Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

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

1. The side-by-side an Indian founder actually needs: a compliance matrix and a 5-year cost table for both entities, written from... IncorpX Article · 18 min read · Starting Up US LLC vs India Pvt Ltd for Indian Founders: Tax and Compliance Comparison IncorpX
2. This is the single checklist that tells a first-time founder every recurring ROC and MCA filing a Pvt Ltd owes each year and in... ClearTax Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Annual Compliance Checklist for Startups ClearTax
3. Founders conflate two very different things: non-competes while employed (usually enforceable) versus after you quit (usually... Anirudh Associates Article · 10 min read · Starting Up Section 27 and Post-Termination Non-Compete Clauses: How Far Can Employers Go? Anirudh Associates
4. This is the canonical explainer on the exact mechanism that closes your ownership gap: founders assign pre-incorporation IP to... Stripe Atlas Article · 20 min read · Starting Up Equity for Founders Stripe Atlas
5. This is the one checklist that names the exact triggers, not just the list of registrations. It spells out EPF at 20+... MPVD & Associates (Chartered Accountants) Article · 12 min read · Starting Up Compliance Checklist After Company Registration in India MPVD & Associates
6. For the US side of a two-entity setup, this is the canonical founder-facing reference on the EIN (your federal tax ID), federal... Stripe Article · 20 min read · Starting Up Business taxes: A Stripe Atlas Guide Stripe Atlas
7. This is the India-specific FEMA reality check almost every cross-border founder gets wrong. It is written by a practicing CA... CA Abhinav Gulechha Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Indian Resident Individual Planning to Incorporate in US? Ensure Compliance with Indian FEMA Law Abhinav Gulechha
8. For a contractor in another country, the two things that bite you are IP ownership and misclassification, and this free... Deel Template · template · Starting Up Independent Contractor Agreement Template (with country-specific IP guidance) Deel
9. Written by the talent team at a VC that hires for its portfolio full-time, so it is a recruiter's actual playbook, not generic... SignalFire Template · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Job Description Template Crystal Guerrero (Director of Talent Operations)
10. This is real India data, not a US survey with an Indian byline: 46 percent of Indeed India postings disclosed salary in 2023,... Indeed India (Hiring Insights) Article · 10 min read · Starting Up The Importance of Pay Transparency in India Indeed Editorial Team
11. Elaine Wherry posted a fake engineer profile, got hit by 382 recruiters, and dissected every message, so this is a real... First Round Review Article · 20 min read · Starting Up The Inside Story of How 382 Recruiters Pursued an Imaginary Engineer First Round Review
12. Bartel built Gem (a recruiting tool) after running recruiting at Dropbox, so this is a founder-to-founder playbook for sourcing... First Round Review Podcast · 45 min · Starting Up The founder's guide to making your first few hires: Steven Bartel on recruiting at Gem and Dropbox First Round Review
13. This is the single best playbook for the exact call you are dreading: the candidate has a bigger offer and you have to close... First Round Review Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Make Stronger Offers to Engineering Candidates and Boost Your Closes Adil Ajmal (CTO, LendingHome), via First Round Review
14. This is the mechanics-and-speed piece: it makes the case that your unfair advantage against a big company is turnaround time,... Gem Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Hiring 101: A Founder's Guide, Part 19, Selling and Closing Gem (recruiting team, drawing on Y Combinator talks)
15. This is the operational manual, not a theory piece: it lists the exact paper trail Indian courts look for (appointment letter,... Corrida Legal Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Probation and Confirmation Policy for Indian Companies: A Practical Drafting Guide for Employers Corrida Legal
16. This turns your 'written, specific milestones on day one' into an actual document you can hand a new hire, with a phased... Asana Template · 15 min read · Starting Up How to write a 30-60-90 day plan (with template and examples) Asana
17. A plain-language read on the legal footing itself: it explains that a probationer has no lien on the job, so termination during... IndiaFilings Article · 10 min read · Starting Up Understanding Probation Period in Employment Services IndiaFilings
18. This is the single doc your first hire should walk into. It is built for a founder without an HR team, splits the first three... FirstHR Template · downloadable DOCX, 15 min to adapt · Starting Up Free 30-60-90 Day Plan Template for Small Business FirstHR
19. Section 8 (Flubbing the onboarding process) names the exact failure mode in the question: founders assume a strong hire is a... a16z Article · 18 min read · Starting Up 10 hiring mistakes early stage founders make (and how to avoid them) a16z crypto talent team
20. Written for the Indian startup reality where most onboarding stops after day one and the hire quietly checks out in weeks two... Springworks Article · 14 min read · Starting Up Employee Onboarding Best Practices: What Actually Works for Growing Indian Startups Springworks
21. A serial founder makes the exact call you should make for your first seats: hire generalists until product-market fit, because... Mean CEO (STARTUP POV) Essay · 14 min read · Starting Up Generalists vs. Specialists: Which Should You Hire First in Your Startup? Violetta Bonenkamp
22. A ready-to-use question bank grouped by the traits that separate a generalist first hire from a specialist: adaptability,... DigitalOcean Article · 15 min read · Starting Up 40 Startup Interview Questions to Ask Potential Hires DigitalOcean
23. Lemkin gives you the exact sequencing this question needs: close 10 to 20 customers yourself first, then hire two reps (not... SaaStr Article · 6 min read · Starting Up Dear SaaStr: When Should a Startup Hire its First Sales Person, and What Should Their Profile Look Like? Jason Lemkin
24. Your early rep has to hunt cold, not coast on warm inbound, and this piece hands you the concrete tells: the true hunter chases... Peak Sales Recruiting Article · 9 min read · Starting Up Hunter vs. Farmer in Sales: Empowering Your Team for Long-Term Success Peak Sales Recruiting

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