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.
- Product analytics with experiments, feature flags and session replay in one tool, with a free allowance that renews every month... posthog.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up PostHog pricing PostHog In 3 answers
- A simple email marketing tool with automations and landing pages. Free for up to 250 subscribers and 2,500 emails a month; paid... mailerlite.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up MailerLite pricing MailerLite In 3 answers
- Zoho's mail and office suite from an Indian company. The Forever Free plan hosts email on one domain for up to 5 users;... zoho.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Zoho Workplace pricing (India) Zoho In 3 answers
- A November 2025 guide with a free template, by a writer of hundreds of releases, covering headline, dateline, lead, quotes,... blog.hubspot.com Template · Guide and template · Starting Up How to write a press release (template and examples) HubSpot In 3 answers
- Riverside's plan page. Riverside records remote interviews in up to 4K video and audio from a browser, and has a free plan to... riverside.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Riverside pricing Riverside In 3 answers
- Zoho's invoicing app, which its own pricing page lists at ₹0 for Indian businesses, forever. It makes GST-compliant invoices,... zoho.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Zoho Invoice pricing: free for Indian businesses Zoho In 3 answers
- Where a registered employer logs in to file the monthly ECR, pay PF contributions and manage employees' UANs. epfindia.gov.in Tool · Government portal · Starting Up EPFO Employer Portal (Unified Portal) EPFO In 3 answers
- The WhatsApp Business app gives a business a profile with its details in one place, a way to show products and services, and... whatsappbusiness.com Tool · Product page · Starting Up WhatsApp Business app Meta In 3 answers
- The site of the trust set up by the MSME Ministry and SIDBI that guarantees collateral-free and third-party-guarantee-free... cgtmse.in Tool · Website · Starting Up CGTMSE: collateral-free credit for MSEs CGTMSE In 3 answers
- Varsity's line-by-line reading of an Indian company's profit and loss statement: revenue, other income, expenses and how they... zerodha.com Course · 20 min read · Starting Up Understanding the P&L Statement (Part 1) Karthik Rangappa, Zerodha Varsity In 3 answers
- The directory of TiE (The Indus Entrepreneurs) chapters, the founder and investor network with chapters across Indian cities... tie.org Tool · Chapter directory · Starting Up TiE chapters TiE Global In 3 answers
- Buffer's plan page: a Free plan connecting up to 3 channels with 10 scheduled posts per channel, Essentials at $5 a month per... buffer.com Tool · Starting Up Buffer pricing Buffer In 3 answers
- Ahrefs' plan page: Ahrefs Free, Starter at $29 a month, Lite at $129, Standard at $249 and Advanced at $449, with AI-search... ahrefs.com Tool · Starting Up Ahrefs pricing Ahrefs In 3 answers
- Semrush's plan page: a Free account with 10 reports a day, and the SEO plan at $139 a month ($117.33 billed yearly) for 5... semrush.com Tool · Starting Up Semrush pricing Semrush (an Adobe company) In 3 answers
- Tally's own pricing page. The free plan gives unlimited forms and submissions within fair use, with conditional logic,... tally.so Tool · Starting Up Tally pricing Tally In 3 answers
- Google's page for Forms: surveys and quizzes with logic that shows questions based on earlier answers, automatic charts of... workspace.google.com Tool · Starting Up Google Forms Google In 3 answers
- Freshdesk's plans. Growth is $19 per agent a month billed yearly and includes the Freddy AI Agent with the first 500 sessions;... freshworks.com Tool · Starting Up Freshdesk pricing Freshworks In 3 answers
- Keka is a full Indian HRMS with payroll, attendance, performance and hiring, popular with growing startups. Its page lists... keka.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Keka pricing Keka In 3 answers
- Clockify tracks hours by client and project, the record a consultant bills from. The free plan covers time tracking, timesheets... clockify.me Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Clockify pricing CAKE.com In 3 answers
- Zoho's rupee price list for its cloud inventory app. A free plan covers 50 orders a month for one user and one location;... zoho.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Zoho Inventory pricing (India) Zoho In 3 answers
- The maker's own price list for n8n Cloud, billed per workflow run with unlimited steps: Starter at 20 a month billed yearly... n8n.io Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up n8n pricing n8n In 3 answers
- Affinity, the professional design, photo-editing and page-layout app now owned by Canva, is free for individuals. It is the... affinity.studio Tool · Product page · Starting Up Affinity Affinity (Canva) In 3 answers
- The easiest on-ramp into proper bookkeeping for a founder with zero accounting background, free under Rs 25 lakh turnover and... Zoho Books Tool · D2C Zoho Books, Online Accounting Software for India Zoho In 3 answers
- Turns the BCD/SWS/IGST formula into a usable tool, HS-code-based, current-rate landed-cost estimate before you commit to an order. dutydecoder.com Tool · D2C India Import Duty Calculator DutyDecoder In 3 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.
eChai Partner Brands
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