup conference calls, file sharing
  • Syncpad – real time mobile collaborative whiteboard
  • Piktochart – make infographics
  • Stormboard– online brainstorming and collaboration
  • Meldium– access all your apps with one click

Personal Cloud Storage

  • Dropbox – free store, sync, and, share files online.
  • Tresorit – secure dropbox alternative
  • Google Drive – cloud storage and file backup
  • iCloud – Apple store everything in the cloud
  • OneDrive – Microsoft store everything in the cloud
  • Box – online file sharing

On-line Q&A / Development Communities

Blogging Platforms

  • WordPress– king of blogging platforms…doubles as startup website
  • Tumblr – another blogging platform
  • Disqus – Comments Platform
  • Livefrye – alternate to Disqus

User On-boarding

  • UserOnboard – how web apps handle their signup experiences
  • AppCues – on boarding academy

Website Bounce Reduction

  • BounceExchange – drive conversions and leads on a website
  • Optimonk – monetize abandoning website traffic
  • EarnCoupon – give customers discounts for liking your site

Wireframing Tools

Markdown – text to HTML Text Style editor

  • Markdown – John Gruber’s original markdown syntax
  • Mastering Markdown –  github
  • CommonMark – strongly specified, highly compatible implementation of Markdown
  • BabelMark2 – tool for comparing the output of various implementations of John Gruber’s markdown syntax
  • MDtest – Michael Fortin’s test suite for Markdown implementations
  • Mou – markdown editor for Mac
  • Markdown editors for Windows
  • Marked – provides a preview of your Markdown as you work in a text editor
  • Dillinger – free online markdown editor that syncs with Dropbox, Google Drive and Github.

Web Drawing Libraries

  • Paperjs – vector graphics scripting framework runs on HTML5 Canvas
  • Raphael – vector graphics JavaScript library – best for older browsers
  • Processingjs – vector graphics scripting framework runs on HTML5 Canvas
  • Verb -Javascript CAD Library for manipulating NURB surfaces on the web
  • CGAL – Computational Geometry Algorithms Library – gold standard for geometric libraries

Web Screen Scraping Tools

  • Import.io – screen scraper and crawler – free

Word Cloud Generators

  • Taxedo – word cloud with styles
  • WordMosaic – create word cloud inside your own symbol/picture
  • Yippy – create world cloud for your blog-generates html and matches blog style
  • Worldle – word cloud generator
  • Worditout – word cloud generator
  • VocabGrabber – word cloud plus visual thesaurus – really useful

Website Usability Testing/Heatmaps/Mouse Tracking

  • Usertesting – $39 live users testing your site – cheap
  • ProdThink – test a feature before you code it
  • YouEye – usability testing with webcam eye tracking
  • Validately – Test a feature before you write code
  • LuckyOrange – affordable usability testing, heat maps, polls, visitor map
  • Experimently – heat maps, A/B testing experiments
  • Nelio A/B Testing – WordPress conversion optimization. Test headlines, posts, pages, widgets, themes, heatmaps
  • Crowdsourced Testing – just like it sounds
  • SessionCam – session replay, heat maps, conversion funnels
  • FiveSecondTest – fine-tune landing pages
  • TryMyUI– watch videos of users using your site
  • FeedbackArmy – $20 website usability testing
  • WhatUsersDo – UK live usability testing
  • Clicktale – watch live clicks and browsing, optimize usability
  • Usabilla – Micro usability tests
  • OptimalWorkshop – tool suite for remote user research
  • Clickheat – heat map of a website (where do users click)
  • Mouseflow – attention heatmaps, mouse tracking and video playback
  • Clixpy – tracks users clicks and browsing
  • Openhallway – lets you remotely record user test scenarios
  • InspectLet – Usability testing/Heat Maps and screen capture
  • UsabilityTools – discover user needs, increase conversion rates
  • Criticue.com – web designers get free feedback about their designs
  • LookTracker – eye tracking maps

Emotion Analytics

  • Affectiva – Test content for emotional engagement by facial analysis
  • Emotient – facial expression recognition software
  • Realeyes – measure peoples emotions via a webcam
  • Sension – use webcams as a visual interface for interacting with content

Mobile Usability Testing/Heatmaps/Build Tools

  • Amazon Mobile SDK– build mobile apps, mobile-optimized connectors to AWS data streaming, storage and database services
  • HeatData – heatmaps for Mobile website
  • Heatma.ps – Heatmaps for IOS apps
  • Clutch.io – A/B testing for Mobile Apps
  • Taplytics – A/B testing on IOS without app store updates
  • Apptimize – mobile A/B testing for iOS and Android
  • TestFlight – IOS beta testing on the fly
  • Elusivestars – mobile app testing for developers
  • Testin – cross platform automated app testing solutions
  • Pusher – hosted API for realtime mobile/web apps
  • Corona – mobile development platform
  • PerfectoMobile – mobile app testing
  • MobiReady – testing tool evaluates website mobile-readiness
  • Compuware – test your website for “mobile ready”
  • Rigor – test/monitor performance of mobile apps/websites
  • W3C Mobile OK – test your website for mobile
  • Google Page Speed – test your mobile speed
  • AppMockUpTools – iPhone App Mockups
  • Bugclipper – plug n play bug reporting library  capture screen shots, highlight issues & record screen activity
  • Appery – Cloud-based HTML5, jQuery Mobile & Hybrid Mobile App Builder for Android, iOS and Windows Phone

Website A/B and Landing Page Testing

Website/Browser Testing

  • Sauce Labs – cross-browser testing in the cloud
  • Browerstack – test websites across all browser w/debugging tools
  • CrossBrowserTesting – pick an OS, pick a browser, pick a website
  • RainforestQA – QA as a service
  • Testling – cross browser testing
  • Browershots – free  browser testing makes screenshots in different os’s and browsers
  • 99Tests – Crowdsourced software testing
  • BetaList – get beta testers online

Website Performance Testing

  • NewRelic – manage and tune website performance for Rails
  • WebPageTest – website speed test from multiple locations around the world
  • Google Pagespeed – performance recommendations
  • PingDom – uptime and user monitoring
  • Super Monitoring – uptime and basic website functions monitoring
  • SpeedCurve – front-end performance benchmarking
  • Monitive – site uptime monitoring
  • Monitor – free website monitoring
  • Webmon – website monitoring and escalation

Website Designers

  • 99 Designs – marketplace for crowdsourced graphic design
  • IconFinder – great way to find free graphic icons on the web
  • FindIcons – 400,000+ icons on the web
  • xScope – measure, align and inspect on-screen graphics and layouts
  • Scoutzle – curated community for the best mobile designers

Website Design Tools

Phone/SMS Cloud Apps

  • Twilio – add mobile and sms to your app
  • Tropo – Cloud API for adding voice and sms to your app
  • Callfire – add voice and sms to your app
  • Voxeo – voice recognition and IVR to your app
  • Jajah -telephony api
  • PlumVoice– IVR Systems

Photo/Video Analysis Tools

Voice Analysis Tools

Learning to Code

Application Frameworks

Apple iOS and MacOs Development

Android Development

Microsoft Development

Machine Learning/Deep Learning/Data Science

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Big Data Analytics / Log Management

  • Splunk – log mgmt searching, monitoring, and analyzing machine-generated big data
  • Sumo Logic – log analytics platform
  • Loggly – mine log data in real time
  • ElasticLogstash – open-source log management
  • RapidMiner – analytics platform, data mining, machine learning
  • DataRPM – machine analytics for big data
  • Metamind – deep learning for the enterprise
  • Wandora – knowledge management application

Computer Vision/Image Recognition/Facial recognition/biometrics

  • Google Vision API – machine learning models in an REST API
  • PCL – Point Cloud open source 2D/3D image and point cloud processing Library
  • OpenCV – open source computer vision library
  • SimpleVC – open source computer vision Python library
  • FastCV – Qualcomm computer vision library for ARM
  • Scikit – open source image processing in Python
  • PhaseStretchTransform  – Jalali Labs at UCLA
  • ImageNet – easily accessible image database for researchers organized according to the WordNet hierarchy
  • OpenImages – Google 9million image dataset annotated URL’s over 6000 categories
  • Caletch 101 – Pictures of objects belonging to 101 categories. About 40 to 800 images per category
  • Great paper – Fast, Accurate Detection of 100,000 Object Classes on a Single Machine
  • Clarifai – advanced image recognition -API processing; query by example, keyframing, object recognition, object tagging and retrieval
  • Torch/fbcunn – examples to train classifiers over ImageNet
  • Pixy – Open source vision system, connects to Arduino
  • Camfind – Image Recognition API
  • Sirius – open source Speech and Vision Based Intelligent Personal Assistant
  • vision.ai – real-time vision servers and clusters
    • VMX – real-time object detection and recognition system
  • Kitware – open source image and video retrieval platforms
    • KWIVER – support for Kitware –
  • MotionDSP – GPU, realtime video enhancement and forensics
  • Blogs
  • Moodstocks – image search against a database of references you supply; mobile app developer platform
  • Blinkfire – uses computer vision to measure media value and impact for sports teams
  • Slyce.it – visual search, image and retail item identification for retailers and brands
  • ImageVision – big data for images and videos
  • ViSenze – visual search technology
  • OpenALPR – open automatic license plate reader software

Facial Recognition / Biometrics

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Text Analysis Tools/Natural Language Platforms

Social Mining

  • Dataminr – focused on Twitter streaming I&W.  limited to 14 day retro.
  • Topsy – Twitter search, monitoring and analytics
  • Social Crawlytics – user influencer and content marketing tool
  • Metamind – deep-learning experts for sentiment

Cyber/Behavioral/Threats

  • ZeroFox – harness social data to improve information security
  • RedOwl – behavioral analytics security software
  • harvest.ai – find and stop attacks on your data
  • Area 1 Security – combat spear-fishing attacks in a clever way
  • Hyperion Gray – mass fuzzing of the internet and darknet profiles
  • Fireeye – Cybersecurity and malware prevention – machine learning for intrusion detection
  • Digital Stakeout – real time threat intelligence platform

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Geolocation

  • GeoMesa open-source system that stores, indexes, and queries hundreds of billions of geospatial features in a distributed database (Accumulo)
  • GeoWave leverages the scalability of a distributed key-value store for effective storage, retrieval, and analysis of massive geospatial datasets
  • LocationTech – working group developing advanced location aware technologies

Physics Engines for games/robotics

  • Box2D – 2d physics engine for games
  • Bullet – physics simulation engine
  • ncollide – 2D & 3D collision library for the Rust language
  • Chipmunk– 2D real-time rigid body physics engine
  • Chrono:Engine – C++ simulation library
  • Farseer – based on Box2D w/collision detection
  • Havok – collision detection and physics engine
  • Matter.js – JavaScript 2D rigid body physics engine for the web
  • Metali – 3D physics engine
  • Moby – multi-body dynamics simulation library written in C++
  • Newton – life-like physics simulation library
  • Open Dynamics Engine – library for simulating rigid body dynamics
  • p2.js – JavaScript 2D physics library
  • Physics Abstraction Layer (PAL) – unified interface to a number of different physics engines
  • PhysicsJS – physics engine for javascript
  • OpenTissue – algorithms and data structures for rapid development of interactive modeling and simulation
  • Tokamak – real time physics engine
  • TrueAxis – real time physics engine
  • Proteus – A Python toolkit for toolkit for computational fluid and solid mechanics simulation

Simulation/Game AI Engines

  • Stage –sophisticated simulation scenarios across massive gaming areas
  • Artificial Contender – AI middleware for behavior-capture
  • Cyntient AI – AI middleware
  • DI-Guy – human simulation software
  • Gameware – AI middleware, NavMesh generation, hierarchical pathfinding, and path following
  • Masa Life – AI middleware, design how characters behave and how they interact with the world
  • Rain – AI character engine – behavior creation, automatic navigation mesh generation, and animation control
  • SimBionic – create intelligent behavior for games and simulations
  • SpirOps – AI middleware for crowd simulations
  • Kerbal – space program simulation

DARPA Open Source

Space/NASA Open Source

  • NASA Open Catalog – curated list of NASA-sponsored software, also Wow – worth a look
  • Kubos – open source RTOS flight software for nano satellites, pico satellites and cubesats
  • ASCL.net – Astrophysics Source Code Library

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Cloud Services and Tools

Compute
Artificial Intelligence
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AWS AI Services
  • Amazon Polly – service that turns text into lifelike speech
    Amazon Lex – service for building conversational interfaces using voice and text
  • Amazon Rekognition– service that makes it easy to add image analysis to your applications
AWS AI Platforms
  • Amazon Machine Learning – create machine learning models without having to learn complex ML algorithms and technology
  • Amazon EMR – run Hadoop framework across dynamically scalable Amazon EC2 instances
  • Apache Spark on Amazon EMR – in-memory distributed compute engine that speeds analysis on large-scale data up to 100X engine
AWS AI Engines
Storage & Content Delivery
Database
Networking
Developer Tools
Management Tools
Security and Identity
Analytics
Internet of Things
Game Development
Mobile Services
Application Services
Enterprise Applications
Software
  • Windows Azure – Microsoft Cloud Platform
  • Scalr – cloud management tool
  • mcrouter – facebook memcached protocol router for scaling memcached deployments
  • Joyent – high performance cloud – Infrastructure as a Service

BessemerCloudscape

Enterprise Data Center Operating Systems

Container Orchestration System

Orchestration Configuration

Data Engineering Ecosystem

Data center orchestration and configuration management tools

  • Puppet – configuration management system
  • Chef – configuration management system
  • Saltstack– cloud orchestration, server provisioning, configuration management
  • Ansible – configuration management, app deployment
  • CFEngine – IT infrastructure automation
  • NixOS – Linux configuration management system
  • Apache Nifi – dataflow system (directed graphs of data routing, transformation, and system mediation logic)
  • Apache Flume – collect, aggregate and move large amounts of streaming event data
  • Apache Camel – define routing and mediation rules
  • Apache Kafka – high-throughput distributed messaging system
  • IBM Streams/DISTILLERY – platform for near-real-time streaming analytics

NoSQL Databases

GPU-optimized relational and column-store databases/Graph Analytics

  • Kinetica – GPU accelerated database
  • GPUdb – GPU accelerated in-memory distributed database
  • MapD – GPU database for interactive SQL querying and visualization of multi-billion record datasets
  • Blazegraph – GPU accelerated graph analytics
  • BlazingDB –  GPU accelerated data warehouse
  • PG-Strom – PostgreSQL extension for GPUs

Development Tools

  • VirtualBox – x86 Virtualization
  • Perl Object Environment – Perl framework for reactive systems, cooperative multitasking, and network applications
  • Codeacademy Labs – program in Ruby, Python, and JavaScript online without downloading a code editor or IDE
  • Koding – cloud development environment, code editor, hosting service, collaboration platform
  • CircleCi – Continuous integration and deployment tool for web apps
  • yUML – sketch uml diagrams.
  • WebSequenceDiagrams –sketch sequence diagrams. automatic links to generated images
  • Rietveld – asynchronous code reviews on changesets
  • Fluid – turn webapps into Mac OS X apps
  • TextMate – code and markup editor
  • Coda – one-window web development app for the Mac
  • Coderunner – Edit/run code in any programming language with a click
  • SourceLair – cloud coding platform C, Python, Ruby and API
  • WebBiscuits – framework for web apps for smartphones and tablets
  • Best free programming books
  • CodeAcademy – learn to code
  • Webkit – build your own browser
  • Appery – Cloud-based HTML5, jQuery Mobile & Hybrid Mobile App Builder for Android, iOS and Windows Phone

Project Management

Open-source software hosting

  • Github – Free public repositories, collaborator management, issue tracking, wikis, downloads, code review, graphs
  • Sourceforge – Free. For open-source projects
  • JavaForge – free open source project hosting site
  • Bitbucket – free cloud hosting for Git or Mecurial projects
  • Sourcetree – free mac client for Git, Mercurial and SVN
  • Mercurial – free, distributed source code control management system
  • Aha! – product roadmap software

Kanban and Scrum Tools

  • Kanban versus Scrum – description
  • Kanban Tools
    • Kanban Tool – online, web-based, Kanban tool
    • KanbanFlow – free Kanban tool
    • Swift-Kanban – enterprise Kanban
    • Kanbanery – Simple online team or personal kanban board
    • LeanKit Kanban – Great for visualizing work of product development
    • Kanban Pad – “Nice and lean” and free online Kanban tool
    • CodeBeamer – Kanban and Scrum tool Application Lifecycle Management
    • Nutcache – all-in-one collaborative project management
    • Kanbanize – free Kanban software
  • Scrum Tools
  • Basecamp– web-based project management and collaboration tool
  • Confluence – Plan roadmaps, define product requirements, and centralize documentation
  • Pivotal Tracker – Agile project management tool real time collaboration
  • Wrike  – combines project management, collaboration, discussion and document sharing
  • Ansible – configuration mgmt, app deployment, continuos delivery
  • Trello – team collaboration around “boards”
  • Asana – shared task list for your team
  • Wunderlist – light accountability and planning
  • Sqwiggle – all-hands meeting and updates
  • Quip – team tasking
  • Sprintly – agile collaborate>prioritize>create git integration
  • Podio – collaborative project management
  • Flow – collaborative task and project management
  • Interstate – open project management
  • Apollo – integrated project and contact management
  • Rally – agile product management
  • Blossom – lean product management
  • BrightPod – product mgmt for marketing teams
  • Trajectory – agile product mgmt, write and discuss user stories, bugs, and to-dos
  • Clarizen – cloud project mgmt tool
  • Webplanner – online collaborative project management application.
  • ChiliProject – web based project management
  • Exepron – cloud based project management
  • ProofHub – web project mgmt & collaboration
  • Kiln – Version control and code review
  • PushPinPlanner – online real-time resource planning for agile teams
  • DaPulse – cross company collaboration
  • ProdPad – proj mgmt w/road mapping
  • Producteev – web/mobile task mgmt
  • ProcedureRock – create, procedures, instructions, guides, online help
  • Managewith.us – Collaborative Task Manager
  • ProcessPlan – task mgmt via email
  • Redbooth -combines social networking and project management
  • ProjectManager – project planner, time/expense tracking
  • TeamCity – continuous integration/unit testing, code quality analysis, pre-tested commits, report on build problems
  • Milestone Planner – planner for deadline/outcome driven environments
  • 5pm – Online project management tool
  • TimeBill – Replicon task management tool
  • AgileZen – project management visually see and interact with your work
  • GoPlan – collaborative project management
  • Unfuddle –hosted project management solution for software teams
  • Taskpoint – online project mgmt and collaboration
  • Centroy – online project mgmt
  • Do[Box] – project mgmt, save, resuse and share project models
  • Projify – simplified project management
  • Mavenlink – manage project communications, documents, schedules, budgets, payments
  • NeuLexa – enterprise project mgmt
  • ProcedureRock – operations and procedures mgmt
  • Userlike – live chat software for websites
  • Industrial Logic – Agile eLearning
  • PMToolkit – project management templates
  • Kanbanchi – dashboard/collaboration tool for Google Apps
  • Sandglaz – online team collaboration

Product Roadmaps for Product Managers

  • Wizeline – create product roadmaps
  • Aha! – roadmapping software for product managers
  • ProdPad – create product roadmaps

Bug/Issue Tracking

  • Bugherd – simple issue tracking for web developers
  • Lighthouse – Issue Tracking Tool
  • Sifter – hosted bug and issue tracking
  • Toggle – time tracking tool
  • Jira – Bug, Issue and classic Project tracking tool
  • Fogbugz -bug tracking, project mgmt, customer support
  • Bontq – hosted bug tracking and project management needs
  • WakaTime – Automatic time tracking for your text editor
  • Intervals – time tracking and task management
  • Preceden – simple way to make timelines for presentations
  • RayGun – error tracking tool for software developers
  • ClickTime – online timesheets

Web Server Stress Testing

  • Google Page Speed – test your web page speed
  • Httperf– HP Web Server Performance tool
  • Siege – http load testing and benchmarking utility
  • Jmeter – java-based server load testing
  • Tourbus – ruby website load testing tool

Digital Asset Management

Cryptography

Localization

Self Created Products Selling Sites

  • Gumroad – sell your digital products directly to your audience
  • Etsy – buy and sell all things handmade
  • Amazon 3D printing store
  • Cafepress – buy and sell T-shirts, Personalized Gifts, Unique Mugs, Posters & More
  • Zazzle – buy and sell T-shirts, Personalized Gifts, and more
  • Folksy – buy and sell handmade gifts and crafts
  • RedBubble – art gallery & community
  • Storenvy – buy and sell goods and brands that inspire
  • Blurb – publish books

Credit Cards/Billing/Subscription Management/E-Store

  • Credit Cards/Payments
    • Square – accept credit cards from ipad/iphone/android
    • Stripe – accept credit cards on the web
    • Amazon Payments – login and pay with Amazon
    • CCBill – merchant services & credit card payments
    • GoCardless -accept direct debit payments
    • Balanced – Payments processing, escrow & payouts API
    • BancBox – Payments service platform
    • Paypal – the standard for payment
    • WePay –  payment API for platforms
    • E-Junkie – shopping cart plug-in for downloads and tangible goods
    • SendOwl – add a “Buy” button to your website
    • 2Checkout – accept payments globally; credit cards, paypal, debt cards
    • ShopLocket – ecommerce solution for hardware makers
    • Zombaio – billing for adult entertainment
    • Billpro – “high risk” merchant account & credit card processing
    • Braintree – online credit card merchant processing
    • Paymill – accept online payments on the web
    • FeeFighters – find the cheapest credit card processors
    • Venmo – make and share payments on your phone

Payments startups

periodic table of payments

  • Fraud Detection
  • Subscription Services
    • Cloudware City – online app store for subscription services
    • Spreedly – sell subscriptions on your site. signup, upgrade, trial pricing
    • Zuora – online subscription management
  • Online Store and Marketplace Creation
    • Shopify – create an online store
    • BigCommerce – ecommerce software & shopping cart
    • Yahoo Small Business – hosted ecomerce website
    • Volusion – shopping cart software, ecommerce & hosting
    • Lemonstand – cloud eCommerce platform for stores that do over 6 figures in sales
    • WooCommerce – free commerce toolkit for wordpress
    • Nearme – create your own branded marketplace
    • Bizwebs – create an online store
    • Shoprocket – sell on a website, blog or Facebook Page using a single line of code
    • Estoreify – create your own online store in just 5 minutes
    • Selz – sell on Facebook, WordPress, from any website w/PayPal
    • IndieMade – Create an artist website with a store, blog, galleries
    • BigCartel – shopping cart for artists, designers, bands, record labels, jewelry, crafters
    • SquareSpace – build a website with commerce
    • EStoreApp – a webstore in 5 minutes
    • PinnacleCart – shopping cart software, ecommerce & hosting
    • CoreCommerce – online store & shopping cart software
    • Fortune3 – shopping cart software, ecommerce & hosting
    • EKMPowershop – create an online store using templates
    • Paddle – create an online store for games, apps and content
    • Retargeting – trigger live and email responses based on consumer behavior in online stores
  • Donations
  • Postmaster – Integrate package shipping, tracking  and notification into your app

Building information modeling

  • Autodesk Revit – BIM solutions
  • Vectorworks – 2/3D CAD and BIM solution
  • BIMx – sharing hypermodels
  • BIMcloud – BIM in the Cloud
  • AllPlan – EU BIM software
  • OpenBIM – home of Open BIM collaboration via the IFC (Industry Foundation Classes) file format

Customer Support/Feedback/Engagement

  • Nirror – live support/watch playback of customer actions on your site
  • Conversica – AI software for marketing, virtual sales assistant
  • Tender – support, knowledgebase tool for your site
  • GetSatisfaction – conversations between companies / customers
  • Triibe – incentive-based customer service
  • Zendesk – web help software
  • Wise.io – machine learning for customer success
  • Rollio – CRM now listens via Natural Language Processing
  • Clickdesk – Help desk, live chat, social toolbar
  • Zopim – real time customer support/live chat
  • HelpScout – simple setup, easy integration, help desk software
  • Desk – from Salesforce, easy and simple; email/social/chat/phone
  • SnapEngage – live chat integrates with your apps
  • Freshdesk – completely unique never seen before web help software
  • Olark – live customer chat and customer loyalty
  • LiveChat – live customer chat, archives of conversations
  • Groove – simple online Help Desk
  • VisitorEngage – behavioral-based feedback button, surveys & website notifications
  • Assistly – Support customers by Web, email, chat, and social networks
  • Vision Helpdesk – Support for multiple companies from one place
  • OneDesk – ideation to delivery and support issues, tickets, tasks
  • HappyFox – collate, categorize and respond to all requests
  • CustomerSure –  online customer service, feedback into retention
  • HelpSpot – Helpdesk software
  • Webengage – engagement; website survey, feedback and notification tool
  • SupportBee – help customers via email, robust ticketing
  • JitBit – Help desk ticketing system, cloud and on premises versions
  • HelpRace – helpdesk, knowledge base and a feedback community in one platform
  • NetHelpDesk – Exchange sync, Smartphone apps

Testimonials/Social Reviews

  • PostKudos – collect customer testimonials
  • Yotpo – social reviews for eCommerce
  • Kayako – Help desk
  • UserVoice – turn customer feedback into action
  • Kampyle – turn customer feedback into sales and relationships

Recruiting Tools

hr-startups

Password Managers

Password API’s

  • Authy – add two-factor authentication to your sites
  • Userbin – add two-factor authentication to your sites

Misc Office Help

Phone Systems

Accounting/Payroll

  • InDinero – easy business finance software
  • ZenPayroll – delightful employee payroll software
  • WagePoint – online payroll for small businesses
  • Freshbooks – cloud accounting and invoicing
  • Gusto – payroll software for accountants
  • Autotax – eFile IRS 1099 forms
  • Expensify – billing, expenses, receipts
  • BambooHR – Employee Records, Benefit Information, Payroll Data, etc.

 

  • Harvest – online time tracking
  • Xobni – Outlook plugin to search
  • Think-Cell – Powerpoint (windows) plug-in for advanced charting
  • QuoteRoller – create, deliver and negotiate proposals online
  • WordsRU – proofreading and editing service
  • iProsh – manage your office and workspace online
  • RescueTime – time mgmt software, work/life balance
  • Boomerang – scheduled sending and email reminders for gmail
  • Slack – team communication
  • TradeAbility – free tool from UPS – estimate costs and duty fees and international shipping restrictions
  • Freemind – free mind-mapping software
  • FoxOMS – resource mgmt and scheduling for film, TV and creative businesses
  • FindStringers – freelance journalism marketplace

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Outsourcing/Freelance Help

  • Amazon Mechanical Turk – set up any task and get answers
  • Owork – find/hire freelancers
  • SkillsHive – become a/hire freelancer online
  • Upwork – hire low-cost international engineering talent
  • Gigster – hire a quality developer
  • Freelancer – outsourcing for small business
  • VWorker – find/hire freelancers
  • GroupTalent – developers and designers on demand
  • BusinessTalentGroup – consultants and executives on demand
  • Tongal – get creative work -TV commercials, social videos, music videos, branded entertainment on demand
  • Handy – outsource home cleaning, Ikea assembly, handyman
  • TaskRabbit – outsource errands and skilled tasks
  • Medicast – house call doctors on demand

Chips/Hardware Resources/Tools

Robotics/Drones

  • ROS – Robot Operating System – open source framework for writing robot software
  • Artoo – Ruby micro-framework for robotics based on sinatra
  • Gazebo – 3d Robot simulation software
  • MRPT – Mobile robotics C++ libraries
  • OpenPilot – Open Source UAV autopilot
  • Paparazzi – open-source hardware and software  autopilot  for fixedwing & multicopters
  • DIYDrones – community for amateur UAV’s
  • QGroundControl – open source UAV ground control operator station
  • DroneDeploy – outsourced drones
  • Navio+ – raspberry pi autopilot
  • Dronebase – Get imagery & video via drone
  • Prandtl – physics-based CAD for drones

Software Defined Radio (SR)

  • HackRF SDR Tutorial – great intro to SDR
  • Software Defined Radio Basic Tutorial – Schuyler St. Leger at Desert Code Camp
  • GNU Radio – open source software defined radio
    • GqrxSDR – open source SDR built on GNU Radio
    • GRSatellites – GNU Satellite telemetry decoders built on GNU Radio
  • NooElec – $20 USB RTL-SDR Receiver R820T2 tuner 25MHz-1750MHz
  • HDSDR –  freeware Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/8/8.1/10.
  • HDSDR on OSX – freeware Software Defined Radio (SDR) for Mac OS X
  • ETTUS Research – hardware for software defined radio
  • HackRF – software defined radio 10 MHz to 6 GHz
    • HackRF One – software defined radio half-duplex transceiver, 1 MHz – 6 GHz
    • rad10 – SDR half-duplex transceiver, 50 MHz – 4 GHz works with HackRF
  • OsmoSDR – Software based small form-factor inexpensive Software Defined Radio
  • LimeSDR – open source SDR
  • Nuanced – USB 3.0 software defined radio 300MHz – 3.8GHz
  • FUNCube dongle – software defined radio 150kHz to 1.9GHz 
  • BladeRf x40 – low-cost USB 3.0 Software Defined Radio
  • Ethos Research – software defined radio development platforms
  • SDR Showdown – HackRF vs bladeRF vs USRP tutorial
  • FlexRadio – software defined radio for ham operators
  • LoRa Alliance – low power wide area network
  • Sigfox –  cellular tech for IoT
  • Ingenu – dedicated IoT connection
  • Beep Networks – real world data to the cloud
  • RTL-SDR – news and projects blog
  • GNURadioCompanion – a graphical tool for creating signal flow graphs and generating flow-graph source code

Audio

  • AudioKit – audio synthesis, processing and analysis
  • Essentia – open-source C++ library for audio analysis and audio-based music information retrieval
  • Csound – a C-based audio programming language
  • SuperCollider – environment and programming language for real time audio synthesis and algorithmic composition

Contract Manufacturers/Startup Design/Prototype/Manufacturing Consultants/Helpers

  • PCH – product design, engineering/development, manufacturing, packaging,  fulfillment, etc
  • Proto Services – ISO 9001/2000 certified manufacturing in Silicon Valley
  • The Build Shop – 3D printing and Laser cutting shop in LA
  • MakeSimply – sourcing and manufacturing services
  • Jatco – plastic molding and manufacturing in Silicon Valley
  • Studio Fathom – Prototype Fabrication & Bridge-to-Production Services
  • Fictiv  – order 3D parts easily for hardware prototyping
  • Dix Metals – provider of precision-cut, machine-ready blanks
  • Tempo Automation – desktop pick and place robot automates surface mount assembly
  • Dragon Innovation – works with startups to provide a clear from prototype through production with manufacturing expertise and trusted connections
  • MakeSimply – idea to production, simplified – get MVPs, get products into production

Electronic Prototyping

Electronics Component Suppliers

Manufacturing Resources

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3D Printers

Low cost 3D/CAM Software

auto startups

3D Printing Services

3d printer market

Custom Machine Parts/Industrial Supplies

3D Software

CubeSats /  Nanosatellites

  • PocketQube – small cubesat off the shelf
  • CubesatKit – cube-sat off the shelf
  • NASA Cubesat Challenge – competition for the developments of cubesats to fly to the Moon
  • ClydeSpace –  cubesat and nanosatellites
  • SpaceflightInc – cubesat and small satellite launch
  • Spire – using cubesats for weather and maritime data
  • PlanetLabs – using nanosats for imagery
  • Cubesat.org – collaboration of over 40 universities, high schools, and private firms developing picosatellites

Life Science Resources

Medical Device Resources – Stanford Biodesign 

Medical Device Resources – General

med-devices

Synthetic Biology

Digital Health

digital-hospital

digital health

 

mobile digital health

__________

Market Research Tools

Private “pay for market research” firms

Datasets

U.S. State/Canada/Federal Open Data

Solar & Renewables Open Data

Other Governments Open Data

Research Data

Statistics

Open Company Data/Stats/API

Open Mapping

Genomic/BioMed Data

Public or University library Resources:

Market Research Resources Online

__________

Starting and Running a Startup Advice

Best Startup Advice

Incorporating Your Company

Entrepreneurship Reading List

Entrepreneurship Online

Startups Data

  • Mattermark – quantifying company growth for startup investors
  • Compass – Turn data into actionable insights
  • AngelList – connecting startups and angels

Coworking Spaces

Angel/SuperAngel Investors

Corporate vc’s

VC’s Focused on Commercializing University Technology

Crowdfunding

Incubator List/ Startup Jobs

Advice on Raising Startup Capital

Cap Tables / Valuation

Venture Capital Financing

Boilerplate Venture Funding Documents

Building/Managing Your Board

Intellectual Property Advice

Founder Equity Issues

Compensation

Executive / Advisory Board Compensation

Public Relations (PR) For Tech Companies

Finance 101 for Entrepreneurs

Metrics/Benchmarks/Growth

Untitled

 

Saas vs. Enterprise Churn Rates

Saas vs. Enterprise Churn Rates

Web/Mobile/Marketplace Revenue Models

Commission Fees

Burn Rate/Balance Sheet

Product Pricing 101 for Entrepreneurs

Getting Acquired

Lawyers/Legal

Fighting Patent Trolls

Corporate Innovation Programs

List of Investment Platforms

Education Startups

Edtech investors

 

eduation software

New Schools EdTech Map

 

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Edtech conferences

q2 2015 ed tech startups

China – Doing Business

china ecosystem

2015 china top100 brands

China Blogs

China Military Books/Blogs

Japan – Doing Business

Must Read Blogs

venture blogs

More to read

Cannibis market

Lean LaunchPad Videos

This is the complete list of Launchpad Video clips created to date and sorted by topic:

Legend:
TC Teaching Critigues
SL Student Learning
CD Customer Discovery series
UCB UC Berkeley LaunchPad Spring ’13 series
UCSF UCSF Life Science & Healthcare Launchpad Fall ‘2013 series

Mentor Training

  1. Lean LaunchPad Mentor Training UCSF

General Discussion

  1. How Large Will You Scale? (03:03) TC UCB
  2. What If You’re a Visionary? – Risks & Rewards (4:53) SL UCSF
  3. Your Startup: Do You Want to Spend 3 to 4 Years Doing This? (5:14) TC UCSF
  4. Don’t Let the MVP Limit Your Vision (03:40) TC UCB

Customer Discovery

  1. “It Saved Us Several Years” (1:45) SL UCSF
  2. Stop Telling Yourself What You Want to Believe (1.39) SL UCSF
  3. Narrowing the Focus (1:21) SL UCSF
  4. Why PI’s and Founders Need to Get Out of the Building (2:15) SL UCSF
  5. “This Was the Best Outcome” (2:50) SL UCSF
  6. Getting to the “Better Idea” Faster (3:59) SL UCSF
  7. Insights on: Does Customer Development Work in Therapeutics? (6:11) UCSF
  8. The Phases of Customer Discovery (0:37) CD

Before Leaving the Building

  1. Pre-Planning Contacts (4:34) CD
  2. Customer Interview Dry Runs (0:49) CD
  3. Discovery is for Founders (1:30) CD
  4. Pass/Fail Experiments (1:32) CD

Outside the Building

  • Rules of Customer Interviews
  1. Being Aggressive (1:29) CD
  2. Conducting a Customer Interview (1:30) CD
  3. Letting the Customer Interview Flow (1:37) CD
  4. Sizing the Opportunity (2:50) CD
  5. Finding Patterns (1:50) CD
  6. Looking for Insights (0:58) CD
  • Early Mistakes to Avoid
  1. Death by PowerPoint (1:42) CD
  2. Death by Demo 1 (2:18) CD
  3. Death by Demo 2 (1:45) CD
  4. Understanding the Problem (3:22) CD
  5. Multi-Person Interview (2:03) CD
  6. Assuming You Know (1:56) CD
  7. B-to-B to C (2:15) CD
  8. Existing vs. New Markets (5:29) CD
  9. Asking the Right Question (2:37) CD
  10. Public Interviews (2:11) CD

Understanding What the Customer Is Telling You

  1. Engaging the Customer (3:37) CD
  2. Customer Empathy (2:25) CD
  3. The Distracted Customer (3:12) CD
  4. Customers Lie (2:37)
  5. The User, the Buyer & the Saboteur (2:24) CD

Back in the Building

  1. Extracting Insight from Data (2:59) CD
  2. Pay Attention to Outliers (2:16) CD
  3. Getting the MVP Right (3:34) CD
  4. The “Other 85%” (2:32) CD
  5. Finding Early Evangelists (1:17) CD
  6. Communicating Your Discoveries (2:26) CD

Value Proposition

  1. Pivoting…or Groping for a Business Model? (02:37) TC UCB
  2. Seduced by Insufficient Data (02:34) TC UCB

Customer Relationships

  1. Insights on: Customer Relationships – Week 4 (12:00) UCSF
  2. Use Customers to Find More Customers (02:22) TC UCB
  3. Customer Conversion (03:22) TC UCB

Customer Segments

  1. Insights on: Customer Segments – Week 2 (12:43) UCSF
  2. Estimating Market Size (01:49) SL UCB
  3. Customer Workflow (02:10) SL UCB
  4. Customer Discovery / Customer Archetype (04:04) SL UCB
  5. Customer Archetypes; Hypotheses & Experiments (03:21) SL UCB
  6. Customer Segments & Customer Archetypes (03:47) SL UCB
  7. The Fog of Entrepreneurship (03:01) TC UCB
  8. At the Start, All Your Stakeholders Are Customers (02:32) TC UCB
  9. Square Pegs & Round Holes – Mira Medicine (4:33) TC UCSF

Channels

  1. Insights on: Channels – Week 3 (14:52) UCSF
  2. Framing the Experiment (02:27) TC UCB
  3. Distribution Channels: One Data Point Is Not a Test (02:37) TC UCB

Revenue Streams

  1. Value Based Pricing – “We Were Gobsmacked!” (6:43) SL UCSF
  2. Insights on: Revenue Streams – Week 5 (17:04) UCSF
  3. The Importance of Experiments (03:57) TC UCB
  4. Validating Product Pricing (03:55) TC UCB

Key Partners

  1. Insights on: Key Partners – Week 6 (17:08) UCSF
  2. Listen Carefully for Customer Discovery (03:20) TC UCB
  3. The Timing of Partnerships (03:46) TC UCB

Key Activities & Key Resources

  1. Insights on: Science Advisory Boards (4:53) UCSF
  2. Insights on: Resources, Activities & Costs (12:26) UCSF
  3. No Laundry Lists. Just Facts! (02:43) TC UCB

Final Video

  1. Accelerated Medical Diagnostics: Final Video (2:41) SL UCSF
  2. Knox: Final Video (2:17) SL UCSF
  3. Magnamosis: Final Video (2:51) SL UCSF
  4. Making Friends: Final Video (2:19) SL UCSF
  5. Mira Medicine: Final Video (2:23) SL UCSF
  6. ResultCare: Final Video (3:08) SL UCSF
  7. Tidepool.org: Final Video (3:48) SL UCSF
  8. Vitruvian Therapeutics: Final Video (8:34) SL UCSF

Final Presentations

  1. Knox: Final Presentation (8:33) SL UCSF
  2. Magnamosis: Final Presentation (10:19) SL UCSF
  3. Making Friends: Final Presentation (8:38) SL UCSF
  4. Mira Medicine: Final Presentation (9:26) SL UCSF
  5. ResultCare: Final Presentation (11:34) SL UCSF
  6. Tidepool.org: Final Presentation (16:45) SL UCSF
  7. Vitruvian Therapeutics: Final Presentation (8:34) SL UCSF

“Getting Your Story Straight” – David Riemer on Storytelling

  1. Story Narrative and Product Narrative (10:24) UCSF
  2. Story & Storytelling (4:35) UCSF
  3. The Power of Story (10:24) UCSF
  4. Story Structure (10:24) UCSF
  5. The Main Character (9:27) UCSF
  6. The Main Conflict (6:13) UCSF
  7. Story Challenges & Solutions (2:03) UCSF
  8. Telling a Great Story (13:16) UCSF

Misc

Some of the material I have created or use in my classes does not lend itself to blogs. It’s more reference material. Thus, these pages.  I’ll add more as time goes on. See my slide/video links

Tenacity If you’ve gotten this far, here is a visual representation of tenacity and persistenc

701 Responses

  1. Cheap Web Design, on February 16, 2009 at 6:49 am said:

    Very interesting stuff. I am both an avid entrepreneur and book worm but must admit to having not read most of the books on your list. It is certaintly a great list to motivate me to get reading again. Keep up the great work!

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  2. Crystal Williams, on April 12, 2009 at 10:38 am said:

    Hi Steve!

    My name is Crystal Williams, and I maintain a small business blog called Babeofbusiness.com. I recently did a piece on the best books for startups, where I included your book “Four Steps to the Epiphany.” If you have a few moments and are interested, I would love to have you post your recommended books in the comments section.
    …

    Thanks!
    …

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  3. Avron Olshewsky, on June 10, 2009 at 11:03 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Read your book “The four steps …” and have enjoyed it and your blog. I have recently been doing some research on Entrepreneurship in Brazil, while also trying to start my own company. I wanted to ask you what you thought about “context” ? I.e a lot is written in general terms, mostly US centric. What about emerging economies, what caveats do they posses ? Also do you agree with the notion of Entrepreneurship as “opportunity recognition” ?

    Regards
    Avron

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  4. Greg Geracie, on September 16, 2009 at 5:40 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I enjoyed your book and I found it helped me connect a lot of dots which now make more sense!

    Most of the examples you cite in the book are targeted on highlighting challenges faced by each of the respective companies. I was wondering if you have a couple of examples of companies that have utilized your methodology and enjoyed great market success crossing the chasm and becoming successful mission-centric companies from start ups?

    Any examples would be greatly appreciated!

    Thank you.

    Greg G.

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  5. Luke Lockhart, on November 13, 2009 at 2:01 pm said:

    Hello Steve,

    I am currently reading The Four Steps to the Epiphany. The granular, tactical process that is laid out is amazing. I’ve experienced working for companies that did it the wrong way and one that went through the “death spiral” just as you describe. This thoroughly instilled in me that some sort of process more akin to yours must be the way to go. But until reading his book and blog I hadn’t known the exact steps to take and in which order.

    Are there digital copies of some of the worksheets and checklists in the appendix of your book available in digital format? These would be extremely useful in getting buy-in and working collaboratively through the process across our founding team.

    Thanks and Regards,

    Luke L.
    – Waterloo, Ontario

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  6. Damien Rottemberg, on November 19, 2009 at 6:31 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    I wish I had discovered your book earlier. It became my bible (after the real one 🙂 to develop my company LocalBooking. I think this is perfect for it.

    I wish I could have you as a consultant to help my company to take off. I am still trying to figure out the right market and customers for it.

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  7. Mike Byrnes, on April 28, 2010 at 9:17 am said:

    Steve:

    I just found your site and blog from a link off Venture Hacks
    “Two great talks from SLLConf”

    I fell like I’ve just found the mother lode!

    Thanks a million. Now I’ve really got my work cut out, but you just gave me a big “leg up”.

    — Mike

    http://www.fintelligence.org

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  8. Jeff Skinner, on May 24, 2010 at 9:28 am said:

    Steve, you don’t know me though I use your ‘Customer Development process’ video in my classes (Entrepreneurship at London Business School).

    I hewar via thew grapevine that you’re thinking about a ‘Business Model Competition’. Interesting. Can we touch base on this.

    Jeff skinner
    Faculty, London Business School.

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  9. phil gainley, on August 7, 2010 at 12:36 am said:

    Hey Steve

    Reading great struff around your Customer Development process, would love to see you speak around this

    Are you doing anything in the UK in the near future that I can turn up for?

    Thanks

    Phil Gainley

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  10. Margit Niemelä, on August 16, 2010 at 6:29 am said:

    Steve, wonderful job!

    Thank you

    Margit Niemelä
    PhD, Principal Lecturer, Entrepreneur
    Vaasa University of Applied Sciences

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  11. Akash Pai, on September 26, 2010 at 10:46 am said:

    Steve,
    This is an incredibly useful list and the book – 4 steps to Epiphany is a must-read for any startup. Pearls of wisdom, wish I’d read it earlier.
    And I’m of an opinion that its the right way to productize for a large corporate as well. After all, most of them seem to have only one or two hits (or high profit margin products).

    Are your lectures (in b-schools) open to public?

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  12. Conrado, geek @ fengoffice, on October 4, 2010 at 10:05 am said:

    @Steve, I frequently feel like thanking you on every one of your posts, at the Amazon reviews, etc.

    Doing so would extend your posts’ comments sections while adding little value.

    But I definitely have to do it somewhere, at least once. Using this page – just the one that I happen to be using at this very moment – feels ok.

    You’ve been top of my entrepreneurship mentors/heroes for over a year now.

    @Entrepreneurs not fans of Steve, read his books. Read his blog.

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  13. Bill Seitz, on October 7, 2010 at 9:58 am said:

    Do you have the worksheets from your book available online anywhere?

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  14. Paul Campbell, on October 14, 2010 at 9:56 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    It was a pleasure to meet you at the Churchill Club event tonight. I met you immediately after the panel ended. I am an expert on Corporate Entrepreneurship and lecture in Drew Isaacs’ courses and CEE programs.

    I recommend that corporate entrepreneurs read “Grow from Within: Mastering Corporate Entrepreneurship and Innovation’, Lippitz and Wolcott, 2010.

    Let’s plan to connect at Berkeley sometime soon.

    Best regards,
    Paul Campbell
    e: startupgenie@gmail.com

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  15. Επιχειρηματικότητα & Καινοτομία. Resources?, on October 25, 2010 at 11:08 pm said:

    […] Αξίζει πραγματικά να κάνετε bookmark και να ψάξετε στα ¨Startup Resources¨ του συγκεκριμένου […]

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  16. Phil Gainley, on November 8, 2010 at 4:44 am said:

    Steve

    Great list of books..

    When you come over to the UK would love to see you speak

    Thanks

    Phil

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  17. Tara Gowland, on November 24, 2010 at 1:43 pm said:

    Great resources!

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  18. Jason, on December 20, 2010 at 2:05 pm said:

    Awesome resources! Thanks.

    Jason

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  19. jorge, on February 27, 2011 at 9:38 am said:

    wow. that is tenacity!

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  20. Bill Bonham, on February 27, 2011 at 10:13 am said:

    http://www.Iconfinder.com is missing in the Website tools category

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  21. Andy, on February 27, 2011 at 10:33 am said:

    Great post,

    I’d recommend adding http://managewith.us to the Project Management section 🙂

    Andy

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  22. Justin Chen, on February 27, 2011 at 11:10 am said:

    What about http://pickfu.com/ for cheap and easy a/b tests and surveys?

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  23. jade, on February 27, 2011 at 2:25 pm said:

    Great compilation. There is nothing on sales. Can you add useful resource for generating sales for start-ups.

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  24. John Fan, on February 27, 2011 at 6:10 pm said:

    Dim dim was acquired by Salesforce and has been shut down.

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  25. Daniel Odio, on February 27, 2011 at 9:00 pm said:

    Steve, what a killer list.

    One thought — it’s not just the tools, but the culture in the company to implement the tools.

    We call it “playing a computer like an instrument” at AppMakr. http://go.danielodio.com/instrument

    DROdio
    CEO, AppMakr.com

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  26. Girish Redekar, on February 27, 2011 at 10:58 pm said:

    Shameless plug: Folks can also try Recruiterbox (similar to Resumator) to manage their hiring / applicant tracking

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  27. Jarek, on February 27, 2011 at 11:51 pm said:

    What about CRM? You don’t think startups should use CRM tools? I know that in B2B world you are dead in the water without CRM tool….
    We are using our own stuff – http://www.discoursehq.com 🙂

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  28. Josh, on February 28, 2011 at 12:12 am said:

    Thank you for all the great links, how can i get an invite to quora?

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  29. Roman Gaponov, on February 28, 2011 at 1:50 am said:

    Steve, Very interesting list of resources. Thanks!

    What about Django http://djangoproject.com as Web Development Framework?

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  30. Dan Croak, on February 28, 2011 at 6:39 am said:

    Here’s a few that are central to my work.

    Billing/Subscription Management:

    Braintree http://www.braintreepaymentsolutions.com – Payment gateway, merchant account, and recurring billing all in one. Known for their great customer service.

    Web Development Tools:

    Sendgrid http://sendgrid.com – Sends transactional email (signed up, forgot password, notifications) on behalf of you application. High deliverability rates.

    Hoptoad http://hoptoadapp.com – Collects production application errors, groups them so developers can see one backtrace and how many times the error occurred.

    Blogs (VC):

    Antonio Rodriguez http://theonda.org/ – A very technical VC at Matrix partners who can actually code.

    Blogs (web development):

    Giant Robots Smashing Into Other Giant Robots – http://robots.thoughtbot.com Company blog of thoughtbot covering Ruby on Rails, HTML, CSS, Javascript, databases, and mobile development.

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  31. Allison, on February 28, 2011 at 10:40 am said:

    Thanks for including Grasshopper in your list Steve!

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  32. Jeff Epstein, on February 28, 2011 at 11:03 am said:

    Steve,

    Looking forward to hearing you speak in Ann Arbor next month!

    Would love to have you include my referral platform http://zferral.com to the marketing category.

    Thanks.

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  33. Jeremy @ Wordloop, on February 28, 2011 at 11:13 am said:

    I would also recommend Ash Maurya’s Lean Canvas:

    http://leancanvas.com/ a tool for documenting your business model and managing tests, as well as his book

    Running Lean
    http://www.runningleanhq.com/

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  34. Roger Neel, on February 28, 2011 at 11:30 am said:

    Steve,

    Big fan & great list – we use a lot of these tools for our lean startup.

    I’d like to throw my hat in the ring for you to add http://www.mavenlink.com under the Project Management category and/or the Freelance category. We have an end-to-end suite that helps consultants and clients work better together. We’re lean and 40k people (and growing!) agree that we’ve got the best PM/time tracking/invoicing app out there.

    Roger

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  35. Paul Hontz, on February 28, 2011 at 11:59 am said:

    Thanks for the shout out to TSF. To put together a fantastic list!

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  36. Steve Kohlenberger, on February 28, 2011 at 3:25 pm said:

    Steve,

    Love your book! Super list.

    Microsoft’s WebMatrix (http://www.microsoft.com/web/webmatrix/) tries to seamlessly combine many public web development tools (like dotNetNuke, BlogEngine, WordPress, Drupal, Joomla, Umbraco, …) in one place on Windows for deployment on your choice of providers for $2.99/mo and up. (I don’t work for Microsoft nor an ISP).

    For Freelance Help, consider adding:
    Freelancer.com

    Logo Design:
    http://logoyes.com/

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  37. Creating mockups/screenshots | MobInsights.com, on March 2, 2011 at 5:47 am said:

    […] Blank maintains a list of mockup tools you may use, few are specialized for mobile apps though. In my mind, any good drawing tools or even […]

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  38. Chuck Robinson, on March 6, 2011 at 8:50 am said:

    Wow, Steve! Wow, wow, wow! Thanks for this incredible resource!

    Chuck

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  39. Benoit Fallenius, on March 8, 2011 at 11:45 am said:

    “Name, Domain name and Trademark” is a complex topic that, right or wrong, take a lot of time for entrepreneurs in the beginning. It should be added to this great list.
    A new tool that will help the entrepreneur in the trademark issue is Markify – a trademark search that finds all similar trademarks. It covers both Europe ant the US, it is easy, fast and free. This kind of search normally costs more than $500…
    Test your name http://www.markify.com/ so you don’t end up with a name that is confusingly similar to an existing trademark.

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  40. Tatiana Maya, on March 10, 2011 at 9:10 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Are you aware of http://www.bettermeans.com ??? have a look, maybe as a collaborative resource on your list. Thanks for your work. I have lots to go through!

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  41. Quora, on March 12, 2011 at 12:54 am said:

    What are the free software tools and online services one should leverage for an internet start-up just getting started from an idea?…

    I think Steven Gary Blank, the guy behind “The Four Steps To The Epiphany,” has this nice list which I reference periodically. https://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/…

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  42. Ian Ippolito, on March 24, 2011 at 8:45 am said:

    Steve,
    Thanks for an incredible resource for entrepreneurs, which I’m going to be forwarding them to.

    May I humbly also suggest under the “freelance” category, my own site: vWorker.com? It has better protections than Elance (100% free money back guarantees) and the same timecard monitoring as oDesk but is cheaper by 10-35%:

    https://www.vworker.com/RentACoder/DotNet/misc/CompetitorInformation/WhyRentACoder_ForBuyers.aspx

    Ian Ippolito

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  43. Vadim Nekhai, on March 29, 2011 at 4:23 am said:

    Hi Steve!

    Great job done! I enjoyed reading your post.
    Are you aware of http://www.smtp.com? Please take a look, it might be one more option to Sendgrid and Postmark in your list.

    Thanks.

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  44. Abbas, on April 7, 2011 at 10:22 pm said:

    Great compendium Steve! Thank you. One tool that I have found useful for UML diagram is http://www.gliffy.com. Very easy to use and share. I am not associated with the company.

    Thanks.

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  45. Dave Jafari, on April 10, 2011 at 10:11 am said:

    Great list Steve. I’d like to add http://www.sparkmuse.com as a community for founders.

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  46. Faren, on April 11, 2011 at 1:40 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks for adding my ipod, ipad and web wireframe template post to your list. Glad you and everyone else found it useful. Your list is a great reference by the way.

    Keep up the good work!

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  47. Ronaldo Bahia, on April 12, 2011 at 6:26 am said:

    Awesome summary of pretty important stuff. There is no reason to discard ideas anymore

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  48. Jason Miller, on April 13, 2011 at 4:09 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Fantastic list of resources. We would be truly flattered if you could add Zoomerang Online Surveys & Polls to your list of survey tools. (Free basic version, surveys & polls, 150+ templates to customize and send in minutes)

    Thank you!

    All the best,

    Jason Miller
    http://www.Zoomerang.com

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  49. Some Of My Favorite Online Resources, on April 18, 2011 at 11:06 pm said:

    […] Steve Blank is quickly becoming one of my very favorite writers/speakers on entrepreneurship. Everything he writes seems like it is a “must read”. His blog has a list of all kinds of wonderful tools for start-ups and such. His Twitter account is a must follow @SgBlank too. Check out the list of tools though HERE. […]

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  50. Erick, on April 22, 2011 at 7:53 pm said:

    bookmarked this page months ago, and have referenced it at least a dozen times. great resource.

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  51. Alyson Button Stone, on April 25, 2011 at 2:41 pm said:

    This is a great resource which I have shared with our users, many of whom are progressive startups with a frugal mindset.

    I would love to see Assistly included on this list under the category of Customer Support. We are a featured Google App Marketplace company, and believe passionately in putting the customer at the center of the business.

    Thanks again for a great resource. This is one of those posts where you say to yourself: Why didn’t I think of doing this?

    Best, Alyson Stone, Assistly Team

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  52. Quora, on April 26, 2011 at 6:46 am said:

    What are the best online resources (blogs, articles, etc.) on startups and entrepreneurship?…

    Steve Blank’s blog has been mentioned twice but I think it’s worthwhile to highlight this specific post where he has a very robust list of services (best analytics tools, best survey tools, boiler plate venture docs, usability testing services, etc) …

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  53. Robert, twago, on April 27, 2011 at 7:24 am said:

    Great ressource. Many of the tools I’ve never heard of, but I’ll check a few.
    My ultimate tool I can’t live without: dropbox – it’s the best.
    For freelancers and people looking for freelancers I would like to recommend twago (disclaimer: I work there): http://www.twago.com
    Robert

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  54. Stanford professor gives you the keys to building a start-up right here « From corporate to chameleon, on May 10, 2011 at 8:10 am said:

    […] you need to create a business model hypotheses and to test it.  Combined with the start-up resources links on Steve’s site you are on your way to getting your venture off the […]

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  55. Terri, on May 12, 2011 at 12:54 pm said:

    I’d also recommend smartQ for visual task management:
    http://www.getsmartQ.com

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  56. Olga Sorokina, on May 19, 2011 at 1:26 am said:

    Thanks for a great list!
    Do you know TeamLab? http://www.teamlab.com
    It is a web based project management and collaboration system. As distinct from similar solutions, TeamLab offers all the features for free with no limits – a very solid argument for most of start-ups and enterpreneurs.

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  57. You don’t need a business plan yet: 7 ideas for Customer Development « Information Maven: Greg Meyer, on May 22, 2011 at 7:37 am said:

    […] further along in the information you’ll need to build your business plan. Steve Blank lists some great tools for startups that will help you in this […]

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  58. Iphone App Creators, on June 1, 2011 at 1:26 am said:

    That’s a really good list. Very helpful and worth taking time to go through most of them. Thanks for a Great Post.

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  59. Mary B., on June 5, 2011 at 1:15 am said:

    Stumbled on your page by serendipity. I sold to you & PR function back in the day (SuperMac) and others to the many companies dating back, but finally E.piphany ~ MediaMap (now is Cision). Amazing list. The best part though is the tenacity link. Nothing really compares with that, does it? All the best!

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  60. Mary B., on June 5, 2011 at 7:00 am said:

    You. Are. Something. How on earth did you remember? You’ve got everyone who ever breathed in that database. Yep, C’est moi.

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  61. Martin Henk, on June 8, 2011 at 6:13 am said:

    Impressive list, but missing a key ingredient: Sales management tools. I think actually actively selling your stuff is very important for a startup these days. No-brainer for B2B companies but also for B2C companies (making special advertising deals for example)

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  62. techstartupceo, on June 21, 2011 at 10:45 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Really enjoy your book and blog – thanks for your insights. I have a question though, how do you suggest moving through the customer development process when you are developing a product that you want to keep under wraps until its release (and thus maintain your market advantage)? My R&D company has a product in the works that we plan to sell to an existing customer base – but I’m challenged by how we engage these customers in the early design phases without letting the cat of the bag!

    Thanks in advance for your insights —

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  63. Spanglish Bee, on June 22, 2011 at 10:08 am said:

    Great list some “must have tools” for any strartup. I also highly recommend podio.com for project management its fantastic for collaborating on ideas, bug tracking, feature requests and much more, I’ve tried a lot but it’s my favorite, very flexible and easy to customize. Good luck with your startups!

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  64. ebzovi, on June 22, 2011 at 1:39 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    We’d like to contribute to your list by adding our free invoicing application -www.healpay.com

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  65. Projektverktyg – hantera projekt online | Ted Forssblad, on June 24, 2011 at 3:44 am said:

    […] sprang på en bra lista med projektledningsverktyg (och en hel del andra användbara länkar) som jag tänkte dela med mig […]

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  66. “Tell Me About It” «, on June 28, 2011 at 8:27 am said:

    […] Our team is following Steve Blank’s Customer Development methodology, which is rooted on startups “getting out of the building,” talking to customers and using that feedback to develop and refine their product.  (For those who would like to learn more, Steve Blank has a helpful podcast called “Customer Development for Startups” and a blog.)  […]

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  67. rob, on July 7, 2011 at 8:24 am said:

    Is this list monthly updated ? some stuff seems old

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    • steveblank, on July 7, 2011 at 12:22 pm said:

      Rob,

      This list is one I started for my students trying to figure out what tools to use.
      I’m always happy to get updates. Let me know what “stuff” is old, and I’ll update it.

      steve

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  68. The Ultimate 6-Week Startup Crash Course « Keeping It Short, on July 23, 2011 at 9:19 pm said:

    […] trials to a dozen some-odd tools that help you kick ass all over the place. Steve Blank has a pretty good list, but definitely include KissMetrics and KissInsights, Google Analytics (free) and Apps (not as […]

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  69. Richard Stobart, on July 26, 2011 at 5:41 pm said:

    At Unboxed Consulting we use Xero.com, a SAAS accounting package and http://www.fatfreecrm.com, an open-source Ruby-on-Rails CRM solution. Both are great for those first 1000 customers.

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  70. Lean startup article from NYT | Marketade Blog, on July 27, 2011 at 3:23 pm said:

    […] a read.  Blank also has a ton of great links to tools for startups on his […]

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  71. Mike, on August 1, 2011 at 9:29 am said:

    I would recommend My eStore App ( http://www.myestoreapp.com ) it let’s new startup’s add ecommerce directly on your site for free and set up only takes 5 minutes. No coding required; works similar to google analytics.

    Check it out.

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  72. Sophia, on August 3, 2011 at 6:55 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I looked around but couldn’t find a good way to contact you. I work for Experience In Software, a small Berkeley-based company that’s been producing acclaimed business software since 1983. (Perhaps you’re familiar with Project KickStart?)

    Yesterday we launched a brand-new project management application called Webplanner. I’m sure you’re very busy, but I wanted to invite you to give it a try. We’d be delighted to hear your thoughts: http://www.webplanner.com

    Thanks for your time.

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  73. Bono, on August 6, 2011 at 6:29 pm said:

    Hey Steve,

    Thanks for the collection. Its an awesome list. Really appreciating the work you’re putting in here. For inspiration you can include Mixergy.com, and also IncomeDiary from Michael Dunlop. There is also a new blog from Zak Taylor, http://www.yoranter.com, keep you’re eye on it, its a blog for online entrepreneurs.

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  74. The Ultimate 6-Week Startup Crash Course | Profitably, on August 16, 2011 at 12:23 am said:

    […] trials to a dozen some-odd tools that help you kick ass all over the place. Steve Blank has a pretty good list, but definitely include KissMetrics and KissInsights, Google Analytics (free) and Apps (not as […]

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  75. Can anyone recommend a good SEO?, on August 16, 2011 at 7:53 am said:

    […] and portfolio; watch out for linking scams. If you're interested in taking on some of it yourself, Startup Tools Great list of tools, articles, basically everything you need to get started. Goodluck! […]

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  76. Tyler Schoening, on August 18, 2011 at 3:44 am said:

    What a fantastic list of resources, thanks!

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  77. Shahab, on August 18, 2011 at 10:59 pm said:

    Steve, I’ve been volunteering as an organizer of a Meetup which helps match Co-Founders. It started really small in Rockville, MD about 9 months ago, and people have been asking us to do more and grow into other nearby cities. Would you consider adding this under Groups and Incubator List

    http://cofounderslab.meetup.com/

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  78. Nathan Beckord, on August 22, 2011 at 3:40 pm said:

    Awesome compilation, Steve. I didn’t see anything about “the exit” so I’m including a link to a deck I made awhile back that was pretty well received (over 5k views on Slideshare): http://slidesha.re/dnmrLH

    And while we’re in shameless self-promotion mode, here’s a blog post called “Hacking Angel List” that had some legs (http://bit.ly/nGOHKm), as well as another on startup valuation ranges (http://bit.ly/5w3m1Z).

    Let me know if any of that stuff is accretive to your compendium here.

    In other news, I’m working building on a collection of “exit hacks” (tips, techniques for maximizing value)…would you want to share a few nuggets and lessons learned? Want to do an interview?

    thanks, Nathan Beckord

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  79. New Startup, on August 27, 2011 at 1:15 pm said:

    You know this is one of the most extensive lists I have seen for anyone in the internet business. Really appreciate your hard work here.

    I really do not think you have missed a site here that is relevant. Being and electrical engineer it was great to see Digikey and Sparkfun on their :-). Thank you.

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  80. Some Of My Favorite Online Resources | Ace CampaignAce Campaign, on August 28, 2011 at 5:12 pm said:

    […] Steve Blank is quickly becoming one of my very favorite writers/speakers on entrepreneurship. Everything he writes seems like it is a “must read”. His blog has a list of all kinds of wonderful tools for start-ups and such. His Twitter account is a must follow @SgBlank too. Check out the list of tools though HERE. […]

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  81. » Lean Startup Tools | StartupNorth, on August 31, 2011 at 10:36 am said:

    […] of the tools that we’re actively using (and some of the others we evaluated). There are the tools and blogs listed by Steve Blank that include […]

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  82. Martin Villig, on September 11, 2011 at 1:25 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    It was nice to meet you last week in Tallinn. I would suggest 2 useful tools built by Estonian startups:
    http://edicy.com – simplest and most beautiful website creation tool
    http://toggl.com – simple and easy time tracking tool

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  83. Tools and technologies that you can use for rapid prototyping | Startup Monthly Idea Accelerator, on September 20, 2011 at 1:41 am said:

    […] Tools and technologies that you can use for rapid prototyping By yuri On September 20, 2011 · Leave a Comment Tweet Hello Accelerators, After pivoting and changing your idea in the last 2 weeks, now is the time to focus all your efforts towards you Minimal Viable Product. We have 4 weeks left till the Demo Day on October 16th. We are here to help you to succeed both on the Business Model side and the technology side. Most of the teams were assigned to a mentor that will lead them till the Demo day and make sure that you are on the right track in terms of the business model and that you are focused and know what do you want to implement for initial launch. We are going to be very strict and make sure that each of the teams will have live products. Remember that the faster you get live the faster you will get feedback from your customers and pivot if necessary. As a result, we will allow teams with live products only to present to a panel of investors. In order to be ready for the final you will have to prototype your MVP (Focus on the key feature that will make your customer to come back and use your product again), launch it, market it to your target customers, define metrics, collect metrics and statistics, analyze the metrics and refine your pitch deck (we will provide a template that you will need to fill), show traction to panel of investors. Remember that the panel of investors are looking at team cohesiveness, previous experience, ability to execute, show traction, social proof, business model and your target market. As most of you already started creating wireframes and the coding efforts I strongly recommend to use these tools and services: One of the complete sources of tools for startups is shown by Steve Blank in his blog post […]

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  84. George P. Stathis, on September 21, 2011 at 2:41 pm said:

    There seems to be tremendous response to such startup tools lists, both here and in the lists linked at the top of the page. The reputation of the source recommending the tools obviously has a lot to do with it. Would there be any interest in organizing this in some sort of community curated directory? Tools might make the list based on some entry criteria: e.g. two or more sources that have used or read them recommend they get mentioned. Some benefits are that it would be searchable and discussions / testimonials could be organized around each recommendation, helping potential users/readers to get a better idea of what to expect. There is a LOT to select from here, so the community could help make the selection process smoother.

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  85. Perico, on September 26, 2011 at 3:46 pm said:

    I use Priority Matrix, an app for iOS and Mac that helps you focus on important stuff and get the most out of your little time.

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  86. Jerome, on September 30, 2011 at 4:38 am said:

    Another nice project management tool is TaskPoint http://www.taskpoint.com, it hosted fork of Redmine and includes really nice communication features missing in Redmine and Chilliproject

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  87. How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition | Florida Venture Sourcing, on October 3, 2011 at 10:30 am said:

    […] first attempt at helping students answer these questions was by putting together the Startup Tools Page – a compilation of available web development tools. While it was a handy reference, it still […]

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  88. How To Build a Web Startup – Lean LaunchPad Edition | NYU Entrepreneur, on October 5, 2011 at 7:31 am said:

    […] first attempt at helping students answer these questions was by putting together the Startup Tools Page – a compilation of available web development tools. While it was a handy reference, it still […]

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  89. Daniel McQuillen (@SimpleDiagrams), on October 9, 2011 at 8:21 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    If your readers doing really basic UX flows or mockups, my application SimpleDiagrams might be helpful!

    http://www.simplediagrams.com

    Daniel McQuillen

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  90. Scott Yates, on October 10, 2011 at 7:36 pm said:

    One other new addition is the blog writing service Blogmutt. “We work like a dog to fill up your blog!”

    This is a service for companies with a site and a blog that is always the last thing that gets done, and it ends up being weeks and months between posts. For a low, flat fee Blogmutt uses a crowd of writers to create all-original posts.

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  91. » Finding Funding & Financing, on October 13, 2011 at 10:17 pm said:

    […] more about funding by reading Steve Blank, author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, offers amazing tools, books, and other resources to […]

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  92. David Moore (@5MinuteAngels), on October 20, 2011 at 10:09 am said:

    What a fantastic list of resources! Thanks Steve for taking the time to put all of these tools into one place. Your readers might also be interested in http://www.testimonialmonkey.com which is a new customer review site that enables business to integrate their feedback directly into their web pages.

    They offer a free 30 day trial for new users and the Lite package is free.

    I hope this helps!

    David

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  93. startupworkbench, on October 20, 2011 at 4:05 pm said:

    Steve:
    You’re my new hero!
    This list is filled with amazing goodies and is a real reflection.
    I’m a big fan of your SV history lecture. My dad, a history buff, was copilot in a B24 over the last 6 ms of WWII. This shed new light on what they were up against. He would have loved this too.
    The link on tenacity is so real and sweet…. a heartbreaker. TYVM.
    gene@ebm-inc.com

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  94. Industrial Fasteners, on October 28, 2011 at 4:48 am said:

    Great list of websites some of the links were really helpful.

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  95. Leore, on November 1, 2011 at 4:12 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Great list of resources here!

    As an additional resource for “Billing/Subscription Management/E-Store”, I thought your readers would be interested in Plimus. We offer a global e-Commerce platform for sellers and affiliates who sell digital goods and services online.

    Our platform supports several subscription models (from different trials to dynamic subscriptions) and has all the tools needed to help manage them.

    Our site is: http://www.plimus.com (and it’s free to sign up).

    Regards,
    Leore

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  96. John, on November 2, 2011 at 9:17 pm said:

    Great list.

    How about website backup tools: http://www.dropmysite.com

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  98. How To Build a Web Startup – The Lean Launch Pad | Notesinthecloud, on November 6, 2011 at 2:14 pm said:

    […] guide for a lean development of a minimum viable product, and provides a very helpful set of startup tools that span from business model development frameworks, to SEO and analytics tutorials.  If you […]

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  99. Nicholas Hughes, on November 9, 2011 at 11:29 pm said:

    Hi, Steve,

    Thanks for the collection. Its an awesome list. Really appreciating the work you’re putting in here. Here I also recommend another online project schedule tool-TABB. http://www.tabb.ca Maybe you can review and add it into your list.

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  100. Lasse, on November 11, 2011 at 2:07 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks a bunch for your impressive list of great resources for entrepreneurs. Let me recommend an addition to the Web analytics tools:

    Mouseflow (http://mouseflow.com) performs analytics comparable to clicktale but at a fraction of the cost. Give it a try!

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  101. Taat, on November 15, 2011 at 12:10 am said:

    Business plan and financial tool:
    http://www.iplanner.net

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  102. Atul Veer, on November 20, 2011 at 10:48 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Great list. Thanks a lot for all the hard work in listing all this information.

    Found one typo:

    The URL link to Thomas in “Marketing Research > Market Research Resources Online” is wrong, its pointing to http://www.thomas.net. It should point to http://www.thomasnet.com

    Thanks,
    Atul

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  103. Matthew Ogston, on November 29, 2011 at 1:45 pm said:

    Great set of startup tools Steve.
    I’ve been referring to the list for quite some time now to build my own company, and waiting for the time we are ready to shamelessly suggest our own product – JobPage – http://www.jobpage.com

    We provide many of the benefits of Recruiterbox and the Resumator, but we specialise in tech and marketing recruitment only. Our platform also pro-actively seeks out suitable candidates before they’ve even applied to one of our jobs.

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  104. To Build Or Not To Build? | | Lead To Win for WomenLead To Win for Women, on November 30, 2011 at 6:28 pm said:

    […] build massive systems in-house. Before you do it, look into third-party apps (here’s the mother load from Steve Blank) and talk to other entrepreneurs to see if they can help. Otherwise it’s a waste […]

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  105. Thom Holland, on December 2, 2011 at 6:15 am said:

    Incredible list for entrepreneurs.

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  106. Bahadir, on December 3, 2011 at 11:10 am said:

    Steve- this is great, thanks!
    Having recently dived into the game myself, I’d add 2 very useful tools to the list to build up a user base before even launching the product:
    launchrock, and kickofflabs, that both help sign users up in anticipation of the launch date.

    Useful for Apps and more.
    Cheers,

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  107. Praveen, on December 7, 2011 at 6:04 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Would like to share about 99tests.com, we are a Crowdsourced Software testing platform. We help software developers in functionality testing of their applications.

    Thanks,
    Praveen.

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  108. ngowdy, on December 7, 2011 at 1:57 pm said:

    Hey Steve – this is a brilliant list that I find myself coming back to time and again when tasked with, “Hey – Nick, find us a vendor for X.” It’s an easy way to get a who’s-who in each of these verticals, and we’ve been pretty happy with the vendors we’ve found (MailChimp, UserTesting.com, ClickTale, countless others).

    I use this frequently enough that I think it would be terrific if you would consider our business for this list – FreedomVoice (http://www.freedomvoice.com). We’ve been in business since 1996, providing small businesses, startups, and entrepreneurs with 800 numbers and virtual phone service. We’ve recently branched into hosted VoIP telephony as well (www.freedomiq.com), a natural extension for growing businesses.

    Maybe we could find a home under the “Misc Office Help” area – alongside vendors like Grasshopper or RingCentral?

    Either way, my shame all-but-expunged, I just want to thank you for this is a ridiculously extensive, valuable, and constantly fresh list.

    Go Bears.

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  109. JasonL, on December 9, 2011 at 2:07 pm said:

    @Steve
    This page should be retitled, “One Step to the Epiphany”. What an amazingly broad set of start-up tools and resources!

    Thank you for this page as well as placing your lecture materials online.

    Best wishes,
    Jason

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  110. Derek Scruggs, on December 11, 2011 at 11:11 am said:

    A couple more tools to suggest:

    Analytics
    StatsMix – easy tracking, charting and sharing of internal application and business metrics

    Surveys
    SurveyGizmo – free basic version, extremely powerful survey creation and data integration tools

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  111. Derek Scruggs, on December 11, 2011 at 11:12 am said:

    Argh, forgot to include the urls!

    StatsMix – http://www.statsmix.com
    SurveyGizmo – http://www.surveygizmo.com

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  112. Davide, on December 15, 2011 at 3:53 am said:

    @Steve
    The link of SpyFu isn’t right.

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  113. Mayank Sharma (@mayanks), on December 15, 2011 at 9:20 pm said:

    Appreciate your mentioning of freshdesk here but (besides the typo) calling it a zendesk clone sends wrong signal. The authority that you carry has the power to make a lie ^sound like a fact^.

    > Steve Blank calls it a clone, so it must be a clone.

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  114. LEGAY Jean-François, on December 23, 2011 at 4:14 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    I read the french translation of your book “the 4 steps to epiphanie”.
    The content appeared to me of great value for companies willing to put on the market successfull new products.
    Nevertheless the french translation is very poor and appears offently as coming directly from a translating machine without necessary corrections or interpretations. This should make the content difficult to digest for non expertised persons.
    Best regards and congratulations for your expertise.

    Jean-François

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  115. Sridh_ar, on January 11, 2012 at 1:03 am said:

    Steve, here is a nomination for a Startup tool > 10Screens, a _free_ online prototyping and collaboration tool (“PowerPoint for prototyping”). Request you to include under “Wireframing tools” list.
    TIA,
    Sridh_ar

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  116. Scott Annan, on January 21, 2012 at 5:45 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I’ve used this list as a reference for some time – thanks for curating it!

    I thought you might want to check out http://startupplays.com – its what TechCrunch called a “Virtual Accelerator” and a “real viable alternative to current startup accelerators”. I thought you might want to include it in your list above – and would love to collaborate with you on building a “play”.

    Thanks for the list, and all the great content.

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  117. Stephen, on February 1, 2012 at 11:47 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Brilliant list!

    I might humbly put forward http://www.skillpages.com as a tool for recruiting people and finding freelancers.

    Thanks again,

    Stephen

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  118. Lillian Cherry, on February 7, 2012 at 4:50 pm said:

    Another great tool is Blogmutt, a crowd-sourced blog writing service.

    http://www.blogmutt.com

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  119. Ching, on February 7, 2012 at 6:24 pm said:

    If anyone is interested in infographics as a tool for entrepreneur, may I add http://www.piktochart.com to the list? Looking forward to your feedback!

    Thanks
    Ching

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  120. On Planning Versus Execution | Meet Justin Barrett, on February 7, 2012 at 8:04 pm said:

    […] that I think are greatly improving the planning process.  The Lean Startup methodology, along with Steve Blank’s concepts in customer development, can change the game in how company’s get started.  Yes, the […]

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  121. Barbara Tien, on February 8, 2012 at 5:08 pm said:

    Wow, Steve! Raising a family — what a delightful way to represent the tenacity and courage it takes to raise a business.

    I snatched the list the first time well over a year ago and found it in my Evernote collection this afternoon when I went hunting for tools. My eyes popped! I’d not appreciated it the first time.

    This time, I found your timelapse treasure as a special reward for looking carefully. Wow, I hope you’ll have a moment to peruse these comments occasionally and you’ll find this thank you in return.

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    • steveblank, on February 10, 2012 at 1:37 am said:

      Your welcome. Seek and ye shall find!

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      • Peter, on April 9, 2012 at 11:35 am said:

        Hi Steve,

        Wonderful resource.

        I’m currently in the SF bay area traveling and I’d like to buy a copy of the startup owners manual but I can’t find a store that carries it. Can you tell me where to buy a copy? I can’t do the online ordering because I’m traveling for several months.

        Thanks.

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  122. Caroline, on February 8, 2012 at 6:47 pm said:

    Hi Steve! Really nice list! Definitely bookmarking this one 🙂

    By the way, could you include Keynotopia under Wireframing tools? It’s a rapid wireframing + high fidelity (pixel perfect) prototyping tool that’s been very popular among start-ups 🙂 In fact we even had one of our users win StartUp week-end using it that thanked us for the help 🙂

    Thanks and keep up the great work!

    -Caroline
    http://keynotopia.com/

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  123. Startup Library | Lara.do, on February 12, 2012 at 6:39 pm said:

    […] Toolkit: Some of the tools that will help you to quickly get your startup off the ground. Steve Blank’s Startup Tools is extremely useful as well. You can also check out this cool […]

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  124. Tim Waters, on February 21, 2012 at 9:14 pm said:

    Excellent resources Steve, entrepreneurs will find this very helpful. I also bookmark this one on delicious. I believe that in order to be a successful entrepreneur you will need the right online tools and resources that can help you run your business smoothly and hassle free to progress. With these tools it can help you manage your business effectively and efficiently. You can also check this for more alternative tools that are very useful for entrepreneur to use. (http://www.timedoctor.com/blog/2011/04/14/compare-screen-monitoring-software) Using these tools it can help you improve collaboration, project management and team communication.

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  125. Betsy Corcoran: Everything I Know About Startups I Learned From My Teenager | Leeds Classifieds, on February 25, 2012 at 2:19 am said:

    […] *You need gear, gadgets, software. (But see above: they’d better be cheap or ones you invent). Happily the webby world is here to serve you, starting with loads of open source software. Some of the best apps are almost free: Thank you, Heroku, MailChimp, Dropbox, Balsamiq, Googledocs, Rondee, Facebook, SurveyMonkey and all the other snazzy tools Stanford prof Steve Blank mentions here. […]

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  126. Resources for Incubator of startups | searchforsolutions, on February 28, 2012 at 2:01 am said:

    […] https://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/ Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:LikeBe the first to like this post. […]

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  127. Dmitry, on February 29, 2012 at 4:34 am said:

    Hi Steve!

    You help startups a lot by making this list of definitely useful tools.

    If it’s still open please consider to add our startup http://invitebox.com which provides the easiest way to add referral program to any website and allows to reward users for spreading the word through the most popular social networks.

    Thanks.

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  128. » Finding Funding & Financing, on March 3, 2012 at 8:23 pm said:

    […] more about funding by reading Steve Blank, author of The Four Steps to the Epiphany, offers amazing tools, books, and other resources to startups. Our next blog will explore angel investors more deeply. […]

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  129. Shawn, on March 6, 2012 at 12:25 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Great advice for startups. One tool that can be a great benefit to growing startups is http://www.ofemailmarketing.com .They provide great email marketing tools and they are very cost effective.

    Thanks
    Shawn

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  130. Steve Blank: las 4 Caracteristicas Principales en un Emprendedor | Capital Disruptivo, on March 8, 2012 at 7:48 am said:

    […] en las nuevas teorias de administracion para startups, escribio recientemente un libro llamado “Startup Owner´s Manual” que considero esta destinado a volverse una referencia obligada para cualquier persona interesada […]

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  131. Junaid Kalmadi, on March 12, 2012 at 8:28 am said:

    @Steve
    Add Formassembly for survey tools – http://www.formassembly.com
    They have unlimited form creation and responses in their free plan. All the companies currently listed have a limit on # of forms or responses with their free/basic plans.

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  132. Business Books for 21st Century Management, on March 14, 2012 at 5:38 pm said:

    […] and is fairly technical, but is an essential resource for anyone looking to launch a startup. His personal website is also full of great […]

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  133. Why Freelancing, on March 27, 2012 at 1:49 am said:

    It’s really helpful! I wish i had a teacher like you.. I suggest you put http://www.peopleperhour.com in the list about freelance help! I find it very helpful, and easy to use!

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  134. Mariana Reis Wunderlich, on April 12, 2012 at 9:34 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    It’s a really helpfull list!
    I highly recomend you to add MOOVIA on your Project Management list. Moovia is a free business network for team collaboration and project management.
    http://www.moovia.com

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  136. Tom G, on May 14, 2012 at 6:07 am said:

    As far as I can see, the survey sites are all American. As usual.

    Let me just throw in a European survey website in just in case any other people are looking for a site that complies with the Data Protection Act rather than a mixture of laws combined.

    http://www.smart-survey.co.uk

    They’re not too assimilar to Survey Monkey, except they’re UK based and slightly more user friendly.

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  137. Manoj, on May 22, 2012 at 9:13 pm said:

    Hey Steve, that’s a pretty comprehensive list of tools. I would suggest another great customer support tool, HappyFox. Its visual appeal, sophisticated design, impressive organizational capabilities and intuitive interface make it a standout tool. Give it a shot!

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  138. used equipment sales, on May 23, 2012 at 2:56 am said:

    if anybody want to be a successful entrepreneur then he will need the right online tools and resources that can help you run his business smoothly and hassle free to progress.with that kind of tools one can easily managed the resources and business both effectively.Excellent resources Steve, entrepreneurs will find this very helpful.great work from your side done. i got so much information from your blog.Again thanks steve

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  139. Luke W, on May 28, 2012 at 8:38 am said:

    Such a huge list!! – I’d recommend checking out OneDesk for project management , help desk and collaboration needs –

    it’s an all-in-one unified solution for the entire process from ideation right through to delivery and support, aimed at keeping the whole team on the same page and placing as few barriers as possible between the flow of information between them.

    Thanks for such a great resource Steve!

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  140. witmart, on May 29, 2012 at 1:53 am said:

    Another freelance outsourcing site for small business-www.witmart.com

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  141. Manoj, on June 4, 2012 at 3:30 am said:

    Hey Steve,
    That’s a pretty comprehensive list of tools. I would suggest another great customer support tool,
    HappyFox. Its visual appeal, sophisticated design, impressive organizational capabilities and intuitive interface make it a standout tool. Give it a shot!

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  142. BizPlanCompany, on June 23, 2012 at 1:39 pm said:

    Excellent. Thank for all the resources. We are always looking for good market research sources at our firm http://www.bizplancompany.com we have recently found http://www.quora.com a good resource as well.

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  143. Asif, on June 29, 2012 at 7:58 pm said:

    Hello Steve,
    Extremely useful and comprehensive list, it covers almost everything, thanks ..

    I would recommend adding http://www.yodiz.com to the list.

    Agile/scrum tool make the team happy and productive.

    It was extremely use to attend all your sessions on September 5-9 2011 in Helsinki

    Regards from Helsinki
    Asif

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  144. Jane Clements, on July 3, 2012 at 11:13 pm said:

    Google Analytics is great for managing your website both when starting your business, and further down the line too. Bing have just launched some amazing new stuff for their analytics though – it kicks Google Analytics into touch.
    thanks,
    Jane

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  145. Zeeshan Ali, on July 9, 2012 at 1:32 pm said:

    http://www.surveytool.com/bulletin-surveys/ – I guess steve have missed this tool !!!

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  146. Rama's home page » Evolution of business operating platforms in IT, on July 10, 2012 at 4:58 am said:

    […] have to spend money on IT. Take a look at the kind of tools that are available to a startup today: https://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/ and http://startuptools.pbworks.com/w/page/17974963/FrontPage . Any IT department would love to […]

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  147. Helen, on July 12, 2012 at 2:03 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    I couldn’t find a good way to contact you. May I suggest adding http://www.hloom.com/ to “Misc Office Help” section. The site is a repository of free office templates distributed under Creative Commons.

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  148. 互联网创业工具库Startup Tools | 大苹果网络文摘, on July 13, 2012 at 6:10 pm said:

    […] Blank的博客给了我们很多的启发，尤其是他所做的“Startup Tools For Entrepreneurs”，我们试着做一份中国版的“互联网创业工具库Startup […]

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  149. 中国互联网创业工具库Startup Tools - 刀锋博客, on July 18, 2012 at 2:00 am said:

    […] Blank的博客给了我们很多的启发，尤其是他所做的“Startup Tools For Entrepreneurs”，我们试着做一份中国版的“互联网创业工具库Startup […]

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  150. Rob H, on July 18, 2012 at 9:47 am said:

    Wow! This list is amazing – it just goes on and on.

    I was looking for some good tips for my own start-up and then realized that you be interested in adding it to the ‘Website Design Tools’. It could be useful for people, especially at the very early stages of getting a holding page up. http://www.plinqs.com

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  151. Quickthink » Blog Archive » A Day in the Life of Steve Blank, on July 21, 2012 at 3:08 am said:

    […] And if you are looking for some tools to learn how to do a start up, Steve offers a few here. […]

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  152. 中国互联网创业工具库Startup Tools Chinese Internet entrepreneurs tools library Startup Tools | 私人黑帽, on July 22, 2012 at 2:06 am said:

    […] Blank的博客给了我们很多的启发，尤其是他所做的“Startup Tools For Entrepreneurs”，我们试着做一份中国版的“互联网创业工具库Startup […]

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  153. Startup Resources: Toolboxes and Toys | Snapshots & Secrets, on July 23, 2012 at 4:37 am said:

    […] 3) Startup Tools by Steve Blank – Boom! This site has the works. Everything you ever wanted to know about building an internet business including website setup, SEO tools, CRMs, wireframing tools and so much more! […]

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  154. Darren Lancaster (@thecommunityguy), on July 24, 2012 at 10:14 pm said:

    Steve,

    Would appreciate it if you can add groupvine.com to the email blasting and surveys section.

    Best,
    Darren

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  155. kamilski81, on July 26, 2012 at 6:56 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    On August 1, 2012, Website Optimizer will no longer be available as a standalone product.

    Just a heads up if you want to remove that from your list.

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  156. Steve Pessah, on July 26, 2012 at 11:01 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    Great list. Have bookmarked it for future use. Was wondering if you could add AppFirst to the Cloud Services and Tools list? They provide real-time monitoring and management for your cloud servers.

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  157. Mikita Mikado, on July 27, 2012 at 9:45 am said:

    Fantastic list. Good addition to “4 steps to epiphany” and the blog. Steve, how can I ask you to add Quote Roller on it?

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  159. Blair Jeffris (@blairjeffris), on August 6, 2012 at 8:57 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    We’ve referred to your list often in our efforts to launch and grow QAOnDemand. We provide startups with an easy and inexpensive solution for software QA testing and would appreciate if you’d add http://www.qaondemand.com to your website/browser testing section.

    Thanks,
    Blair

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  160. Jordan Foutz, on August 17, 2012 at 2:57 pm said:

    Under E-Store software, one of the more impressive programs is Pinnacle Cart from a feature set standpoint. It is pretty comparable to Volusion. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to check out an extended demo.

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  161. Website Tutorial, on August 18, 2012 at 12:27 pm said:

    This is honestly one of the most complete and comprehensive list of startup tools I have ever seen. The only part that threw me off was in reference to the web hosting/cloud services portions. I would imagine that most developers already have a rock solid foundation in regard to what web hosting is and who they should be using.

    That being said, if the target reader for those links is someone who simply needs a business website up ASAP, I think the links could be slightly improved upon. Most importantly the website setup/tutorial and the web hosting tutorial links.

    I created a site to address this need, which you can find at http://myfirstwebsitetutorial.com

    My goal with the site is to make it incredibly simple for a new business owner to put up a high quality site in less than hour with absolutely no amount of coding knowledge. It is still a work in progress, and feedback is of course welcome.

    Steve, please let me know if there is anything I can do to make my website worthy of your resources page. And please keep blogging!! Your blog posts are by far the most well written and inspiring of any entrepreneurial blogger.

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  162. Mike Panesis, on August 23, 2012 at 3:13 pm said:

    Steve,

    In the “Custom Machine Shops” section, take a look at http://www.protolabs.com and http://hackerspaces.org.

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  163. Mahesh Singh, on August 28, 2012 at 3:19 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Awesome list of tools here. Please consider adding Swift-Kanban (http://swift-kanban.com) to the list of Project Management and collaboration tools. Designed and built under guidance from David J Anderson, father of the Kanban Method for software, it is being widely considered one of the top Kanban tools.

    Thanks!
    Mahesh Singh
    Co-founder, Digite, Inc.

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  164. Links of the Week « BrendanAndrade.com, on September 4, 2012 at 11:01 pm said:

    […] If you are an entrepreneur, this is the most important link you’ll see today. A comprehensive list of startup resources. (steveblank.com) […]

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  165. Marcelo Pimenta, on September 15, 2012 at 6:03 pm said:

    I would like to suggest an ebook in portuguese with visual tools to inspire new strategies – http://www.slideshare.net/menta90/ferramentas-visuais-para-estrategistas-14301045

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  166. Rene, on September 19, 2012 at 5:14 am said:

    Hi,

    I suggest Breeze (http://letsbreeze.com), it’s a simple tool for agile project management.
    Based on lean and agile principles (Kanban, Scrum). It’s kind a hybrid between Trello and Basecamp but adds more functionality that suites consultants and small businesses, mainly time tracking and reporting.

    Regards,
    Rene

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  167. vesselina, on September 19, 2012 at 7:23 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    I suggest TeamPulse (http://www.telerik.com/teampulse) for agile project management – both with scrum and kanban.
    It has cross-project reporting and very nice tracking.

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  168. John, on September 19, 2012 at 8:34 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    it seems that Google has launched some really cool service for surveys. It’s not listed here, so probably you missed that. Google Consumer Surveys http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home

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  169. Ben, on September 30, 2012 at 10:22 pm said:

    This is just a terrific list of tools and resources, wonder how much effort was put into it, kudos.

    I’d love to recommend one of my favorites, ClickDesk – http://www.clickdesk.com/ for live chat and helpdesk to be added to customer support/feedback list.

    And, of course I love the likes of Mailchimp, Dropbox and Basecamp already on the list. You could also add Workflowy for project management and to-do lists.

    Cheers and thanks again for the list!

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  170. Mike Miller, on October 1, 2012 at 9:59 am said:

    Wow !!!

    Huge list of tools and resources !!! 🙂

    Thanks a lot for sharing that information.

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  171. Quora, on October 2, 2012 at 7:18 pm said:

    What is a comprehensive list of fast web tools to get your startup online?…

    Steve Blank, the author of “The Four Steps To Epiphany” has an enormous pool of web tools for startups compiled in his blog. It has everything from Web Analytics tools to Customer Development tools. You can check out his blog by clicking on the link …

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  172. recruiter, on October 3, 2012 at 8:45 am said:

    what am amazing collection of links and tools!!!

    well done Steve.

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  173. Moulds And Dies, on October 11, 2012 at 5:20 am said:

    The tools and information available at your site is really useful. I hope you keep us updated with more such information in future.

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  174. Jose Betancur, on October 15, 2012 at 6:55 am said:

    Hi Steve, we create an iPad app that helps with the Business Model, you could use the Business Model or the Lean Canvas, and iterate. In the next versions we will include a lot of the Costumer Validation to it.

    https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/canvas-model-design-build/id568186908?mt=8

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  175. Sunil Rajaraman, on October 23, 2012 at 2:30 pm said:

    Steve, great post! For those in need of a scalable content creation solution, I co-founded scripted.com. I also wrote this for Techcrunch recently, so wanted to pass it along (advice on raising seed capital from a founder’s perspective): http://techcrunch.com/2012/05/13/how-to-raise-1m-seed-round/. Great article – going to dig into some of these resources now!

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  176. msurguy, on October 23, 2012 at 2:35 pm said:

    Thanks for such a comprehensive list!

    I’m the creator of http://bootsnipp.com – a Snippet site for Bootstrap users, there’s a growing collection of design elements ready to be copy/pasted into your application, free of charge.

    Would be great if you could add my resource under Twitter Bootstrap.

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  177. Becky Johnson, on October 25, 2012 at 12:49 pm said:

    Awesome list! We use Cyfe.com to monitor all our marketing channels and business data in one place. It’s a great tool!

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  178. Ruchit Garg (@ruchitgarg), on November 7, 2012 at 3:46 pm said:

    Checkout http://www.9slides.com incredible tool for sharing investment pitch with investor, which helps you share not only numbers slide but also your personality and passion.

    Would love to get this added above.

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  179. Paul Biggar (@paulbiggar), on November 8, 2012 at 5:11 pm said:

    A quick bug: cappucino isn’t a rails deployment tool – that’s Capistrano. Cappucino is a JS development framework.

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  180. Paul Biggar (@paulbiggar), on November 8, 2012 at 5:12 pm said:

    Circle (https://circleci.com) is a continous integration and deployment service – would love to be listed in the “development tools” section. Thanks!

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  181. Aaron Queen, on November 13, 2012 at 10:32 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Would it be possible to add EffortlessHR to the Misc Office Help section. It is a web-based HR system aimed at small businesses and start-ups.

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    • steveblank, on November 13, 2012 at 8:00 pm said:

      Aaron,
      You almost had me until the intro video popped up and got shoved in my face.

      steve

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      • Aaron Queen, on November 13, 2012 at 8:16 pm said:

        Sorry about that intro video. We are testing that to see how it affects conversions. I guess in your case, you did not appreciate it and that is my view as well but the test is almost over and it will likely not automatically popup after the results from the testing are finalized.

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  183. VidCruiter (@VidCruiter), on November 22, 2012 at 10:06 am said:

    Steve, fantastic center of information! I would like to add our video interviewing company to your recruiting tool section if you would consider. We offer many recruiting tools such as:

    Ats with video capabilities:http://www.vidcruiter.com/vidtracking
    Video interview software: http://www.vidcruiter.com/vidinterviewing
    Automated reference checks:http://www.vidcruiter.com/vidreferencing
    And a complete hiring solution:http://www.vidcruiter.com/vidhiring

    Thank you for your consideration,

    Rachelle
    http://www.vidcruiter.com/

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  184. Relaxstoelen, on November 23, 2012 at 4:57 am said:

    The tools and information available at your site is really useful. I hope you keep us updated with more such information in future.

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  185. Marco Montemagno (@montemagno), on November 24, 2012 at 3:58 am said:

    Hi Steve on The Tech Alchemist http://www.techalchemist.com you find weekly video interviews that I think are very helpful for startups/founders

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  186. cliosparade, on November 25, 2012 at 7:32 pm said:

    There is a new e-mail newsletter start up that is free for life… I love it. A definite need to be added to your tools list. Campayn – Free E-mail Newsletters

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  187. Jeff Burkland, on November 26, 2012 at 6:19 pm said:

    Steve, perhaps you might consider in your Lists of Tools from Others or another section, our Finance Toolkit for Startups. We have a range of tools that will grow monthly and includes Sample Pitch Decks, a Board Meeting Agenda, and a Cap Table. In the future, it will likely contain Financial Models and other sample tools we use with clients in helping run the finance side of the business as well as assisting with fundraising.

    Finance Startup Toolkit: http://www.burklandassociates.com/Startup_Tools.html

    Thank you for pulling these resources together in one place.

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  188. Henry Campbell, on November 27, 2012 at 4:26 am said:

    Great job on the article Steve, I have added this page to my favorites since it has a lot of resources and good information. I also want to let you know about http://www.aussiedirectory.com.au a website directory where anyone can find useful contacts with Australian businesses

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  189. David Benson, on November 27, 2012 at 7:57 am said:

    Maybe draw.io, https://www.draw.io, for wireframing and
    mxGraph, https://github.com/jgraph/mxgraph, for web drawing libraries.

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  190. Open-source entrepreneurship « The Berkeley Blog, on November 27, 2012 at 3:21 pm said:

    […] A list of startup tools is here […]

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    • steveblank, on December 5, 2012 at 1:18 am said:

      I don’t add apps that require email addresses to even figure out what they do. If they change their homepage I’d be happy to add them.

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  192. Prateek (@prateekagarrwal), on November 29, 2012 at 12:41 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    Have you checked out webengage.com? It could be included in your Customer Support/Feedback and Survey categories. Would love your feedback on our product, thanks a lot!

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  193. Ian, on November 29, 2012 at 7:45 pm said:

    looks like you’re missing http://www.helpspot.com and http://www.besnappy.com in the help desk list

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  194. Brett Rakestraw, on November 30, 2012 at 3:24 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    Have you considered adding a category for creative services, specifically explainer/demo videos for startups? They could be considered marketing tools, but perhaps there could be a creative category.

    http://DunkTank.co does startup demo videos as well as things like slide design, logo animations, and original audio.

    I’d be happy to supply a list of competitors in the market if it helped facilitate a category. Either way, I have found this list to be the best resource yet for my endeavors. Thanks for creating it!

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  195. Michael, on December 1, 2012 at 9:48 am said:

    Awesome list Steve! Thanks for putting this together. A quick heads up that you forgot the ‘s’ in CoFoundersLab in the Find a Co-Founder section. 😉

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  196. Gareth, on December 3, 2012 at 3:03 am said:

    http://www.geckoboard.com is a great tool for data-driven startups to monitor their key metrics.

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  197. David Miller, on December 5, 2012 at 11:49 am said:

    Steve – I “open-sourced” my Cap Table tool that is a little more sophisticated than Fred’s tool. You can find it here: http://bit.ly/SGL8nw. Feel free to share with everyone.

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  198. Kevin Ohashi, on December 6, 2012 at 3:48 pm said:

    Steve – I wanted to suggest http://reviewsignal.com/webhosting for your website setup category. It’s a review site based on what people are saying about web hosting companies on social media. It’s designed to be transparent (each review is sourced to the social media account it was posted on) and all the ranking info is public. It’s our startup’s attempt to introduce honest and transparent reviews for the web hosting space.

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  199. Justin Souter, on December 8, 2012 at 4:15 am said:

    Steve – you may wish to add Grappster and Leftronic as Dashboard tools like Geckboard 🙂

    I’m also wondering whether you meant for the Startup Tools tab at the top to disappear – you mention this elsewhere…

    Also to express my deep gratitude for everything you’ve done with Cust Dev etc. I’m loving listening to your blog posts via Clearshore – I’ve found your insight refreshing and ewmpowering, and I’m paying it forward her in North East England with @leannortheast. 🙂

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  200. Ana Paula Pereira, on December 9, 2012 at 6:19 pm said:

    I developed a small tool that helps those working with the Business Model Canvas to visualize Customer Archetipes by providing complementary canvas that go from Empathy Maps to Value Proposition Design.

    I wish I have found your work before I started with it… but here a link to the app just in case you think it could have a place in your list of Customer Development Tools:

    Personas for iPad:

    http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/personas/id577884717?mt=8

    In case you’re interested I will be more that glad to offer you a promo code to download the app for free.

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  201. Tekedia » UPDATED: Some Knowledge Hacks for African Startup Founders and Entrepreneurs, on December 10, 2012 at 1:02 pm said:

    […] Steve Blank’s Startup Tools – a convenient list of almost everything you might need to get your startup off the ground. […]

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  202. Brooke Treseder (@BrookeTreseder), on December 10, 2012 at 3:52 pm said:

    These are my suggestions for the indicated categories.
    Collaboration – Join.me
    Gamification – Bunchball, Hoopla
    Website Setup – Wix.com, Squarespace, Webs
    Online Marketing Suites – Marketo, Eloqua, Pardot, Silverpop

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  203. eulenausathen, on December 16, 2012 at 8:29 am said:

    Just discovered your collection. Amazing work and very helpfull. Well done.

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  204. Don Sanders, on December 19, 2012 at 7:42 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    Could you please add Centroy http://centroy.com to your project management list?
    Cheers,
    Don Sanders
    VP Business Development

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  205. Uros, on January 1, 2013 at 5:39 pm said:

    Do[Box] (http://dobox.net) is a project management application with emphasis on re-using what you have already done. We would love to be listed here. Thanks for good work!

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  206. Siegfried Grimbeek, on January 3, 2013 at 3:32 am said:

    Wow, amazing extensive list! Good job!

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  207. Daniel Schafrat, on January 3, 2013 at 5:37 am said:

    Hi Steve –
    Label A has developed image bank Bynder (www.getbynder.com). This DAM tool is fully cloud-based, and focuses particularly on gathering, sharing and managing all your media in an easy and intuitive manner. We would greatly appreciate a listing under the ‘Digital Asset Management’ section.
    Daniel

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  208. Getting Comfortable with Uncertainty | Snapshots & Secrets, on January 4, 2013 at 6:42 am said:

    […] Steve Blank Startup Tools – This is an absolute list of every resource for you to use at any stage of your startup journey. Seriously, this could take you months to get through but it would be well worth the time. […]

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  209. Ivonne, on January 9, 2013 at 3:31 am said:

    I would humbly suggest some other tools to this close-to-perfection list as well:
    http://www.woorank.com – website analysis and review
    http://www.ahrefs.com – SEO tool (backlinks and keyword analysis)
    http://www.moonsearch.com – SEO tool (backlinks and detailed stats on the website)

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  210. Sophie Waters, on January 11, 2013 at 5:44 pm said:

    I would highly suggest http://www.spillkitcentral.com as a great place to find the clean up tools you need.

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  211. Jesse, on January 13, 2013 at 3:32 am said:

    This is an amazing list! Thank you for putting it together. No telling how long it would have taken me to discover all of these on my own!

    Jesse
    infinacar.com

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  212. Eric Allen, on January 14, 2013 at 2:37 pm said:

    A few for the demo video category:

    Firestarter Videos
    Stretford Digital Media
    Kasra Design
    Panda Motion

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  213. 8 Major Mistakes Entrepreneurs will make in 2013, on January 17, 2013 at 11:11 am said:

    […] 4)      Being a Technology Ostrich – there are so many incredible products available to entrepreneurs online, you can’t afford to keep your head in the sand. From accounting software, to recruiting tools, and invoicing, website creators, physical credit card processors, online surveys, project management, product sourcing, product feedback, easy made design, ready-made workforces, business documents and courses. (TIP: check out this amazing post by Steve Blank on an incredibly comprehensive list of startup tools.) […]

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  214. Fredrik, on January 21, 2013 at 7:37 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    Nice collection of tools and services! Please add http://www.projify.com to the project management list.
    Thanks,
    Fredrik

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  215. Dave, on January 26, 2013 at 10:12 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Great list of tools – your readers may find http://recon.io useful – it’s a Twitter brand monitoring tool that I’ve built, with a free plan for startups/small projects.

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  216. Faith, on February 11, 2013 at 6:34 pm said:

    Hi Steve;
    the best list i have found on the net, but you do not have my best selection for which i use for finding song lyrics: “www.elyrics.net”. You can search all lyrics by entering just a few words you remember and voila! the magic happens 🙂

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    • steveblank, on February 11, 2013 at 6:38 pm said:

      Way too many ads to be a usable site. Search engine doesn’t work.

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      • Faith, on February 13, 2013 at 2:32 pm said:

        Hi Steve,
        we have managed to remove some of the ads, we are definitely trying to make the site usable. What exactly is not working with the search? It seems to be working for me.
        thank you for your kind help.

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  217. Comfortable with Uncertainty | Just Start., on February 13, 2013 at 1:03 pm said:

    […] Steve Blank Startup Tools – This is an absolute list of every resource for you to use at any stage of your startup journey. Seriously, this could take you months to get through but it would be well worth the time. […]

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  218. IconFreaks, on February 13, 2013 at 3:32 pm said:

    thanks for the nice list Steve. Your visitors may love to visit a neat, user-friendly icon search engine : http://iconfreaks.com , you have the ability to filter searches with size, color etc. thank you.

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  219. Shlomo Freund (@StartUpNoodle), on February 14, 2013 at 12:08 am said:

    Hey Steve, this is an amazing list. Thank you for that!

    I’d like to add something to this list as well, under angel development services to help startups make the leap towards getting investments. Can read more about it on my blog:(http://www.startupnoodle.com/angel-developers-bypassing-the-founders-dilemma/).

    I’m Partnered with Ikura media, so be glad if you can add this:
    (http://www.ikuramedia.com/ikuramedia/ikura_for_startups.html)

    Thanks,
    Shlomo

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  220. Coach Mark, on February 14, 2013 at 4:29 pm said:

    Some fantastic resources here Steve. Thank you. What would all of you recommend as a fairly cheap company for hosting my website that might also be able to help make it look more professional or would these things usually be done separately?

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  221. Resource List for Startups – Curated Content At Its Best | barbara hoisl, on February 17, 2013 at 10:09 am said:

    […] week, I came across a list of tools for startups curated by Steve […]

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  222. Coach Mark, on February 17, 2013 at 11:56 am said:

    How about some sources for managing customer data and information? For example if they order a coaching service from you what are some efficient tools for managing all of your contacts and info?

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  223. Maranda, on February 19, 2013 at 9:49 am said:

    Hi Steve! I’m echo everyone’s sentiments about the quality of this list.

    Could you add http://www.apio.com to the list of PM tools?

    Thanks.

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  224. Gail Williamson, on February 20, 2013 at 8:01 pm said:

    Steve, Thank you for this extremely thorough list. I’ve passed this around to some of my fellow MBA students and we’re all digging it!

    I’m starting a business and am talking with an engineer about designing my product. I’ve offered him two options – the first is to join me as a founder and the second is to bring him on as a designer (less responsibility for him). I’m wondering if there is a standard way that designers get paid i.e. so many $ per each product sold?

    Thank you,

    Gail Williamson

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  225. Kelvin Yip, on February 23, 2013 at 2:41 am said:

    Hi Steve, would you please add one more tool for the startup called “ProcedureRock”. This is one of the very few tools out there dedicated for managing procedures and process. Procedures and process are very important for early stage startup. It’s a good practice to create your SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) from early day.

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  226. App Marketing Tools For Developers | Apptamin, on February 23, 2013 at 8:13 am said:

    […] is a list of a lot of them (inspired by Steve Blank’s Startup Tools), that we will update as we learn about new ones. Don’t hesitate to contact us at […]

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  227. 9 Rules for Being an Effective Mentor | Information Maven: Greg Meyer, on February 23, 2013 at 12:18 pm said:

    […] best Steve Blank form, encourage your teams to “Get Out of the Building” and validate their assumptions […]

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  228. William Mougayar, on February 23, 2013 at 8:02 pm said:

    Hi Steve, how about adding Woopra as Customer Analytics in the Analytics section?

    Btw- Customer Analytics is more insightful than Web Analytics these days.

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  229. Faseeh, on February 25, 2013 at 6:44 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Indeed one of the biggest and best sources I have ever seen.

    I did not see any Search or Online Competitor Insights Category – can you please start that and name http://Adthena.com. under it as well?

    Many thanks,

    Faseeh.

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  230. Henry, on February 25, 2013 at 4:23 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    May you please add PhoneUnite (www.phoneunite.com) to the category “Misc Office Help”?

    Thanks so much and great resource!!!

    Henry

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  231. Dee, on February 26, 2013 at 6:26 pm said:

    Hello Steve,
    I would love to have http://www.PartnersInDemand.com listed as a resource on your tools page. PartnersInDemand.com is site that helps businesses, entrepreneurs and investors find partnerships, strategic alliances, joint ventures and investment opportunities. Please contact me. Thanks

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  232. Big Data, on February 26, 2013 at 10:08 pm said:

    BigDataLandscape.com is a leading source for Big Data market information and insights. BigDataLandscape.com provides the most up to date version of The Big Data Landscape.

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  233. Ron Bentata, on February 27, 2013 at 7:09 am said:

    Steve, thanks for that. what a great list!

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  234. Steven Harrison, on February 27, 2013 at 7:26 am said:

    Hi Steve, Just thought I’d let you know about Brandit – SaaS based digital asset management software.

    I believe that they would be well suited for a listing on your site.

    Thanks,
    Steven.

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  235. Peter-Jan Celis, on March 3, 2013 at 5:28 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I run biz dev for Supportbee – a support app used by customers such as TechCrunch, Swiftype and Abine. We are small (50 paying customers) but our revenue is growing fast (60% last month).

    We charge per the amount of tickets and not by the number of agents, so we are a great fit for all those startups who like to involve the entire team in their support.

    Please let me know if you have any questions. Thanks!

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  236. Rachit Gupta, on March 5, 2013 at 1:52 am said:

    Steve,

    That’s one hell of a list. Founder at Inspectlet here (www.inspectlet.com), wondering if you’ve heard about our service! Would love to setup a demo for you.

    I can be reached at rachit@inspectlet.com

    -Rachit

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  237. Métricas para produtos digitais | Blog da Concrete, on March 5, 2013 at 1:57 pm said:

    […] No seu blog, Steve Blank criou uma lista exaustiva de ferramentas. […]

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  238. Jesse, on March 5, 2013 at 2:41 pm said:

    I love this page! Keep coming back to it over and over. Each time, you start noticing something new even though its been there the whole time. It just gets better and better. Thank you.

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  239. Jim, on March 6, 2013 at 10:38 am said:

    thanks for this great list Steve. Your visitors may love to visit a neat, user-friendly icon search engine : http://iconfreaks.com , you have the ability to filter searches with size, color etc. thank you.

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  240. Michal Hudeček (@MichalHudecek), on March 18, 2013 at 1:54 pm said:

    Great tools. thanks! I thought I knew almost everything for startups out there but you opened my eyes.

    Here is my contribution. For those of you who are still looking for a startup idea or need a feedback for their ideas, try http://www.ideaswatch.com (disclaimer, I am the founder).

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  241. Joe, on March 22, 2013 at 9:00 am said:

    (Full disclosure: I work for this company.)

    If your startup needs to get up and running fast on projects, request a 30 day trial of TrackerSuite.Net ( http://www.TrackerSuite.Net ) to see if it suits you. It’s a 100% Web based application suite with modular solutions for Projects, Time, Expense, Purchasing, HR and more. It integrates out of the box with QuickBooks Online Edition. It’s available as SaaS, or it can be licensed for on-premise hosting. Source code is included with licensing.

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  242. Jennifer Arguello » Rinse and Repeat: How to startup a business, on March 25, 2013 at 9:43 pm said:

    […] One of the most comprehensive lists of entrepreneurship resources is from Steven Blank: https://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/ […]

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  243. App Mockup Tools, on March 27, 2013 at 7:09 am said:

    Hi,
    Excellent list. I would love to be listed under your Wireframing Tools list. I design iOS GUI Element Kits that work in Apple Keynote. They are easy to learn and no coding required. They come in iPhone Prototyping and iPhone Wireframing. http://www.appmockuptools.com We also sell downloadable app sketchpads and production todo lists.

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  244. Steven, on April 9, 2013 at 4:47 am said:

    I’ve just started using a tool called survey moz. I switched to them from survey monkey. Really impressive software.

    Here’s the link http://www.surveymoz.com

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  245. Explainify, on April 9, 2013 at 2:16 pm said:

    This is an amazing list of tools. This must have taken you months to compile! Thanks for doing the hard work. Would love to be considered for Explainer / Demo video company

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  246. Rachel, on April 27, 2013 at 8:23 am said:

    Hi Steve –

    Great list of resources! Could you add HiringThing.com to the Recruiting Tools section?

    Thanks!

    Rachel

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  247. One Entrepreneur's Favorite Start-Up Tools - NYTimes.com, on May 1, 2013 at 4:01 am said:

    […] I highly recommend the tools above to anyone in the very early start-up stages. As we grow, we recognize that there are always new resources we can use. Steve Blank, godfather of the lean start-up movement, has a great list of other resources that we drew from in putting together this post: Startup Tools. […]

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  248. Anne Shenton, on May 1, 2013 at 8:13 am said:

    Thanks for this comprehensive list of resources, Steve! Would you consider adding http://processplan.com to your list under Project Management? It’s a simple and automated process management system that coordinates the tasks and responsibilities of every employee in an organization.

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  249. Eike, on May 2, 2013 at 6:47 am said:

    Hello Steve, Terri Vanech told me to write you here. Would you consider adding simpleEV.com to you list under Product Demo Video? If entrepreneuers are looking for very simple yet high quality videos to explain their product, SimpleEV.com is probably the cheapest solution!
    The videos here http://simpleev.com/our-work/ cost only between 1200 and 2000 USD.

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  250. Ian Storm Taylor, on May 10, 2013 at 8:50 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Amazing list. Would you consider adding the Analytics Academy ( https://segment.io/academy ) to the SEO and Analytics Tutorials list? And would you consider adding Segment.io ( https://segment.io ) to the Web/Social Customer Analytics list? Thank you so, so much!

    And thanks for this huge list. We will be adding as many of these as possible as integrations to Segment.io 🙂

    Have a great weekend!

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  251. Kelvin Yip, on May 10, 2013 at 9:50 pm said:

    Thanks for this comprehensive list of tools, Steve! Would you consider adding http://www.ProcedureRock.com to your list under Project Management? It’s a simple operations and procedure management software that help systemize your business operations and processes.

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  252. Pete, on May 12, 2013 at 9:50 am said:

    Awesome list – and thank you for including elusivestars.com

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  253. Gianni D'Alerta, on May 13, 2013 at 1:59 pm said:

    What an amazing list!! So many good resources here. This is going in my Evernote collection! The company I currently work for, ActivePBX http://www.activepbx.com (my vendor now I a work full time for them as I love their service) would be a great addition to your growing list. ActivePBX is a cloud-based business phone system that saves entrepreneurs money while increasing productivity and mobility. ActivePBX is a division of ActiveServe, Inc. Founded in 2002, ActiveServe offers a wide array of solutions for your business continuity needs. Could you add us to the “Misc Office Help” list in company with RingCentral?

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  254. Tomer Tagrin, on May 13, 2013 at 10:36 pm said:

    Hi Steve, really great list! I would also add Yotpo ass a review or testimonials for ecommerce/startups. We really know how to generate reviews and feedback from your customers! Again, thank you for the great list

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  255. RingCentral (@RingCentral), on May 14, 2013 at 9:21 am said:

    Thanks for including us on this very thorough and helpful list! ^Desiree at RingCentral

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  256. Amit Sharma, on May 17, 2013 at 7:09 am said:

    Thanks for the useful sites. I think you should include SmtpProvider.com. Its a smtp providing company. I hope it will help to all those peoples/company who are looking for reliable smtp server.

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  257. SubIntent (@subintent), on May 22, 2013 at 3:41 am said:

    Hello Steve,

    I’m using most of the products on the list (one from each section). Could you add SubIntent (Automated Conversion Rate Optimization) – http://www.subintent.com/ as an option? I guess it would fall under A/B testing although it does a bit more than just test, it actually optimizes the pages for optimal conversion rates.

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  258. Adam Barger, on May 23, 2013 at 4:12 am said:

    Hi Steve… Can you give my company http://www.webstarts.com a looksy?

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  259. Stephanie, on May 24, 2013 at 2:00 pm said:

    Hi Steve, Great list of resources! Another app you might consider including is Post Kudos – http://www.postkudos.com. It’s similar to testimonial monkey, but allows customers to give feedback and submit testimonials from their mobile phone rather than a website or online.

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  260. Rinse and Repeat: How to Start a Business « Iridescent, on June 1, 2013 at 3:20 pm said:

    […] One of the most comprehensive lists of entrepreneurship resources is from Steven Blank: https://steveblank.com/tools-and-blogs-for-entrepreneurs/ […]

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  261. Tamás Turcsán, on June 8, 2013 at 9:28 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    let me recommend you a Dropbox like solution, what never look into your files…

    http://tresorit.com/

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  262. Jeff, on June 10, 2013 at 10:53 am said:

    Steve,
    Great list of resources. We recently started working with Exepron for critical chain project management so you may want to take a look and add them to your list (http://www.exepron.com).
    Jeff

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  263. Jordan, on June 10, 2013 at 4:53 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    This is a great list. We think Wishpond is missing on the social media marketing apps. We allow you to create a fully marketing campaign in less than 10 minutes.

    Thanks

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  264. DocuXplorer, on June 13, 2013 at 7:31 am said:

    Another document management / collaboration / cloud computing tool to consider is DocuXplorer, a document management software solution for small businesses and entrepreneurs. http://www.docuxplorer.com

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  265. David Schmidt, on June 26, 2013 at 7:53 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    I like the list and look forward to meeting you. I think FindTheCompany.com would be a great addition to the market research tools. It’s an easy and free way to research over 30 million private and public companies to find out sale volume, number of employees, and competitors. Thanks again.
    Best,
    David

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  266. James, on July 1, 2013 at 4:39 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I’m a big fan of your work, and I’ve found your Startup Tools page helpful on numerous occasions!

    I am hoping you would be kind enough to add our site http://www.wordsru.com to the Outsourcing/Freelance Help section on the page.

    Thank you.
    James

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  267. Bartosz Mozyrko, on July 3, 2013 at 6:04 am said:

    Really nice list! UsabilityTools.com is a platrofm for online usability research – would love to be listed in the “Website Usability Testing” section.

    Thank you!

    Bartosz Mozyrko
    http://usabilitytools.com/

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  268. businesszerotosuperhero, on July 3, 2013 at 6:42 am said:

    This is a great page for any aspiring entrepreneur, thanks
    http://www.businesszerotosuperhero.co.uk

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  269. Martin Bilski, on July 4, 2013 at 9:32 am said:

    Steve, just as you suggested, I’m posting information about Criticue.com.

    Criticue.com is a free online tool that allows web designers receive rapid feedback about their designs. It’s a fair one-for-one exchange; for one site you review, you get one review of your own website. The more you post, the more feedback you receive.

    Based on the prototype we launched earlier, the process works really well (78% of reviews were rated ‘awesome’ or ‘useful’). It’s quite slick too if I may say so. 🙂

    Check it out: http://www.criticue.com

    We created a media kit you can browse & use without having to download it first: http://www.criticue.com/media_kit

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  270. Submit Your Startup, on July 9, 2013 at 5:13 am said:

    Hi Steve –
    Great list of resources! Could you add submityourstartup.com to the “Online Marketing Suites” section?
    Thanks!
    Sam

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  271. Ralston Champagnie, on July 9, 2013 at 8:48 am said:

    Wow, what a resource list…wished I had discovered it earlier…now is the right time. I have been practicing my own lean startup also and will checkout yours.

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  272. John Smith, on July 12, 2013 at 4:13 am said:

    Very interesting list. If people need to continuous deploy, A/B test, etc. instantly then rapidklout would be a good addition to the list.

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  273. Jay, on July 19, 2013 at 7:34 am said:

    Hey Steve, great list! You should add SmoothLocalize.com under “Localization”. Its a great tool and more affordable for indie devs and entrepreneurs that the other 3 lists.

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  274. A Founder’s Guide to Starting in 6 Weeks | View Finder, on July 25, 2013 at 12:12 pm said:

    […] trials to a dozen some-odd tools that help you kick ass all over the place. Steve Blank has a pretty good list, but definitely include KissMetrics and KissInsights, Google Analytics (free) and Apps (not as […]

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  275. Shallie Bey (@ShallieBey), on July 28, 2013 at 12:10 pm said:

    This is the most amazing list on entrepreneurship I have ever found on the Internet. Baby Boomer entrepreneurs can shorten their learning curve amazingly by studying this list. Thank you Steve Blank for being so generous.

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  276. Nikos Moraitakis (@moraitakis), on July 28, 2013 at 4:56 pm said:

    Steve, thanks for this amazing list and all your teachings in the blog. I can’t count the things we learned from you while building Workable.

    Would you be kind enough to include http://workable.com (recruiting software and applicant tracking system) in the Recruiting tools section?

    Thanks again for making us all a little bit wiser with your writings.

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  277. Pinkesh, on August 7, 2013 at 4:19 am said:

    Great List..!!!

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  278. Martin, on August 19, 2013 at 5:28 am said:

    Could you add http://www.onerecruit.com to the recruting tools section? Thanks

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  279. Roul, on August 19, 2013 at 11:32 pm said:

    This is great list. It must have taken a huge amount of effort to come up with this great list. Kudos!!

    I’d recommend my personal favourite for live chat and helpdesk, ClickDesk. – http://www.clickdesk.com/
    It is a great tool to be added to customer support/feedback list. The best things about them is being multi-channel. They have live chat, helpdesk, voice chat and social tool bar in a single box.

    I have also used Mailchimp and Dropbox. Both of these are awesome products. Thanks for the list!

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  280. Karen Walters, on August 23, 2013 at 9:54 pm said:

    Love this article, the list is rich with some hidden gems. For start-up it’s hard to know what tools you need to be successful and what is superfluous. Especially, hitting the ground running is essential. These tools will help them to start a new business.

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  281. Mike, on August 25, 2013 at 11:05 am said:

    Pretty impressive list of tools, I’m about to get started reviewing shared web hosts, and this list is a very useful place to start. Thanks!

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  282. alan hamlett (@alanhamlett), on September 9, 2013 at 8:20 am said:

    Can you add https://wakati.me to the “Bug/Issue Tracking” section? It’s an automatic time tracker for programmers with the ability to show you how long you spent working on a specific issue because of it’s integration with git branches.

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  283. johnw, on September 11, 2013 at 2:23 am said:

    Well this is nice startup tools that you have shared here.

    You can also add my site to the “How Do I Contact Customers?” Tools category.

    http://frescodata.com/ – Email marketing lists for sale

    Thanks
    John

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  284. Mirek, on September 20, 2013 at 8:24 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    I would like to suggest my guide that aims to help people to orientate in a jungle of new domain extensions. It is called Jungle Navigator, and it is available at http://www.junglenavigator.com/

    Soon there will be hundreds of new domain extensions other than .com, .net or .org. You will be able to register domains that ends with .blog, .app, .best or even .sucks or lol. The extensions are also known as new generic top-level domains or new gTLDs. The new gTLD program is managed by ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers).

    My website can be useful for many people around startups – most of such people would need a nice domain name for their company, blog or just e-mail address.

    I think it would fit to the “Website Domain Names” category.

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  285. Bob, on September 30, 2013 at 5:36 am said:

    Hi! I would recommend another great tool for entrepreneurs and freelancers – http://inv24.com/ online invoicing and accounting software. It’s free and very easy to use!

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  286. Start Bootstrap, on October 3, 2013 at 12:41 pm said:

    I’d like to recommend adding Start Bootstrap under Website Design Tools > Twitter Bootstrap. The URL is http://startbootstrap.com. Start Bootstrap is a library of free and open source HTML templates for Bootstrap 3!

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  287. How to Start a Start-Up - Open Law Lab, on October 6, 2013 at 8:09 pm said:

    […] about starting a company?  Think about the legal + market issues, here is a a great resource site from Steve Blank at Stanford, providing a step-by-step set of resources for getting your idea off […]

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  288. Sreeram, on October 7, 2013 at 5:08 am said:

    I’d recommend http://ubiq.co. It helps to easily analyze data in real time dashboards. No coding required. Easy to use and affordable for startups

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  289. Julia, on October 7, 2013 at 1:42 pm said:

    Killer list. Thanks for putting this together!

    Missing an important one though: ONTRAPORT (www.ontraport.com) for business and marketing automation. 4,000+ entrepreneurs and small businesses use this to start, systemize and scale. Think CRM, email management, list segmentation, marketing automation, billing, easy website buliding etc.

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  290. Flipgigs, on October 8, 2013 at 11:08 pm said:

    Thanks Steve for the great resources! We use them all the time at Flipgigs

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  291. Dave Grow, on October 11, 2013 at 12:18 pm said:

    Steve, thanks for the great collection. We appreciate you having Lucidchart (our first product) on the list. Another useful tool for startups is our second product — Lucidpress — which is a collaborative layout and design application to make everything from newsletters, to sales collateral, to all of the miscellaneous communications that we all have to put together in a startup or any business.

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  292. tboeckmann, on October 13, 2013 at 6:09 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    In July though, we launched SeederBoard.com, which is an online platform for startups to communicate with their investors (KPIs, financials, comments and progress). Our vision is to make better quality startups by helping them monitor their own progress as they grow.

    I would be delighted if you would consider listing SeederBoard amongst your tools either as investor relations or investor reporting.

    Thanks!

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  293. Eva, on October 18, 2013 at 6:43 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Please add http://www.intland.com to both the Scrum and Kanban section! Our software codeBeamer is behind the http://javaforge.com

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  294. klaramacinka, on October 18, 2013 at 1:00 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    please consider adding NiftyQuoter (http://www.niftyquoter.com) to the list of Misc Office Help. NiftyQuoter is app for creating business proposals, it saves time and helps effectively communicate with clients.

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  295. Jakub S, on October 21, 2013 at 5:15 am said:

    I would suggest primaERP / TIME TRACKING. It´s free up to three users with no restrictions. Very intuitive software. http://www.primaerp.com

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  296. Express Technology, on October 24, 2013 at 12:59 am said:

    Hi, can you please tell me how i can add my website i.e http://www.express-technology.com to your list under Chip/Hardware Resources/Tools category.

    Thanks
    🙂

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  297. DowKey, on October 24, 2013 at 2:29 pm said:

    Hello,
    I first wanted to say how wonderful your site is and the resources it provides. So helpful for people. We would like to add our business website http://www.dowkey.com/ to your list under the Chip/Hardware Resources/Tools category. Could you let us know how we can do that please.

    Thanks

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  298. Mark Zeman (@markzeman), on October 28, 2013 at 9:11 pm said:

    Awesome list. Can I suggest a new section… “Web performance monitoring” or updating “Website/browser testing” to include performance.

    There’s some great tools in the performance space that can help you diagnose and monitor performance issues both backend and frontend. Both Google rankings and user experience are affected by speed and this should be factored into any new startup build.

    To kick off the section I’d include:

    New Relic – backend & frontend web app performance monitoring
    http://newrelic.com

    WebPagetest – detailed diagnostic tool
    http://www.webpagetest.org/

    Google PageSpeed – high level recommendations (currently under stress testing section)
    https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

    Pingdom – uptime and real user monitoring
    http://www.pingdom.com

    SpeedCurve – competitive benchmarking and front-end performance monitoring (disclaimer: this is my side project)
    http://speedcurve.com/

    Cheers,
    Mark

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  299. Ehsan, on November 4, 2013 at 10:20 pm said:

    I would like to an another app demo video websites that is http://appsintally.com

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  300. Colby, on November 6, 2013 at 9:36 am said:

    I’m not sure if you still are adding to the list of things, but I manufacture trade show booths. I think this is very important for entrepreneurs to help get their product recognized, especially on a trade show floor. If not, then thanks for the time. We do ship worldwide.

    http://carolinatradeshowexhibits.com/

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  301. Jesper Faurby, on November 18, 2013 at 6:45 am said:

    Really impressive list! Great if you could add http://filecamp.com to the “Digital Asset Management” category.
    Filecamp is a Danish/Swiss based start-up with clients in more than 30 countries.

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  302. infoquestcrm - John Coldwell, on November 19, 2013 at 7:50 am said:

    I wish I’d found this list a few years ago! There’s still lots to explore. If I may, I’d like to share a link with you for a 10-step B2B Customer Satisfaction Survey Pre-Survey Check List – http://www.infoquestcrm.co.uk/pre-survey-check-list/

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  303. infoquestcrm, on November 19, 2013 at 7:52 am said:

    I wish I’d found this years ago. Still, there’s lots to explore. If I may I’d like to share this with you – A 10-step B2B Customer Satisfaction Survey Pre-Survey Check List
    http://www.infoquestcrm.co.uk/pre-survey-check-list/

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  304. Steve RAFFNER, on November 25, 2013 at 2:20 pm said:

    Thank you – I was procrastinating even BEFORE I found your list 😉

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  305. sharpen3d1, on November 26, 2013 at 11:33 pm said:

    Thanks for sharing these useful tools. I have tried On-Line Advertising Platforms (SEO) that you share and they are really helpful especially for SEO practitioners.

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  306. sessioncam, on November 29, 2013 at 9:24 am said:

    Steve,
    There’s also http://www.sessioncam.com for attention heatmaps, mouse tracking, video playback and conversion funnels under website usability tools

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  307. Riz, on December 2, 2013 at 11:14 pm said:

    Excellent resource here Steve! Thanks.

    Would love to have our service in one of those category list above. Great if you could add http://www.codearmy.com

    We’re an online cto service for non-technical founders starting startups.

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  308. Markus, on December 3, 2013 at 9:38 am said:

    Great list Steve.

    We’re building a web service that supports people unfamiliar with all the intricacies of lean to define their business model and collect customer feedback. It’s called Turbo and is available at https://turbostart.co

    Would appreciate being added to your list (probably goes in Business Models or Customer Development).

    Thanks

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  309. Michael, on December 3, 2013 at 7:11 pm said:

    Steve,

    I’d like to suggest a new ecommerce platform for startups called Estoreify.com (https://estoreify.com)

    Estoreify is a new ecommerce platform built for small to medium size businesses and new startups. It’s a 100% white labeled service that runs on Amazon’s EC2 Cloud (via Amazon’s massive CDN network), so you know it’s fast.

    Estoreify is embeddable, simplified, mobile friendly, no hassle ecommerce. Way cheaper than Shopify / Goodsie; and again, 100% white labeled.

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  310. Puneet, on December 4, 2013 at 4:12 am said:

    Hello Steve,

    We’ve built BugClipper (http://www.bugclipper.com). A visual bug reporting tool for mobile apps. Very useful for startups building mobile apps.
    Would love to have it listed as a resource for mobile app developers.

    Cheers!

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  311. Riz, on December 6, 2013 at 12:53 am said:

    Steve,

    The UX Basic for Startup by Alan Wells URL has changed to http://www.adub.net/post/43944830969/ux-basics-for-startups

    Best,
    Riz

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  312. F & F Industrial, on December 10, 2013 at 8:42 am said:

    Steve,

    I’m wondering if you wouldn’t mind adding us (http://fandfindustrial.com/) to the “Industrial Tools” section. We are a family-run industrial tool and supply company with a 30 year history of outstanding customer service.

    Thanks for your consideration!

    All the best,
    Frank

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  313. Rob Draaijer, on December 12, 2013 at 3:21 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Would you be able to add 3D Hubs (http://www.3dhubs.com) to the list in the section 3D printing services? We’re the largest crowdsourced 3D printing network bringing 3D printing everywhere.

    Thanks,

    Rob

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  314. Zuzana Jargasova, on December 16, 2013 at 12:43 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    we are providing a simple system for the rapid creation of a website and online store called BizWebs http://www.BizWebs.com and we would like to ask you to add us to the list in the section “Billing/Subscription Management/E-Store”.

    Thank you!

    All the best,
    Zuzana

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  315. Justin Samuel, on December 17, 2013 at 12:43 pm said:

    Hi Steve. Great list. You might consider adding the following to “Cloud Services and Tools”:

    ServerPilot – https://serverpilot.io/ – hosting control panel for developers using cloud servers

    DigitalOcean – https://digitalocean.com/ – inexpensive SSD cloud servers

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  316. Moneyball and the Investment Readiness Level (video) | VentureBeat | Entrepreneur | by J. O'Dell, on December 23, 2013 at 9:45 am said:

    […] We’ve got a dditional videos here, as well as a slew of startup tools here.  […]

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  317. Jack, on December 24, 2013 at 3:15 am said:

    Trippin’ Local recommendation API for online travel apps and websites: http://www.trippinin.com

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  318. Andy, on December 27, 2013 at 11:47 pm said:

    Awesome collection, it really play key role in online world.Thanks for sharing….

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  319. yael kochman, on December 29, 2013 at 11:26 am said:

    Great list! Should add under market research – statista.com great resource for case studdies, market research etc, and I would also add content marketing tools sections for tools like scoop.it, roojoom.com, mentormob

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  320. Jonathan Ingram, on January 1, 2014 at 10:56 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Excellent List. FBM Rewards would be a great add to the reward program section. http://www.fbmrewards.com – loyalty programs with automated marketing

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  321. Marcello, on January 4, 2014 at 1:56 am said:

    Good morning Steve.
    I thank you very much for all the valuable information your are giving.

    I’m ready to lunch my startup in Italy.

    We create textile, furniture, illumination, decoration and technology for kids and teenager bedroom.
    We coordinate a group of designers that creates product following themes that will characterize the room (music, passions, sports, art, movies, etc,etc)
    All our products will be made in Italy.
    And all this, will run on the internet (e-commerce).

    At the moment I do not have a product to be shown as a MVP.
    And I’m trying to understand how to build a MVP landing page.
    Not having a product to show, how can I arrange a MVP landing page?
    Do I have to address it only on the problems to be solved?

    Please give me a hint on how to do it.
    Best regard

    Marcello
    Cagliari, Sardinia
    Italy

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  322. Shalin, on January 8, 2014 at 8:11 pm said:

    Hello, could you please add http://creately.com to the Wireframing Tools section.

    Thank You.

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  323. Bill, on January 11, 2014 at 1:55 pm said:

    Great List and always use as a reference to this day.

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  324. webTiger, on January 15, 2014 at 10:19 pm said:

    definitely good reference, thanks for the collection!

    BTW, would appreciate add more opensource / low-cost tools

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  325. Ellis Thomas, on January 20, 2014 at 10:24 pm said:

    The task management tool from Replicon can also be considered as one of the best tool ever for business entrepreneurs. I liked the tool for high level profitability in terms of task tracking and management.

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  326. Shreyas, on January 24, 2014 at 2:08 pm said:

    Hello Could you please add http://www.appszito.com to
    Mobile App Store Customer Analytics / Ad Platform ?.

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  327. Geoff, on January 29, 2014 at 9:12 pm said:

    Wow what a great list Steve,
    Could you please add Selz https://selz.com/ it’s a platform designed for independent creatives and online entrepreneurs to make it simpler for them to making a living online. Makes selling their physical or digital work to fans and followers simple from any site, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest quick and easy.

    Would be fantastic to be listed under “Online Store Creation” section.

    Thanks

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  328. geoff696, on January 29, 2014 at 9:16 pm said:

    Wow, Steve what a brilliant list. Could you please add Selz https://selz.com/

    Selz is a platform designed for independent creatives and online entrepreneurs to make it simpler for them to making a living online. Makes selling their physical or digital work to fans and followers simple from any site, Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest quick and easy.

    Would be fantastic to be listed under “Online Store Creation” section.

    Thank you

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  329. Vladimir Yakimenko, on February 3, 2014 at 5:04 am said:

    http://www.kanbanchi.com is “trello for google drive” absolutely free dashboard/kanban tool excellent for project collaboration!

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  330. Rami Chamaa (@rami_chamaa), on February 20, 2014 at 2:36 pm said:

    Awesome list of tools, thanks a lot. It’ll come very useful.

    You might want to add Appointlet to the list, an online appointment scheduler. Check it out!

    Cheers.

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  331. tianjerry, on February 25, 2014 at 9:22 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Awesome list!

    Would be awesome if you could add my startup ContentDJ (http://bit.ly/NuGGss) under Online Marketing Suites. We help startups with content curation (social media, newsletter and blogs).

    Thanks!

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  332. Mike Speranza, on February 28, 2014 at 3:11 am said:

    If you add a section for CRM tools, please add our website http://www.clevertim.com to your comprehensive list of tools.
    We love startups and we have a free account that the startups can use to get started. We’re also designed for ease of use.

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  333. Russ Davidson, on February 28, 2014 at 11:04 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    Love the list! We’re always looking for helpful small business and entrepreneur guides for our network of followers. I’ll be happy to share this with them.

    I feel our website http://FindAccountingSoftware.com would make a great addition to the list. We’re a free service for finding top accounting and business options. We’ve also recently published survey results revealing what most people mean by the term “small business” (http://findaccountingsoftware.com/expert-advice/study-what-is-a-small-business/). Not to mention we have an ROI Calculator to help calculate the potential ROI of investing in new software based on expected labor savings (http://findaccountingsoftware.com/interactive/roi-calculator/)

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  334. RecruitmentWorx, on March 3, 2014 at 1:23 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I have to say that this list is an absolute goldmine of information and I take my hat off to you for compiling this fantastic resource.

    I’d like to suggest a new addition to your list which wold benefit recruitment start-ups and recruitment professionals. It is a cloud-based recruitment CRM and applicant tracking system http://www.recruitmentworx.com

    Thanks a lot, and keep up the good work 🙂

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  335. Sebastien, on March 6, 2014 at 2:53 am said:

    Hello Steve,

    This list is very useful, we use it almost every day !

    We launched last february a service to allow Startups to create professional quality videos online for prices between 99 and 399 Euros and in only 30 minutes.

    We would love you to add us on your tool list !

    Here is our website http://www.pitchy.fr

    Thank you for your time !

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  336. daPulse (@daPulseLabs), on March 6, 2014 at 4:54 am said:

    Hello Steve, awe-inspiring list! However, I believe one category is missing, which is “cross-company collaboration”. This applies to tools that are neither task management (“Kanban and Scrum”) nor project management, but rather look at a bigger picture.

    We have developed daPulse as an internal communication tool for companies. Although departments may have topics (or Pulses) of their own in which they inform, update and collaborate, everyone is encouraged to follow topics from other departments in order to stay in the loop and know what pushes the company forward.

    You’re more than welcome to check it out at http://dapulse.com/

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  337. Andrey, on March 13, 2014 at 1:09 pm said:

    Hello Steve,
    Thanks for this list! I saw similiar but shorter in one Stanford course)
    My name is Andrey and I’m a manager of bmshop project (ecommerce builder for small business). I would like ask you to add bmshop (www.bmshop2.com) into your list to Online Store Creation category.

    Bmshop it is cheap ecommerce for startup and small business. We launched Bmshop in 2010 and successfully work for 4 years in CIS, and now English version is available too. Sure I will glad to provide you any information about bmshop.
    Thanks for your time!

    Best regards,
    Andrey Seoev.

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  338. Jagan Ganti (@jagan123), on March 14, 2014 at 2:44 am said:

    Just a great list Steve.

    I would like to see these added too.

    VisitorEngage in the customer support/feedback tools, Chargebee in the billing/invoice (they are subscription management service), Brightpod (product management for marketers), d

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  339. jimpswan, on March 18, 2014 at 1:50 pm said:

    Hi Steve, great list. Straight up I would like to recommend a fantastic SaaS tool dedicated to Resource Planning called Hub Planner.

    Here is the link http://hubplanner.com

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  340. Thomas Borden, on March 19, 2014 at 9:59 am said:

    Great list and the most complete one we have found so far, but some of the sections are a little outdated and difficult to get a good overview on. We at our local entrepreneurship club are trying to build an up-to-date website indexxing all relevant tools with some nice search, commenting and voting functionalities on:

    http://toolboard.org

    It would be great if you could add us to the ‘list of tools from others’.

    Soon people will be able to add and edit their own tools, drop us a quick line if you would like to see yours in there too.

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  341. Ritesh Udsaria, on March 21, 2014 at 11:46 am said:

    Can someone give me a better idea on how to distribute equity among founders. Also equity to investors and employees. I have searched many sites and everyone have a different opinion and none of them seems right.
    Also what should be considered for equity allocation for future employee. Is it better to give equity rather than salary to early stage employees? If yes than how this is to be done?

    Also What is the difference between A Pvt. LTD., Partnership firm, Sole proprietorship, Public limited company etc. And which will be for a web based startup with more than one founders..

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  342. ranrub (@ranrub), on March 28, 2014 at 10:08 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Cloudinary is a image management and hosting service for sites and mobile apps, used by hundreds of startups. We have a very useful free tier and the service is highly scalable. Can you list us please under cloud services and tools?

    http://cloudinary.com – Image management in the cloud

    I would also like to recommend some of the tools I used in startups, that are not on the list and don’t have a lot of competitors listed:

    BuiltWith http://builtwith.com – tells you which technologies a website uses
    Iridize http://iridize.com – easily build a walkthrough/onboarding guide for your SaaS

    Thanks!

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  343. Michael Goldstein, on March 30, 2014 at 6:53 am said:

    Hi Steve-

    Amazing resource – I recommend it frequently. One trend that needs representation on your list is startup / corporate partnerships. Large companies are more willing than ever to partner with the earliest stages of startups.

    Examples of platforms are Techstars/Disney, Partnered, and our SwitchPitch events/platform. I am concerned there is too much focus on capital raising / crowdfunding, and not enough focus on business development tools for startups.

    Thanks
    Michael

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  344. Matt, on April 1, 2014 at 11:05 am said:

    Thanks for sharing such an exhaustive list of tools available out there. I recommend every entrepreneur to visit your blog and look at these tools. Also chanced upon an interesting site for entrepreneurs http://www.bdc-canada.com , wanna share !

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  345. Shani Lofal, on April 2, 2014 at 4:57 am said:

    Really too great information you posted here also these tools are too useful for me & also i would like to get at http://www.logodesignbest.com for more new tools & generic ways of logo designing.
    Thanks for sharing

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  346. James Gilmer, on April 2, 2014 at 7:02 am said:

    Hi Steve, great list.

    Please consider listing our Information Center (https://www.harborcompliance.com/information/index.php) under “lists of tools from others.” This is over 400 guides detailing how to form a business in all 50 states.

    Hope it helps. Thanks!

    James

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  347. jhonalex, on April 3, 2014 at 8:41 am said:

    Hi Steve, great list. Straight up I would like to recommend a fantastic SaaS tool dedicated to Resource Planning called Hub Planner. http://www.scratchmap.org/

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  348. jhonalex, on April 3, 2014 at 8:44 am said:

    Thanks for sharing such an exhaustive list of tools available out there. I recommend every entrepreneur to visit your blog and look at these tools.

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  349. Michelle Carter, on April 4, 2014 at 4:24 am said:

    “Hi Steve,

    This list looks amazing and I don’t need to look elsewhere for any tools. The tools mentioned under “”Surveys”” are cool and I would recommend you to add SoGoSurvey as one of the options. Their survey tool is simply amazing and so is their support team. I have been using it since a couple of years and haven’t found a single reason to complain.”

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  350. Nish, on April 13, 2014 at 12:06 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Would be great if you would consider including http://formcrafts.com to the list 🙂

    Thanks

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  351. Victor, on April 20, 2014 at 1:11 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Your elaborate overview is a great starting point for any entrepreneur to get up-to-speed on all things that really matter. Thanks for taking the effort to keep it updated.

    Speaking of which, may I recommend adding http://supersimplesurvey.com/ to your list of survey sites? The main differentiator of Super Simple Survey is that they don’t have any feature limitations on their free package, making it an interesting alternative for any up-and-coming entrepreneur.

    Thanks,

    Victor

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  352. Andrew Richards, on April 22, 2014 at 9:42 pm said:

    WOW Steve! This is just one huge and impressive list. I’ve actually used and still do, some of the software you’ve got on this list. I also found some other hidden treasures on this list that I know will do me some good for some clients of mine. The email marketing section was a real eye opener, I’ve found some things on there I’d Actually like to use. Thanks again Steve for this list, better than having to do the research myself.

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  353. jericaenriquez, on April 24, 2014 at 1:44 pm said:

    Hello Steve! Thanks for sharing all of these list. You might want to check this site (http://goo.gl/jIwbRN). Thanks again!

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  354. Steve Blank – Tools for Startups – CBaSE Resource Library, on April 30, 2014 at 9:10 am said:

    […] Lean Launchpad videos are must watches for any startup in the discovery and validation stages. Click here to see the list. He offers deep insights on how to approach customer discovery to uncover how you should build your […]

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  355. The Entrepreneur Handbook: 120 Awesome Resources for Every Entrepreneur | Alltopstartups.com, on May 6, 2014 at 9:13 am said:

    […] 36.  Startup Tools-Complete list of startup tools by Steve Blank […]

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  356. Veronica Jeans, on May 7, 2014 at 7:25 am said:

    Wow, this is really cool. Thanks a million for the list and the videos….great to have them all on one blog….a whole reference library.

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  357. John Turner, on May 12, 2014 at 7:53 pm said:

    Amazing list!

    Would love it if you’d consider adding my new tool UsersThink – http://usersthink.com/ – to the list!

    (thanks!)

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  358. mariajoao, on May 13, 2014 at 7:10 am said:

    Hi, Steve, could you add Pushpin Planner an ERP resource for agile teams to your list? pushpinplanner.com
    Thanks!

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  359. Mikhail, on May 16, 2014 at 10:43 am said:

    Steve,

    Can we be added under Intellectual Property Advice

    http://www.ipsmartup.com – Platform that gives you tools to file for patent and trademark

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  360. Ankit Dudhwewala, on May 19, 2014 at 11:17 am said:

    You can add http://www.SoftwareSuggest.com to the list. Software Suggest is Software directory & review site for Indian Companies. The required for Indian companies differ, because of taxation laws in the country.

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  361. ScreenwritingSteve, on May 20, 2014 at 8:39 pm said:

    Wow, thanks for all of these resources. And thanks to all of the comments who post them, also. This is an amazing collection!

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  362. Top 20 Small Business Bloggers Dominating the Market | The Weekly Learner, on May 21, 2014 at 8:39 pm said:

    […] The list goes on and on, but more importantly, be sure to check out his blog, which offers great start up tools. […]

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  363. Christian Burke, on May 23, 2014 at 8:20 am said:

    Hi Steve, I’d like to recommend Solid Concepts for your list of 3D printing services. We’ve provided rapid prototyping and custom manufacturing services for over 20 years and I think we’d be an excellent resource for entrepreneurs interested in product design and development: http://www.solidconcepts.com

    Thanks!

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  364. Ayana Roberson, on May 23, 2014 at 8:59 pm said:

    Here is another wonderful resource to add to your startup tools lsit: http://www.thestartupadmin.com/

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  365. Johnny, on May 27, 2014 at 1:19 am said:

    Hi Steve, thanks for this amazing list and company relationship pictures. I have spent hours on this page alone learning about all these tools. Here’s my contribution to your list: Under “Web/Social Customer Analytics Tools” I would recommend http://www.piwik.com which is a great open source web analytics platform. Under “Website Domain Names” I would recommend http://www.domainnamebrain.comwhich is a great domain name generator.

    Thanks for all your great info!

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  366. Katie, on June 9, 2014 at 2:48 am said:

    Great list of tools! I’d also suggest checking out Proofhub.com as a project management and collaboration tool.

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  367. Aaron, on June 10, 2014 at 5:45 pm said:

    How about Groove for Customer Support?

    http://www.groovehq.com/

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  368. Robert A., on June 11, 2014 at 7:25 am said:

    So many comparable options! For email marketing / transactional I found http://www.sendinblue.com to best priced for Startups

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  369. Mari, on July 1, 2014 at 5:38 am said:

    Another nice set of tools is offered by Monitor.Us http://www.monitor.us/. The great thing about these tools are all of them are free.

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  370. Sylvia, on July 1, 2014 at 1:42 pm said:

    I was going to see if I could add my business plan tutorial website http://businessplanmentor.com to the resource page here and instead I find myself in total, absolute awe at the massive amount of resources! I need about a year’s worth of Sundays to sift through and read what applies to my niche. Time to dig in!

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  371. Comfortable with Uncertainty | A WordPress Site, on July 1, 2014 at 5:20 pm said:

    […] Steve Blank Startup Tools – This is an absolute list of every resource for you to use at any stage of your startup journey. Seriously, this could take you months to get through but it would be well worth the time. […]

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  372. Mark Bavisotto, on July 22, 2014 at 10:47 am said:

    If you’re interested in starting a business along with Steve’s awesome directory please check out http://www.propel.academy. We’re an online school that teaches you how to start a business through a practical step by step approach taught by successful entrepreneurs. If you have any questions email mark@propel.academy

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  373. Avery, on July 23, 2014 at 1:50 am said:

    Thanks for the blog post. An interesting one.

    But Rapportive is acquired by Linkedin and they are limiting the data to Linkedin profiles only. I searched for alternatives and found a better choice, Vibe. I recommend to use Vibe (http://vibeapp.co) .

    Have fun..!!

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  374. shrad, on July 25, 2014 at 11:20 am said:

    Hi Steve, I’ve used this list many times when searching for tools and dreaming about the day when I get to submit one of my own :).

    I run Wagepoint (http://wagepoint.com/) – makers of simple, fast and friendly payroll software for startups & small businesses. We serve over 500 customers, 4000 employees (incl. some notable SV startups like Buttercoin).

    It would be amazing if you would include us on the list as well.

    Cheers,
    Shrad

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  375. N.K.Rathi, on August 3, 2014 at 11:58 pm said:

    Hi Steve, you have rendered great help to startups and business. I have 2 queries – 1) for international packaging especially for Europe we need to make multi-language manuals, 2) we need to register our brand/trademark in Europe. Could you please suggest resources for above.

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  376. Startup Resources for Tulsa, on September 3, 2014 at 9:25 am said:

    […] say at least once a week I take a look at Steve Blank’s Startup Tools List. This list covers literally EVERYTHING you could possibly be facing at the moment. All the way from […]

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  377. szsherman, on September 15, 2014 at 11:39 am said:

    Another tool for entrepreneurs that I would really appreciate a listing of – http://www.customerdiscoveryninja.com – on-demand live customer discovery interviews with US consumers.
    It’d be a great fit for the “How Do I Contact Customers?” Tools section.
    We’re finishing up our alpha testing and will be opening up a beta soon; you can sign up on the website or send any questions to info@customerdiscovery.ninja
    Thanks!

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  378. M R, on September 18, 2014 at 10:21 am said:

    I see that you have included some awesome bootstrap resources under the design section. I figured I ought to share http://www.boootstrapstage.com with everyone as well.
    Thanks!

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  379. Dmitry Sotnikov, on September 19, 2014 at 5:32 pm said:

    On the tech side, there are useful services at http://cloud.wso2.com:

    – WSO2 App Cloud – for DevOps, application lifecycle management and hosting: http://wso2.com/cloud/app-cloud and
    – WSO2 API Cloud – to design, create, manage, and control public and internal APIs: http://wso2.com/cloud/api-cloud

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  380. Jonny Hardwick, on October 3, 2014 at 4:25 am said:

    Whoah! Very comprehensive tools and resources list Steve. You might consider adding https://linkredible.com to your list too under your SEO section. It’s a very cool SEO outsourcing platform which allows webmasters to outsource all of their SEO tasks and they also provide white-label services for SEO agencies and resellers.

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  381. Why Startup Life May Be Better Outside of Silicon Valley | outside of the valley, on October 24, 2014 at 7:03 am said:

    […] Whether it is Skillshare or Slideshare, Founders School or Founders workbook, or sites like this one, the resources are endless. Some of the best resource lists are Steve Blank and KISSmetrics. […]

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  382. Rita Watson, on November 6, 2014 at 2:19 am said:

    To the editing and proofreading section, you could add one more website i.e. http://www.editnpublish.com/ which also offers excellent editing and proofreading services. While I was writing my academic papers I consulted the team at Edit n Publish and took their editing service. Since I was very satisfied with their service, so though of sharing it here too.

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  383. Lena Prickett, on November 12, 2014 at 3:04 pm said:

    Awesome list Steve — really impressive! Would love to see Snap App (http://www.snapapp.com) included under content marketing tools – we’re an interactive content marketing platform that makes it quick and easy to build, publish, promote, and measure a wide range of interactive experiences without IT.

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  384. Apostolis Lianos (@apostoleez), on November 19, 2014 at 4:16 am said:

    You should check apptimize.com for Mobile Usability Testing/Heatmaps/Build Tools category, they have nice product.

    Thanks for this list, it’s the “Holy Bible of entrepreneurship” 🙂

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  385. John D, on November 20, 2014 at 6:11 am said:

    Great resources, thank you. However, very frustrating can’t find a good start up budget template clearly listed as a category. One of the first and most important things to do in a startup. There have to be 5-10 great templates online, but very hard to find them.

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    • steveblank, on November 20, 2014 at 8:16 am said:

      John,

      I’d be happy to add budget templates if you or others find any good ones.
      Let me know.

      steve

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      • John D, on November 20, 2014 at 12:00 pm said:

        Thanks Steve, I will. And, if you know of any simple SaaS platforms for startups to create a budget, use of funds, projections etc., please let me know. I’d like to do it all online. I think that might deserve a separate tools category. By the way, thanks for great book and website of resources!

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  386. Dave, on December 3, 2014 at 8:32 am said:

    Hi Steve, great list of resources. Can I recommend Submarine (https://www.submarinecrm.com) – it’s a social CRM that I’ve been working on. It’s designed for marketing teams and I thought some of your readers may find it useful.

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  387. Shane, on December 12, 2014 at 4:39 pm said:

    This is an amazing list of tools. Thanks for such a great resource Steve!

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  388. amlooking4 (@amlooking4_com), on December 16, 2014 at 10:01 pm said:

    Thanks for your great info

    Here i suggest if anyone needs to create a free website for your business, products, services. http://www.amlooking4.com Get your own website and get clients all over the world or your targeted location

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  389. Virtual Team, on December 17, 2014 at 11:17 pm said:

    Big thanks for the list. All the tools that I need are here. In addition to Outsourcing/Freelance you may also include http://virtualteam.ph/ here they can also find some great people to hire.

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  390. Carey Brady, on December 18, 2014 at 11:19 am said:

    Great article Steve! I have a recommendation for any entrepreneur looking to create their own community based social networking site. http://www.netvillage.com They even have gamification tools!

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  391. Richard Hale, on December 28, 2014 at 12:50 pm said:

    Steve, absolutely the best resource page I have ever discovered. Appreciate the hard work I know that it took to create this A+ resource list. I spend countless hours looking for resources, so this is truly a blessing to have come across this. Many thanks!!!

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  392. nt46nt46, on December 29, 2014 at 1:15 am said:

    Wow, it’s really an amazing list! Thank you for sharing.

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  393. DbFace (@dbface), on January 3, 2015 at 6:35 am said:

    Hey Steve, We have a new data analytics tool DbFace(http://www.dbface.com). Could you added to the Analytics Tools section? thanks.

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  394. Ludovic, on January 3, 2015 at 10:39 pm said:

    Nice list, I have learnt many things and some competitors in my field

    You could also add http://www.iprosh.com as it’s an online workspace for small businesses (to save time and money with online presence and work)?

    Thank you

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  395. Miriam (@MiriamAlex01), on January 15, 2015 at 4:42 pm said:

    I use http://freshmail.com since a year and I have only good experience.

    I like that new functions are added quite often. Also they have great Customer Service and cool free templates. You can use their webinar to get to know the system and ask questions.

    It is worth to try it out and explore Freshmail by yourself.

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  396. Daniel Hristov (@daniel_hristov), on January 19, 2015 at 2:49 am said:

    Aurasel – http://www.aurasel.com/ – this is terrific chat app. It allows you to have live chat with website visitors via text and Video , it makes the magic happens and people stay on your website no to competitors one..

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  397. Emmanuel Bellity (@ebellity), on January 19, 2015 at 3:38 am said:

    Hi Steve. This is an amazing list of tools. Would it be possible to add SurveyNuts (http://surveynuts.com) in the surveys section ? I’m the founder and we focus on simplicity, great design on all devices, and dynamic data visualization. Also it is 100% free at the moment, and we plan to always keep a free version. Thanks !

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  398. Nick Harley, on January 25, 2015 at 2:49 pm said:

    Hi Steve. Thanks for compiling such an awesome list. Would it be possible to add Raygun (https://raygun.io). It’s a an error tracking tool for software developers that allows you to find bugs before your users do, fix bugs faster and take control of errors happening in your applications.

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  399. Matthew, on January 26, 2015 at 2:34 am said:

    Hi Steve. It’s an amazing list. http://phonenumberguy.com can also be useful as they provide Vanity Phone Numbers ( phone numbers that spells out words ) for individual to businesses. This can be one important tool for marketing.

    Thanks

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  400. Jessica, on January 28, 2015 at 5:19 am said:

    Hi Steve. This is an awesome list! I’d also recommend http://www.monitis.com – a nice platform for website and network monitoring, helps me a lot when it comes to website performance and real user monitoring.

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  401. Whitney, on February 2, 2015 at 7:34 am said:

    Steve, Thanks for providing such an extensive resource center. For all the angels who are investing in these small businesses, please add Seraf (https://seraf-investor.com) to your list. Seraf is a portfolio management tool for angel investors. In addition to providing a web dashboard to organize, track and analyze private investments, Seraf also publishes a weekly blog covering all aspects of angel investing and working with entrepreneurs.

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  402. Motea Alwan (@Motea_Alwan), on February 18, 2015 at 5:01 pm said:

    Impressive list!

    Another useful tool for startups that could be added to Bug/Issue Tracking category is Airbrake Bug Tracker (https://airbrake.io).

    Thanks,

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  403. Wart Fransen, on February 21, 2015 at 10:16 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    Thank you for putting this list together, really useful and impressive.

    I would like to ask you to ad https://www.leadboxer.com ?
    We build this advanced lead capture/generation and sales tool, affordable for anyone, even startups 😉

    thanks,

    Wart

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  404. Zaid Zawaideh, on February 25, 2015 at 12:07 pm said:

    Great and almost exhaustive list!

    Would it be possible to add Sandglaz to the list? https://www.sandglaz.com
    Sandglaz is the simplest project management tool for agile teams.

    Thank you!

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  405. Stephen Joseph, on February 26, 2015 at 4:36 am said:

    Very good list of tools. I have come across another app for secure data storage that is http://www.basefolder.com this will help for both enterprise and personal use.

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  406. Abbas, on March 3, 2015 at 4:45 am said:

    Hey Steve. Fantastic list of resources for aspiring entrepreneurs. Was wondering if there is material on starting a new retail venture in an established non-tech/manufacturing company? Would be a great help. Thanks

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  407. Lucy, on March 3, 2015 at 1:08 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thank you for this amazing list of resources for entrepreneurs!
    Would it be possible to add Crowdsourced Testing for website testing?

    We connect web and software companies with professional software testers from around the world available on short notice to test their projects on a large number of different platforms and devices. Here is our website if you would like more information: https://crowdsourcedtesting.com/

    Thank you,

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  408. rraventos, on March 11, 2015 at 7:07 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Amazing list!

    Could your include Nelio A/B Testing, a native WordPress tool to easily define, manage and keep track of A/B test of any WordPress element (pages, posts, headlines, themes, widgets, menus, CSS,…) combined with powerful Heatmaps.

    Thank you!

    Ruth

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  409. SureJobz - Freelance (@SureJobz), on March 12, 2015 at 7:01 am said:

    Very extensive list and resources. As an entrepreneur, I always look for these resources – one interesting one I ran into is http://www.surejobz.com. Worth checking it out.

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  410. Sonia greenberg, on March 16, 2015 at 10:31 am said:

    Thanks for making this list, very useful and I found a few I didn’t know before. I was wondering if you would be able to add Bidable.com, the self-serve RTB advertising platform for small to mid sized brands and agencies?

    Thanks!

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  411. Vitaliy @ Helprace Support Software, on March 27, 2015 at 2:54 am said:

    Hi Steve! A great list you got here. Sorry to bother, but would you mind adding a customer support tool called Helprace? Under Customer Support/Feedback/Engagement. There’s really nothing like it: it’s a helpdesk, knowledge base and a feedback community in one platform. You can visit http://helprace.com for more info & let me know what you think!

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  412. James Paden, on April 2, 2015 at 5:44 am said:

    Fantastic list, Steve! (also, just bought a 2nd copy of The Four Steps, needed a Kindle version to go alongside my hardcopy for quick reference).

    Could you add http://get.gaug.es/ to the Analytics section? We’re used by a ton of startups and tech organizations (such as rubygems.org).

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  413. johnpssls, on April 13, 2015 at 7:01 am said:

    Hey Steve,

    Firstly, awesome job on compiling this list, AND keeping it updated regularly.

    We just finished compling a Small Business/Startup Internet Security guide. It’s an interactive piece that compiles reputable information from FCC.gov, U.S. Chamber of Commerce and more, presenting it in a visual and easy to digest manner.

    Would you consider including it?

    Many thanks!

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  414. johnpssls, on April 13, 2015 at 9:04 am said:

    The ‘Security’ section would be an ideal fit, I understand that it’s not a ‘Tool’ as such, but I feel that being an interactive piece it doesn’t stray too far away from this! It’s a really important subject to consider and it seems to be overlooked a lot (hence why we put the guide together!).

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  415. Bobby, on April 14, 2015 at 5:46 am said:

    Hey Steve!

    I just want to thank you for the great list that you have created and for the huge work that you have done for all of us- aspiring entrepreneurs. It is really hard to find a place to start, when the only thing you have is an idea, but you have made this a lot easier for us and I am sure that your tools and lessons will have the domino effect and create the spark needed to light up and fuel the huge entrepreneurial spirit in our interdependent world.

    Thanks on behalf of all of us!

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  416. Lucek, on April 28, 2015 at 7:02 am said:

    Hi Steve!

    Thanks for this list, it makes finding new tools for a startup so much easier.

    I would recommend adding one more tool to “Surveys” section – Survicate (http://survicate.com/). Our tool allows to run short surveys on websites and collect feedback from users. We’ve just introduced new pricing suitable for startups so they can save noticable sums compared to our competitors. Let me know what you think of our tool!

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  417. Business Model Forecast, on May 3, 2015 at 8:46 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks so much for all you have done for the startup ecosystem!

    We made this easy and free financial tool to help entrepreneurs building their Business Models : http://www.businessmodelforecast.com/

    It’s a complementary tool to other Business Model tools. We believe financial forecasts can be useful for startups to test and improve their business model.

    What do you think of it? I you like it, don’t hesitate to share it in your “Startup tools” list!

    Thanks! 🙂

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  418. recruitbpm, on May 5, 2015 at 2:13 am said:

    I would say thanks you Steve by providing us such amazing list and all your teachings in the blog. I can’t count the things we learned from you while building Workable.

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  419. liamfmartin, on May 7, 2015 at 1:03 pm said:

    Hi Steve, I don’t know if you remember me from your talk a few months ago. I would suggest adding http://www.timedoctor.com to your bug/isssue tracking section. We have a lot of early founders who use time doctor to keep each other accountable for how much time they work on their project and to manage the rest of their team.

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    • steveblank, on May 7, 2015 at 1:09 pm said:

      Liam,
      I would like to add it, but somehow I can’t get to the product page to see any product info. Instead a survey form pops up first. Hoping this is a bug rather than a way to chase off interest.
      It seems like the ultimate sales prevention tool.

      Let me know when it’s fixed.

      steve

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  420. szsherman, on May 7, 2015 at 8:30 pm said:

    The tool I’m working on – http://www.customerdiscoveryninja.com – provides on-demand, live customer discovery interviews with US consumers.

    We just released our gamma version which is open to anyone and includes a sample interview for free every month. It’d be a great fit for the “How Do I Contact Customers?” Tools section.

    If you have any questions, let me know – info@customerdiscovery.ninja

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  421. eSurveysPro.com (@esurveyspro), on May 8, 2015 at 12:24 am said:

    May I recommend an online survey tool for your list: http://www.esurveyspro.com/

    Using eSurveysPro.com you can create free online surveys.

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  422. hp printer maintenance, on May 16, 2015 at 2:46 am said:

    Great links. Very interested for start up tools like what you had on this blog. Also the online survey tool for my list were very useful.

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  423. Martin, on June 4, 2015 at 6:00 am said:

    Wow thanks for the great post Steve!

    We just started working with a local app Start-up in our area called Tutree out of Silicon Valley. This client came to us for app store optimization on iTunes and Google Play. I will pass this resource on to our client as he could seriously use this type of info. Currently he is undergoing the process of VC funding, so great timing finding this post.

    There are a ton of online resources for Start-ups, almost overwhelming. However, I have never seen a list of this magnitude. Thanks for putting all of the time and effort into this post. It is rare to find content that is this detailed anymore.

    http://www.constructiveroots.com

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  424. Alexandra, on June 23, 2015 at 5:43 am said:

    PollTango (http://polltango.com) is a free poll maker with a specificity : you can create 2 polls simultaneously and watch joint results. It can be very useful for startups that need to ask a quick question but still want to segment their data a bit better with another question (are you a student ? whats your gender ? do you use that product ?)

    Then they can analyze results for each sub-group of respondents.

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  425. marujohn, on June 28, 2015 at 2:16 pm said:

    Wow!! What an awesome list – thanks!

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  426. BankCircle, on July 7, 2015 at 3:17 am said:

    Great List, of much use for each start-up.

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  427. The Founder’s Guide To Designing Direct Response Landing Pages – MFF002 | Tim Conley, on July 7, 2015 at 4:40 am said:

    […] Helpful landing page tools (Taken from Steve Blanks list of Startup Tools) […]

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  428. Creating a Business Model | Entrepreneur And I, on July 19, 2015 at 9:50 am said:

    […] Steve Blank has a vast library which may interest you to get all your help on start-up. Here’s a link to his site: Startup Tools by Steve Blank […]

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  429. Philipp, on July 28, 2015 at 12:53 pm said:

    Wow!! What a list! I’m just missing Pidoco (https://pidoco.com), an online wireframing tool which lets users share and give feedback on product ideas very easily. Pidoco also has a start-up program with great discounts.

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  430. Andrew Follett, on August 5, 2015 at 12:41 pm said:

    You can find 2 more product demo video resources at Demo Duck (http://demoduck.com) and Video Brewery (http://www.videobrewery.com). And don’t forget to check out Wistia (http://www.wistia.com) for video hosting!

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  431. Daisy Egeolu, on August 13, 2015 at 2:32 pm said:

    Hi Steve,
    Nice comprehensive list! Would it be possible to add Appellita (https://www.appellita.com/) under the Website Domain Names section?
    Appellita provides intelligent brand name generation and name validation tools to make brand names meaningful, memorable and unique. It is the easiest way to discover a suitable name for a startup and confirm trademark and social media username availability.

    Visit us and let me know what you think.
    Thanks,
    Daisy

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  432. cjvincent, on August 16, 2015 at 12:01 pm said:

    Another great tool is Awesome Forms, which makes it easy to quickly create forms to embed into your website. This might include contact forms, sweepstakes, surveys, or anything else you can think of.
    https://awesomeforms.com

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  433. Cristina, on August 18, 2015 at 7:06 am said:

    Hi, Steve!

    This list is truly useful! Thank you!

    Would it be possible to add Retargeting Biz as a marketing tool for personalized communication dedicated to online stores? (www.retargeting.biz).

    This tool helps eCommerce businesses to communicate with their website visitors through 2 channels – live and email messages.

    All this communication is based on their visitors’ actions and all these triggers are 100% personalized.

    This is useful if online stores want to increase their sales, customer engagement and their retention rate.

    Looking forward to hearing from you!

    Cristina

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  434. Emmanuel, on August 21, 2015 at 1:10 pm said:

    Hello Steve!

    You have amazing list here and I want to thank you personally.
    May I suggest a tool that will help French customers choosing email marketing tool? The website url is http://www.logicielemailinggratuit.fr/
    I hope that’s OK by you.

    Regards,
    Emmanuel.

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  435. Toolbox for innovators and entrepreneurs, on August 26, 2015 at 10:22 pm said:

    […] easily bored by these short lists, try a longer list. Steve Blank (@sgblank) offers a list of “Startup Tools”. This list contains links to presentations, texts, software and tools, and the list alone is […]

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  436. Scott Robinson, on September 2, 2015 at 8:01 am said:

    Wow, this is an insane list.

    I’ve been writing up some tutorials on using Node.js and other languages over at my blog (http://stackabuse.com). Hopefully it can be of some use to you either in this post or future posts.

    Thanks and great job!

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  437. Tools App Developers Need for Marketing Their Apps | Overpass, on September 9, 2015 at 7:43 am said:

    […] So, just my luck, I came across this amazing mine full of helpful tools. Most of these are from Steve Blank’s startup tools and these are listed per category, from Market Research to App Testing, it has everything you will […]

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  438. Tim, on September 10, 2015 at 9:57 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Awesome list. Thanks for taking the time to put it together.

    Just wondering if you could please add our SAAS resource scheduling tool to this list? https://www.foxoms.com

    Tim

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  439. Eko Desa Wisata Kalibiru, on September 20, 2015 at 11:42 pm said:

    Hi Steve!

    You have amazing list here and I want to thank you personally.
    I hope can be your student in UC Berkeley. I’m very interesting to study how create a success startup.

    Thanks.

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  440. stephensteinberg88, on September 23, 2015 at 3:56 am said:

    Hey Steve (great name!), just wanted to see if you could add http://www.capitolstartup.com/resources/. Building Capitol Startup as sort of a publication for entrepreneurs, by entrepreneurs, and aiming to deliver highly actionable tips and strategies. But that one page has a ton of productivity tools, and I’m constantly updating the page. Think your readers would find it useful, or at least I hope so. Thanks!

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  441. Ron Isaacson, on September 27, 2015 at 4:44 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    This is an amazing list. Thank you so much for putting it together. Consider adding a tool called the “Idea Shuffler” (http://www.ideashuffler.com) that allows you to create models and analyze all aspects of a business. The tool supports both hierarchical and non-hierarchical structures.

    Idea Shuffler: Visual Thinking

    Idea Shuffler Video

    Thanks,
    Ron.

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  442. Christopher Marks, on September 30, 2015 at 6:04 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Great list, I just wanted to let you know Findstringers – global freelance marketplace – contains a broken link. 🙂

    Have an amazing day,

    Christopher

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  443. itquoter, on October 4, 2015 at 7:24 pm said:

    Hi Steve, can you add our website http://www.isell.com.au? I can see that you have a great list, For sure our quoting tool and proposal software can help small businesses like IT resellers.

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  444. Tom, on October 16, 2015 at 3:55 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Big Wow!! This list awesome, thanks!

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  445. dnfellow, on November 3, 2015 at 1:02 am said:

    Thanks for this amazing list Steve, will be spending several weeks\months going through this lot, what an awesome page, thanks for your hard work and sharing.

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  446. Rob Fox, on November 6, 2015 at 4:09 am said:

    Hey Steve!

    Nice list, we have a new push messaging service that you could add: https://www.scaledrone.com/

    Hope you like it 🙂

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  447. Stuart, on November 6, 2015 at 4:48 am said:

    Hi Steve, I just launched this categorized list of tools http://startupresources.io Is there anyway I could please get it listed in the “list of tools by others” area? Also I agree with Steven Sherman that customerdiscovery.ninja should be on here because it makes discovery phone calls so easy… Thanks!

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  448. Konstantin Tarkus (@koistya), on November 11, 2015 at 4:36 am said:

    https://github.com/kriasoft/react-starter-kit – an isomoprhic web app boilerplate project (Node.js + React.js stack)

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  449. David, on November 17, 2015 at 3:20 am said:

    Hi Steve, I launched the domain name generator https://namesmith.io a few months ago. Besides others it supports the creation of phonetic blends and would make a nice addition to your ‘Website Domain Names’ category.

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  450. Skelly, on November 17, 2015 at 1:02 pm said:

    Wow. Thanks for this is an exhaustive list.. I hope it stays up-to-date.

    Here are a few Bootstrap resources to add http://www.bootstrapzero.com (Free Bootstrap Templates) and http://bootply.com (Bootstrap playground and snippets)

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  451. ViSenze (@ViSenze), on November 18, 2015 at 1:02 am said:

    Happy to see a heavy focus on deep learning and visual search companies. Care to add our company, ViSenze (https://visenze.com/), to the list too? It is actually mentioned in the Machine Intelligence Landscape graph you posted. Would appreciate it, thanks.

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  452. Joe Hanson, on November 18, 2015 at 1:34 pm said:

    Hey Steve, love this list, and refer back to it often for a number of different reasons. I have a recommendation to add to your “Website/Browser Testing” section. It’s called Rainforest QA (https://www.rainforestqa.com/), which is a continuous QA platform that lets you write tests in plain english for integration/functional tests.

    –Joe

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  453. Prakhar, on November 19, 2015 at 1:58 pm said:

    Hey Steve,

    Personally I’m a great fan of this list and it makes our lives so so easy when looking for something in a specific category.

    One of the tools, I’m associated with is Whatfix (www.whatfix.com), which is a free tool that allows you to create interactive walk throughs on websites OR web apps with the help of a browser extension (no coding required).

    Also, along with product tours, slideshow, article, video and a PDf are generated which can be embedded to your support section/knowledge base. Do give it a quick look. Great tool for user onboarding, training and customer support.

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  454. Dmitri Larionov, on November 24, 2015 at 1:08 pm said:

    Hey Steve,

    This is an amazing list and I want to thank you for putting this together.

    I am currently working on a project called Learn Internet Grow that is all about Digital Marketing and Online Technology.

    We have five categories, Finding Information, Creating Web Content, Securing Your Digital Identity, Web Metrics, and Social Media Sharing.

    Is it possible that you could add some of our categories to this list?

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  455. Nicole, on December 3, 2015 at 9:59 am said:

    Amazing list Steve. I’d like to see Pingboard.com added. It’s an incredibly versatile employee directory / organizational chart / visitor check in app.

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  456. Vicent Petrescu (@v_petrescu), on December 10, 2015 at 3:56 am said:

    Hi Steve, great resource!

    I think, equidam.com might be OK to be added in the valuation section. I think that because it will provide any entrepreneur an affordable DYI valuation tool that will provide a 17 pages valuation report easy to read and understood.

    I can explain more if you want.

    Thanks!
    Vicent

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  457. Ray Beharry, on December 16, 2015 at 12:32 pm said:

    Steve,

    Amazing resource.

    I’d like to see if we can add Pollfish into the Surveys section. (http://www.pollfish.com)

    We help companies make better decisions by providing consumer opinion data that is relevant, meaningful, and customizable in real-time – with access to a unique survey network of over 170MM mobile consumers across the globe.

    Thanks!

    All the best,
    Ray

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  458. Carol, on January 12, 2016 at 12:14 pm said:

    Steve, thanks for this awesome collection. I think http://bootstrapzero.com would be a useful addition to the “Twitter Bootstrap” section, and http://codeply.com is a great responsive design tool.

    Cheers!
    Skelly

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  459. Guilherme, on January 18, 2016 at 3:04 am said:

    Amazing! Very, very helpfull. I just would like to add a new tool to help creativity, idea generation and brainstorming sessions, which is http://ideageneration.cards/

    Hope you can pay us a visit and try our new web app 🙂

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  460. Gilberto Klaumonier, on January 18, 2016 at 1:24 pm said:

    Great adventure is Buses in NYC. Buses are slow and have really expensive tickets. I often see alternative routes that site (http://nycbusroutes.com), but I’m riding anymore than by bus.

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  461. Tom Petley, on January 20, 2016 at 1:46 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Would you be able to add NetHelpDesk to this fantastic list of resources?

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  462. claudia-seo, on February 3, 2016 at 1:40 am said:

    Very good alternative to Competitive Online Adword/PPC Analysis – https://K-Meta.com

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  463. Hitsteps (@hitsteps), on February 15, 2016 at 5:33 am said:

    Hey, Would you please put Hitsteps Web Analytics link in your great and resourceful list: http://www.hitsteps.com

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  464. Jakub, on February 25, 2016 at 7:30 am said:

    Wow, Steve, that’s one of the most impressive lists I’ve ever seen! It would be awesome if you could update either social listening or social media monitoring section with https://brand24.net 🙂

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  465. seovoorzzp, on February 29, 2016 at 11:35 am said:

    Awesome and insane list thank you! us it a lot at http://bit.ly/1QgYDqp

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  466. slavachatra, on March 1, 2016 at 10:22 pm said:

    Steve, thanks for this really huge list of tools!

    At Chatra.io we use Allora (https://allora.io) instead of BuiltWith. It works faster and the prices are up to 10x cheaper. It also has a huge database of contacts associated with domains.

    BuiltWith has a large number of technology signatures but many of them are outdated. Allora (Datanyze, SimilarTech etc) provide much cleaner data with less false positive results.

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  467. Jonathan Kish, on March 5, 2016 at 4:26 pm said:

    Steve, your website is an amazing source of information. I have started my own online business, handtoolworld.com, and I found many resources on your site that have help me get going. Thanks for all you do.

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  468. Marcelo Picolo Khoury, on March 8, 2016 at 6:34 am said:

    Hi folks, this is an awesome place for any startup founder team! Congrats!!!

    I have a question: anyone w/ experience in developing multimedia embed functionality to share some thoughts? We’re developing kind of a social network for educators, and so far Embed.ly and Iframe.ly came across as the best options, despite relativelly expensive for startup.

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  469. Ralph, on March 22, 2016 at 4:37 pm said:

    I keep coming back to this list when I need a new company. There are some new companies that are leveraging reviews to help find B2B vendors. http://www.g2crowd.com and http://www.trustradius.com have reviews for enterprise software where http://www.vendop.com has reviews for manufacturers, suppliers and consultants (big help for hardware companies).

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  470. jpqc, on March 25, 2016 at 4:44 pm said:

    Nice list!
    Here is a suggestion for the Twitter Bootstrap section : http://ibootstrap.net
    It’s a gallery of free code snippets and resources for Bootstrap

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  471. Jonathan Sinclair, on April 1, 2016 at 2:02 pm said:

    I’ve had such great luck with the tools I’ve tried out off this site. A great suggestion to be added to the list under the Misc Office section is a competitor of Grasshopper and Ringcentral, called Truly Wireless (https://trulywireless.com). They’re product is top notch, and I think it’d be a helpful addition to the list.

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  472. TECHNICAL STOCK RESEAERCH, on April 7, 2016 at 10:59 pm said:

    Very good alternative to Competitive Online Adword/PPC
    http://www.technicalstock.in/

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  473. Anli Zaimi, on April 12, 2016 at 8:31 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thanks for putting this big list together!

    Can I suggest my free Bootstrap themes for the Twitter Bootstrap section?

    http://azmind.com/free-bootstrap-themes-templates/

    At the moment it contains 25 templates (business themes, landing pages, portfolio templates, forms) that can be used in projects made with Bootstrap.

    Thanks for your time,
    Anli

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  474. Nicolas Nemni, on April 26, 2016 at 4:59 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    amazing list!

    Can I suggest my Content Marketing Stack for the Lists of Tools from Others?

    http://www.contentmarketingstack.co/

    It has received more than 1000 upvotes on Product Hunt and it’s used everyday by hundreds of people.

    Thanks for your time,
    Best,
    Nicolas 🙂

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  475. Ehsan Jahandarpour (@jahandarpour), on April 29, 2016 at 11:46 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I have curated 140 startup tools for entrepreneurs, from business model to growth hacking.

    I believe you agree that they are essential for Each and every entrepreneur who want to begin his/her journey.

    Please feel free to add it to the list of you feel it ads value to your reader’s life.

    Here is the link:
    https://jahandarpour.com/the-ultimate-startup-resource-for-entrepreneurs/

    Cheers,
    Ehsan

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  476. doharo, on May 5, 2016 at 10:39 am said:

    That is impresive! there is more information here than the one I have been able to collect by my self for the last couple months.
    PD. I had to post to brake the 666 number of responses

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  477. Telonium VoIP (@Telonium), on June 22, 2016 at 9:57 am said:

    Steve, this is a great list! I wanted to add our service (www.telonium.com) to the pot to provide startups with some options when it comes to their cloud-based office phone system. We specialize in small businesses less than 50 employees and provide simple, reliable, and affordable business phone services! Thanks!

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  478. vasyl, on July 2, 2016 at 2:38 am said:

    Hi Steve,
    what a tremendous source! I have two suggestions:
    1) delete Elance (two years ago Odesk and Elance merged into one platform, Upwork) from Outsourcing/Freelance Help
    2) add https://basetemplates.com/pitch-deck-template to Starting and Running a Startup Advice or other relevant section. Pitch Deck Template is a presentation template that helps founders to create a visually impressive and effective pitch deck quickly and easily.

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  479. Chris, on July 14, 2016 at 5:59 am said:

    Hi Steve, I know this is a beast of a list (and comments section) so you probably don’t want more recommendations! But I thought I would suggest a website I launched on July 6th called http://www.lensicle.com/ because I think it would be a very good fit for the ‘website design tools’ section. It is a stock photography website but it allows you to edit the images before you download them, or if the image is already perfect you can select the exact dimensions you need it to be and download it to your computer. It is a pretty good time saver especially for those trying to create their own website or doing blog posts. And time is money 😉 Thanks anyway, I appreciate anybody who takes the time to read this!

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  480. applicationone, on July 31, 2016 at 3:56 pm said:

    Steve, great compilation of sites! Thanks.

    We launched https://www.kolau.com/ under the Competitive Online Adword/PPC Analysis. Would it be possible to add it to the list?

    Thanks again and good job!

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  481. Dom, on August 1, 2016 at 3:58 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    As everyone has said, this is a great list of resources. I’d appreciate it if you’d consider adding https://www.irise.com/ to your Wireframing Tools section. It think it would be a worthy addition.

    Thanks

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  482. PPC Consultant, on August 5, 2016 at 8:00 am said:

    That’s something great for enterpreneurs to use these tools for startup and also a proper strategy must be needed for any successful startup. You can also include http://www.cysppc.com/blog/ as it’s also helpful for enterpreneurs to get some good idea and new techniques to make their business spread worldwide and help them in their startup.

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  483. zeusanimation, on August 6, 2016 at 12:19 am said:

    Thanks steve, blogging is very valuable to me who was setting up a company in the field of animated explainer video services, I hope I can continue to learn from you, all your knowledge keeps me motivated to raise my efforts..

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  484. OliviaU, on August 16, 2016 at 12:00 pm said:

    Thanks for compiling this list of resources. It’s a really awesome reference and I appreciate it a lot.
    Best,
    Olivia at http://www.ampronix.com/

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  485. Jop, on September 16, 2016 at 5:49 am said:

    Awesome list!
    I have another tool: http://www.crowd.site

    Crowdsite is one of the most popular European website that helps you to run contest for the services that you want from people. Different people will be taking part in it and you need to pay for the design selected by you. It is a popular website for running the contest and gets your work done in required time. Crowdsite has number of freelance designers associated with it and these designers take part in the contest. Crowdsite has more than 58K designers working with them and these designers had contributed over millions of designs. Crowdsite is the website that provides you with crowdsourcing of flyer, logo, namefinding, T-shirts, website, and graphic designs.

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  486. Deebak Utpal, on October 4, 2016 at 5:56 am said:

    Thanks for the providing this important information on blogs and tools for entrepreneurs. Again, thanks a lot Steve………

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  487. Stuart Brent, on October 11, 2016 at 5:48 pm said:

    Steve, there aren’t a ton of on-demand customer discovery tools out there, and sadly customerdiscovery.ninja has been down for a while. I built out https://userinput.io to let people get on-demand feedback not only for websites and apps, but also for business ideas and customer discovery surveys. People argue that surveys aren’t ideal for customer discovery, but I think they’re still helpful, and I’ve used them to help validate and shape ideas before. Hopefully you could add userinput.io to this list sometime? Thank you.

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  488. Irene, on November 8, 2016 at 8:57 am said:

    Great list! There is also a great usability checklist, that is missing from the list: https://stayintech.com/info/UX

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  489. Anonymous, on November 15, 2016 at 1:55 pm said:

    Cool list. Add onemonthapp.com for mobile apps made within one month.

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  490. Crowd-Cover (@crowdcvr), on November 17, 2016 at 11:16 pm said:

    I didn’t plan on clicking so many links….

    We launched a free site for people to validate their ideas. In minutes people can start gathering market data for their idea (problem and solution) and pivot before they spend time developing the solution. It’s like a pre-Kickstarter!

    Document. Protect. Promote. http://www.crowd-cover.com

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  491. Matt S., on November 21, 2016 at 9:26 pm said:

    Hello Steve!
    Could you add this social media automation tool as well?

    https://hypegrowth.com

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  492. Daria, on November 26, 2016 at 2:45 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    This list helped us many many times, thank you!
    Returning the “favor”, I hope this might help in your work with entrepreneurs as well 🙂
    http://solutioncanvas.com

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  493. Steven, on November 30, 2016 at 2:13 am said:

    Take a look at one more tool, Apptivo. It provides marketing tool with CRM app integration.
    Have you seen this link: http://www.apptivo.com/crm-system/

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  494. Blake Griffin, on December 24, 2016 at 1:31 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    Thank you for all your hard work. Currently going through family/worklife balance so some of your interviews with Foundersfilm helped put things in perspective. Currently creating a tennis academy in Chicago for busy parents who see value in the packaging of high performance sports and education and value life lessons that come out of this grueling commitment.

    This is definitely an information overload. As a bootstrapper, what are 2 or 3 self hosted CRM tool that comes to mind.

    Happy holidays to you and the family.

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  495. Mira, on January 15, 2017 at 1:41 pm said:

    Hi Steve,

    I’d like to suggest my simple but I believe useful tool – HTML Washer

    It cleans up a HTML document – it will reduce complex formatting to basic HTML tags – clean HTML.

    https://www.htmlwasher.com/

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  496. Lindorna, on January 31, 2017 at 2:17 pm said:

    Hi Steve, can you take a look at our service: https://reporters.io/

    What we do is helping startup founders to find and pitch the relevant journalists from major media outlets. We have free journalists lookup form just at the home page, as well as pro accounts with advanced features.

    Thank you.

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  497. Dom, on February 8, 2017 at 11:53 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    Another recommendation: https://www.irise.com/ for your Wireframing Tools section.

    iRise is a fairly unique tool, offering both wireframes and prototyping, plus integrated requirements management. It also integrates with JIRA, JAMA, MS TFS and all the other big ALM tools. The ability to gather requirements in-concert with design can make a big impact on designing better software.

    Thanks

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  498. Akshay Malhotra (@Akshaymals), on March 3, 2017 at 12:24 am said:

    Hey steve, i was researching on Startup Resource.Your’s page is like the biggest source of tools for any startup to know. But just as a recommendation , i think you should must include https://elink.io as one of the content curation tools. It’s free to use and very helpful for any startup,blogger .. etc out there… I am using it , i would love to have your feedback on it.. Thanks 🙂

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  499. philippe, on March 17, 2017 at 4:32 pm said:

    Hi Steve! Your list is great, very useful for nearly any kind of web activity.

    Going trough it I noticed that you list the service “Testimonial Monkey” on the Testimonials/Social Reviews section.

    They offered a great tool, but aren’t online anymore (you can see that your link to testimonialmonkey.com gives a 404 error).

    You can fix it deleting their link to provide a better user experience.

    Also, as an alternative, I would like to suggest our tool: https://qualitydrivensoftware.com

    We offer a tool that can be used to send surveys to your users and then gather feedback and post some of them as a testimonial on your site. It goes beyond that, but we have seen good results for this task.

    Let me know what you think (we have a free trial).

    If you like it, maybe you can add it to your list.

    Thank you and keep with the good work!

    Best,
    Philippe Portes
    Quality Driven Software.

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    • steveblank, on March 17, 2017 at 4:50 pm said:

      Philippe,
      I appreciate the pointer to the dead link.
      However I don’t list companies who lack an “about”.

      steve

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      • philippe, on March 24, 2017 at 11:51 pm said:

        Hi Steve, thanks for the reply.

        Maybe you mean something else, but we do have an about section in the homepage, it’s called “ABOUT US”.

        If you are talking about something else, please let me know so we can take your feedback and improve our site!

        Best,
        Philippe.

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  500. Giray Girisken, on March 27, 2017 at 2:34 am said:

    Hi Steve,

    It is a great detailed list. Thank you.

    I would like to suggest my website called Startup Collections. It provides more than 750 tools for entrepreneurs, designers, developers, and marketers to help them save time, energy and money.

    There is also a “special deals” section on the site where visitors can find deals from trusted companies. Visitors can see and use these deals for free.

    I would be very grateful if you can add http://startupcollections.com/ on your list.

    Thank you,
    Giray

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  501. Brian, on March 29, 2017 at 10:04 am said:

    Any chance of getting the Business Model Toolbox listed in the South African iStore. Not available at the moment?

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    • MetaCanvas App (@MetacanvasApp), on March 29, 2017 at 10:31 am said:

      I believe the Business Model Toolbox was removed from the app store. Maybe you can consider MetaCanvas as an alternative: you can design your Business Model, add forecasts to costs and revenues and manage you startups goals and tasks for each block of the canvas. It’s also the only Business Model Tool that we know that includes a Customer Lifetime Value simulator for each Customer Segment and lets you generate a simplified Profit and Loss from your business model data

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  502. Liv, on April 28, 2017 at 4:52 am said:

    Hi Steve.

    I really like your page 🙂
    Is there are chance that you can add http://startinia.com/ under Lists of Tools from Others?

    Regards
    Liv

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  503. Natalia Manrique H. (@NatManrique), on May 10, 2017 at 9:44 am said:

    Hi, just wanted to let you know that the Tapdog and Compete tools (section: Competitive Online Adword/PPC Analysis) are no longer available. Many thanks!

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  504. ionutgerosanu, on May 19, 2017 at 6:03 am said:

    Hi Steve, thanks for compiling such a great resource page!

    I’d like to contribute and add more value with a great CRO/Testing tool: https://www.omniconvert.com/

    Keep up the good work, this is top-notch.

    All the best!

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