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Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

The essays, videos, podcasts, books and tools behind every answer across eChai's hubs, from starting up to go-to-market, D2C, founder money and AI, each with a note on why it is here.

What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.

  1. A shorter, text companion to the podcast above, useful if you want to skim the key lessons on customer focus and enterprise GTM... YourStory Article · Starting Up Whatfix CEO Khadim Batti shares lessons on building a global enterprise SaaS business YourStory
  2. The news report of the Union Cabinet approving the second ₹10,000 crore Fund of Funds for Startups on 14 February 2026, with... Entrepreneur India Article · 4 min read · Starting Up Startup India Fund of Funds 2.0 Receives Cabinet Approval, ₹10,000Cr Corpus to Aid Startups Entrepreneur Staff
  3. A legal analysis of the 2024 rule changes that let a foreign holding company merge into its Indian subsidiary, the companies... IndiaCorpLaw Article · 12 min read · Starting Up India's Reverse-Flip Wave: Regulatory Breakthroughs and Enabling Frameworks Dev Goyal and Manas Divetia
  4. A venture investor's reading of the Budget 2026 change to buyback taxation and what it means for founders, early employees and... Inc42 Article · 6 min read · Starting Up Union Budget 2026: The Buyback Blowback For Founders Siddarth Pai
  5. A chartered accountant's note on the December 2025 change to the small company limits, listing the Companies Act relaxations... Sandeep Ahuja & Co. Article · 6 min read · Starting Up MCA Expands Small Company Definition to ₹10 Cr Capital & ₹100 Cr Turnover CA Surekha S Ahuja
  6. NN/g's step-by-step guide to thematic analysis: coding transcripts, grouping codes into themes, and the tools that help. nngroup.com Article · Starting Up How to Analyze Qualitative Data from UX Research: Thematic Analysis Nielsen Norman Group
  7. WhatsApp's own help page on Communities: topic-based groups under one community, with admin announcements that reach every member. whatsapp.com Article · Starting Up About communities WhatsApp
  8. A tester who put more than 90 editors through their paces for this update picks Premiere as the best professional editor,... zapier.com Article · Starting Up The best video editing software in 2026 Tim Brookes
  9. A step-by-step guide from a course platform on choosing a topic, validating demand, outlining, recording and launching a course. teachable.com Article · 20 min · Starting Up How to create an online course Teachable
  10. The book that introduced the canvas, co-created by 470 practitioners from 45 countries, with worked examples of business models... strategyzer.com Book · Starting Up Business Model Generation Alexander Osterwalder and Yves Pigneur
  11. A current Indian guide that goes clause by clause through an SHA (reserved matters, ROFR and ROFO, drag-along and tag-along,... lawsikho.com Article · 30 min · Starting Up Shareholders Agreement (SHA): Clauses and Guide 2026 LawSikho
  12. A legal commentary on why Indian courts have refused to enforce SHA restrictions against a company when they were not written... indiacorplaw.in Essay · Starting Up Shareholders' Agreements: Clauses and Enforceability IndiaCorpLaw
  13. Molly Graham, who scaled teams at Facebook, on what changes for founders and early employees as a company grows: handing off... review.firstround.com Article · 15 min · Starting Up Give Away Your Legos and Other Commandments for Scaling Startups Molly Graham
  14. Elad Gil's handbook for the stage after product-market fit, free to read online: hiring executives, managing a board,... growth.eladgil.com Book · Starting Up High Growth Handbook Elad Gil
  15. Reid Hoffman's case for prioritising speed over efficiency when a market is winner-takes-most, and the costs that choice brings. hbr.org Article · 15 min · Starting Up Blitzscaling Reid Hoffman
  16. Verne Harnish's practical system for growing a company on four decisions: people, strategy, execution and cash, with one-page... scalingup.com Book · Starting Up Scaling Up Verne Harnish
  17. A plain guide to what a cap table tracks, how to read one, spreadsheet versus software, how it differs from a balance sheet,... pulley.com Article · 15 min · Starting Up What is a cap table? Pulley
  18. A startup law firm on when a company should move its cap table from a spreadsheet to a platform, and what to look for in one. cooleygo.com Article · Starting Up Choosing the Right Cap Table Platform Cooley GO
  19. Zoho's step-by-step help for proving you own your domain by adding a TXT or CNAME record at your registrar, the first step of... zoho.com Article · 5 min · Starting Up Zoho Mail: domain verification Zoho
  20. How to add the SPF record that tells other mail servers Zoho is allowed to send for your domain, so your mail is not marked as... zoho.com Article · 5 min · Starting Up Zoho Mail: SPF configuration Zoho
  21. A pricing guide built from verified client reviews of development firms. Its 2026 figures put custom software development in... clutch.co Article · Starting Up Software Development Pricing Guide Clutch
  22. PRS's neutral summary of the 2025 insurance law: foreign investment in Indian insurers raised from 74% to 100%, foreign... prsindia.org Article · Starting Up The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025 PRS Legislative Research
  23. A section-by-section note on the Act, notified on 21 December 2025, including the FEMA changes effective 2 May 2026 that let... vinodkothari.com Article · Starting Up The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha Insurance Act: the 2047 vision in action Vinod Kothari Consultants
  24. An explainer on what the 2025 law leaves out: no composite licence (a life insurer still cannot sell non-life insurance), and... vajiramandravi.com Article · Starting Up New Insurance Bill 2025 Explained Vajiram and Ravi

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