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.
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Video · Starting Up
Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want
Anu Hariharan
- This is the honest counter-argument most growth advice skips: when you have low traffic, formal A/B tests usually cannot reach... Entrepreneur Essay · Starting Up The Case Against A/B Testing at Early-Stage Startups Andrew Cohen
- When a lot of your funnel lives on WhatsApp, in-store, or over a phone call, the clean website conversion metrics stop telling... Ginesys Article · ~12 min read · Starting Up How Indian D2C Brands are Getting Customers to Return to their Site Ginesys
- The core problem with a WhatsApp first or offline heavy product is attribution: you genuinely do not know which channel a sale... Google Analytics (GA Dev Tools) Tool · 5 minutes to build your first link · Starting Up Campaign URL Builder (Google Analytics) Google
- A ready spreadsheet so you can plug in your own margins and spend instead of rebuilding the formulas yourself. It maps CAC,... Growth with Gary Template · Starting Up CAC LTV Ratio Heatmap Template Gary Yau Chan
- Most founders call a paid campaign a winner or loser off a handful of clicks, and this piece walks through exactly why that... GuessTheTest Article · Starting Up Calculating Sample Size in A/B Testing: Everything You Need to Know Deborah O'Malley
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Video · Starting Up
Facebook Ads Learning Phase Explained
Hernan Vazquez
- When one ad beats another, this free calculator tells you whether the gap is real or just luck. You plug in visitors and... VWO Tool · Starting Up A/B Test Statistical Significance Calculator VWO
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Video · Roughly 15 minutes · Starting Up
Facebook vs Google Ads: Which is Best?
Ben Heath
- This is written from the point of view of the person who clicked your ad and then left, which is exactly the founder standing... Unbounce Essay · About a 10 minute read · Starting Up I Wanted to Convert on Your Landing Page, But I Couldn't. Here's Why. Amy Middleton Hebdon
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Video · About 10 minutes · Starting Up
The REAL Reason Your Facebook Ads Are Not Converting (And How To Fix It)
Adam Erhart
- This is the cleaner half of the answer you actually asked: when a creative wears out and how often to swap it. Motion analyzes... Motion Article · 10 min read · Starting Up Ad Fatigue: What It Is and How to Avoid It Motion
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Video · ~15 min · Starting Up
5 Ad Angles To Test With Facebook Ads
Nick Theriot
- Testing several angles only works if you can actually produce several creatives, and Canva lets a solo founder do that without... Canva Tool · Free tier available · Starting Up Canva Ad Maker (free ad and social templates) Canva
- This is the piece that names the exact trap you are in: your ad platforms each claim credit for the same sales, so the numbers... Occam's Razor Essay · About a 15 minute read · Starting Up Marketing Analytics: Attribution Is Not Incrementality Avinash Kaushik
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Video · Podcast style conversation, roughly 30 to 45 minutes · Starting Up
Measuring Top of Funnel and Incrementality Testing with Zach Epstein from Haus
Haus (Zach Epstein)
- This is the clearest honest take on the exact question: does capturing the lead inside the ad beat sending someone to your... Trio Media Article · ~8 min read · Starting Up Meta Ads Strategy: Lead Forms vs Website Conversions Claire Daniels
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Video · ~10 min · Starting Up
Instant Form Ads Vs Landing Pages... Which Is Better?
Konstantin
- This is Meta's own documentation for the click-to-WhatsApp ad, the exact entry point a lot of Indian founders lean on because... Meta for Developers Tool · Reference doc · Starting Up Ads that Click to WhatsApp: Marketing API Documentation Meta
- This is the cleanest answer to the exact question of how to divide cold and warm budgets when you are just starting. It gives... Demand Curve Article · ~10 min read · Starting Up Prospecting and Retargeting Campaigns Demand Curve
- Before you obsess over the exact split, it helps to see why prospecting and retargeting exist at all and where each one sits in... Demand Curve Essay · ~8 min read · Starting Up Why social ads break the traditional funnel (Growth Newsletter #303) Demand Curve
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Video · About 40 to 50 minutes · Starting Up
Facebook Ads FULL Tutorial & Course for Beginners
Ben Heath
- This is the practical, step-by-step way to actually get tracking live before you spend a rupee: deploying the Meta Pixel and... Analytics Mania Tool · About 30 to 40 minutes to work through · Starting Up How to Install Meta Pixel with Google Tag Manager Julius Fedorovicius
- This is the rare piece that actually answers the question you asked, is the creator deal really cheaper, instead of quoting a... Sagum Article · about 12 minute read · Starting Up Influencer Marketing vs Digital Ads: The Real Cost Analysis Sagum
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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