Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

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

1. This is the lean counterweight to GitLab: a real, Creative-Commons handbook you can fork today, written as short human sections... GitHub (basecamp/handbook) Template · 30 min read · Starting Up The 37signals (Basecamp) Employee Handbook 37signals
2. Your answer says 'write the decision, the reasoning, and who owns it in one place', and this is the copy-paste template for... GitHub Template · 30 min read · Starting Up Decision Record: how to initiate and complete decisions for teams Joel Parker Henderson
3. Jerry Colonna was a top-tier VC before he became the coach founders call when the company is doing fine but they are not.... Reboot.io Tool · Site plus podcast archive · Starting Up Reboot: CEO Coaching and the Emotional Side of Leadership (Jerry Colonna) Jerry Colonna
4. This is the room the answer tells you to find. SheThePeople has run a women-founder community for over a decade (70,000+ women... SheThePeople Tool · Recurring community + annual summit · Starting Up She Leads India: SheThePeople's Women Founder Community and Summit Shaili Chopra, SheThePeople
5. When the answer says 'call someone in India tonight,' this is the number to call. Vandrevala runs a genuinely free, private,... Vandrevala Foundation Tool · Helpline: call or WhatsApp +91 9999 666 555 · Starting Up Free 24x7 Mental Health Counselling Vandrevala Foundation
6. When the advice is 'find two or three founders who have shut down and talk to them,' this is where you actually find them. It... founderpledge.com Tool · Directory, 80+ resources · Starting Up Founder Mental Health Pledge: Resources Directory Founder Mental Health Pledge
7. This is the actual portal you apply through, not a blog paraphrase, so the tiers here are current: up to $5,000 for self-funded... AWS Tool · 10 min read · Starting Up AWS Activate: Credits for Startups (official program page) Amazon Web Services
8. The official docs page (updated May 2026) spells out the one fact that matters most for an Anywhere Founder with no VC on the... Microsoft Learn Tool · 8 min read · Starting Up What is Microsoft for Startups? (Founders Hub official overview) Microsoft
9. This is NABARD's own page for its INR 750 Cr blended-capital fund built specifically for agriculture and rural enterprise, with... NABARD Tool · 10 min read · Starting Up AgriSURE: Agri Fund for Start-Ups and Rural Enterprises NABARD / NABVENTURES Ltd.
10. This is the official portal for grant-in-aid up to INR 25 lakh (seed) and INR 5 lakh (idea stage) routed through a network of... Government of India Tool · 15 min read · Starting Up RKVY-RAFTAAR Innovation and Agri-Entrepreneurship Programme Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
11. The scheme's own about page: under SISFS the government routed money through DPIIT-recognised incubators as a grant of up to 20... Startup India (Seed Fund portal) Tool · portal · Starting Up About the Startup India Seed Fund Scheme (SISFS) DPIIT, Government of India
12. This is the government's own live map of 73 BIRAC-backed bioincubators, the exact specialized programs a biotech, healthtech,... BIRAC (Government of India) Tool · browse · Starting Up BIRAC BioNEST: Directory of India's Bioincubators Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC)
13. Once you know you want a specialized program, this is where you filter for it: a live India directory of accelerators and... Startup Grants India Tool · browse · Starting Up Startup Grants India: Accelerator and Incubator Directory by Sector Startup Grants India
14. This is the technical compliance matrix craft laid out concretely: read the tender line by line, flag every 'shall/must/will'... Responsive Template · 15 min read · Starting Up Proposal Compliance Matrix Guide: Tips, Template & Examples Responsive (formerly RFPIO)
15. This is the live portal for the single best state-startup buying channel in India, and it is proof of the state-first thesis: a... Kerala Startup Mission Tool · 20 min explore · Starting Up Government as a Marketplace, Kerala Startup Mission Kerala Startup Mission (KSUM)
16. This is the free base layer for central tenders, not a blog about it. Every central ministry, department, and CPSE tender worth... Central Public Procurement Portal, Government of India Tool · portal, set up in one sitting · Starting Up Central Public Procurement Portal (eprocure.gov.in): search, save, and track central tenders National Informatics Centre
17. Your answer says to give the deal a mutual close plan with dates and named owners, and this is the concrete artifact for it: a... Dock Template · 12 min read · Starting Up Mutual Action Plans 101: Tips, Tools, and Templates (with free template) Dock
18. This is the rare guide that hands you the exact copy you need, not just theory: a 'quote kit' email with the subject line... Do What Matter Template · 15 min read · Starting Up B2B Case Study Template: Proof That Sells (with a quote kit and permission email) Do What Matter editorial team
19. A second, lighter India-specific template if the DPDPA.com one feels heavy for a v1. It is a ready-to-adapt privacy policy... Arohana Legal Template · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Privacy Policy: Elements and Template Arohana Legal
20. This is the actual filing portal, not a summary of it. India joined the Madrid System in 2013, so from your existing Indian... WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization) Tool · 20 min read · Starting Up The Madrid System for the International Registration of Marks WIPO
21. Real, downloadable license agreements from one of the most active tech-transfer offices in the world, including both an... Harvard OTD Template · reference · Starting Up Sample Licensing Agreements (Exclusive and Non-Exclusive) Harvard Office of Technology Development
22. India-founded (Bengaluru) and thick with Indian operators who solved your exact problem recently: growth leads, founder-led... Topmate Tool · tool · Starting Up Topmate: book 1:1 time with operators and functional experts Ankit Agarwal and Dinesh Singh
23. Where FAST is the one-pager, this spells out the exit mechanics in plain clause language you can lift: either party terminates... Promise Legal Template · copy-paste template + notes · Starting Up Startup Advisor Agreement Template (FAST-Style, 2025) Promise Legal
24. The clearest example of a globally networked program you can join from India without moving: a 6-month residency in Bengaluru... South Park Commons Tool · 6 min read · Starting Up South Park Commons India South Park Commons

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