Explore · The library
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.
- You cannot cut the right step until you know which step is the real cliff, and a funnel chart shows you exactly that. Amplitude... Amplitude Tool · Product guide plus free tier · Starting Up Funnel Analysis: Find Drop-offs and Boost Conversion Amplitude In 2 answers
- This is the design system a solo technical founder can actually ship with this week, no designer needed. You copy the... ui.shadcn.com Tool · Starting Up shadcn/ui shadcn In 2 answers
- Once you have a clear brief, Namelix is the fastest way to turn keywords and a style preference into dozens of short, brandable... Namelix Tool · Starting Up Namelix: AI Business Name Generator Brandmark In 2 answers
- This is the official, source of truth for turning a page button into a real conversation, no third party sitting between you... WhatsApp Help Center Tool · 5 min read · Starting Up WhatsApp click to chat (wa.me links) WhatsApp (Meta) In 2 answers
- If you just want to know how many people showed up and how long they stayed, without slowing your page or bolting on a cookie... plausible.io Tool · Starting Up Plausible Analytics Plausible Insights In 2 answers
- This is a genuinely one-page template you can fill in the same afternoon, in Word, PowerPoint, Google Slides, or PDF, so no... Smartsheet Template · One page, fill in the same day · Starting Up One-Page Brand Guidelines Template (Free) Smartsheet In 2 answers
- The email signature is the brand touchpoint a B2B founder hits dozens of times a day and almost always neglects, which is odd... HubSpot Template · ~5 min to set up · Starting Up Free Email Signature Generator HubSpot In 2 answers
- The safest place to pick fonts you can actually ship: everything is free, open source, and licensed for commercial use (logos,... Google Fonts Tool · Starting Up Google Fonts Google In 2 answers
- Figma's free plan is genuinely enough to design, tweak, and export a full logo set (SVG for print, PNG for the web) without... Figma Tool · Ongoing tool · Starting Up Figma (free plan) Figma In 2 answers
- You cannot fix indexing mistakes you cannot see, and this free tool from Google shows you exactly which of your pages are... Google Search Console Help Tool · Starting Up Page Indexing report (Google Search Console) Google In 2 answers
- If you do decide a waitlist earns its place, this is a clean, concrete way to run one well without building it yourself: a... LaunchList Tool · Starting Up LaunchList: Viral Pre-Launch Waitlist Software with Referrals LaunchList In 2 answers
- Before you run anything, put your real numbers into this and see how many conversions per variant you would actually need. It... evanmiller.org Tool · Starting Up Sample Size Calculator (Evan's Awesome A/B Tools) Evan Miller In 2 answers
- Once you are convinced you want an owned list, you need somewhere to actually put it, and Beehiiv is a straightforward place to... beehiiv.com Tool · Starting Up Beehiiv Beehiiv In 2 answers
- This is the platform a founder graduates to once a free WhatsApp or Discord group starts breaking down and they need courses,... circle.so Tool · Pricing page, quick scan · Starting Up Circle Pricing Circle In 2 answers
- When you are planning your first few meetups, a blank page is the enemy: this gives you a ready run of show so you can slot in... Eventbrite Blog Template · Downloadable Google Doc template + guide · Starting Up Free Run of Show Template Eventbrite In 2 answers
- Reading about CAC and LTV only gets you so far, at some point you have to put your own guesses in a cell and watch what breaks.... The Startup Project Template · Excel and Google Sheets, multi tab · Starting Up Startup Financial Model (SaaS) Excel Template The Startup Project In 2 answers
- For Indian founders the cap table is where diligence most often gets messy (SAFEs, convertible notes, ESOP grants, and vesting... qapita.com Tool · SaaS platform · Starting Up Qapita: Cap Table & ESOP Management for Indian Startups Qapita In 2 answers
- When your company is in India and your customers are abroad, the practical problem is getting paid in foreign currency through... Wise Tool · Product page · Starting Up Wise Business: receive international payments in India Wise In 2 answers
- This is the fastest zero-budget path to a clean deck: pick one template that already fixes your font pairing, color palette,... Canva Template · quick-start · Starting Up Free customizable pitch deck presentation templates Canva In 2 answers
- A copy-and-fill template built for exactly the founder in this question: it is structured around a five-minute read (matching... Founder Institute Template · template · Starting Up The 5-Minute Investor Update Template Founder Institute In 2 answers
- This is the concrete clause mechanic your answer needs. Clerky spells out that vesting normally commences on the date shares... Clerky Template · 6 min read · Starting Up What are customary stock vesting terms for startup founders? Clerky In 2 answers
- This is the authoritative government listing of live Indian grand challenges and national competitions, filterable by... Startup India Tool · browse, filterable · Starting Up Startup India: Programs and Challenges (live directory) DPIIT, Government of India In 2 answers
- This is a curated, actively maintained list of 448+ Indian and India-open competitions with the prize size, deadline, and stage... Startup Grants India Tool · browse, filterable · Starting Up StartupGrantsIndia: Competitions and Hackathons directory Nexora Technology In 2 answers
- SIDBI's own page lays out how its Fund of Funds machinery actually works: it does not write you a cheque directly, it... SIDBI Tool · 8 min read · Starting Up SIDBI Fund of Funds and technology development schemes overview Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) In 2 answers
The hubs
Starting Up
Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers.
GTM
Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it.
D2C
Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first.
Wealth
Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth.
How Founders Use AI
How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit.
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