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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. Video · Starting Up Nine Business Models and the Metrics Investors Want Anu Hariharan
  2. 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
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. Video · Starting Up Facebook Ads Learning Phase Explained Hernan Vazquez
  8. 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
  9. Video · Roughly 15 minutes · Starting Up Facebook vs Google Ads: Which is Best? Ben Heath
  10. 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
  11. Video · About 10 minutes · Starting Up The REAL Reason Your Facebook Ads Are Not Converting (And How To Fix It) Adam Erhart
  12. 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
  13. Video · ~15 min · Starting Up 5 Ad Angles To Test With Facebook Ads Nick Theriot
  14. 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
  15. 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
  16. 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)
  17. 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
  18. Video · ~10 min · Starting Up Instant Form Ads Vs Landing Pages... Which Is Better? Konstantin
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. Video · About 40 to 50 minutes · Starting Up Facebook Ads FULL Tutorial & Course for Beginners Ben Heath
  23. 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
  24. 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

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