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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. This is the concrete forecasting method behind the opinionated answer: it walks through pipeline count times win rate times... Weflow Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Bottom-Up Sales Forecasting: Formula, Examples, and Process Weflow
  2. Written by Indian SaaS founders for Indian founders, this chapter covers the specific reality you face selling enterprise from... SaaSBoomi Book · book chapter · Starting Up The India Advantage, Chapter 5: Sales and Marketing Manav Garg and SaaSBoomi
  3. 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
  4. Built on real pricing from 15,000+ contracts, this is the rare piece that shows the actual mechanics behind our advice: term... Mostly Metrics Article · 12 min read · Starting Up Your Guide to Negotiating Multi-Year Deals CJ Gustafson
  5. This is a practical playbook for the exact moment procurement asks you to drop price, and its spine is our rule: trade, never... Success Knocks Article · 14 min read · Starting Up Handling Discount Requests from Procurement Teams: Strategies That Protect Your Margins Without Killing the Deal Success Knocks Editorial
  6. When the big customer's wishlist lands on your desk, this gives you a hard gate instead of a gut call: build the custom feature... SaaStr Article · 6 min read · Starting Up One Simple Rule on When to Build a Custom Feature Jason Lemkin
  7. This is the most operational match to the answer: it says the renewal decision is made in the first 90 days, then hands you the... Dock Article · 20 min read · Starting Up Enterprise Customer Onboarding: A guide for scale-ups Dock
  8. Written for exactly your situation: no CS hire, the founder is customer success. It rejects expensive tooling and builds the... Customer Success Collective Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Building customer success from scratch: A framework for B2B SaaS Customer Success Collective
  9. This is the piece that lets you set support expectations in writing before a timezone gap gets read as neglect. It breaks an... EnterpriseReady.io Article · 18 min read · Starting Up SLA and Support: The Enterprise Ready SaaS Feature Guide EnterpriseReady (Replicated)
  10. This is the sharpest answer to the exact timing question: it names the two ways founders blow it (exiting too early and... SaaStr Article · 12 min read · Starting Up The Founders Guide to Transitioning From Founder-Led Sales: Why Most Get It Wrong and How to Get It Right Jason Lemkin
  11. This is the build-the-playbook manual to pair with the timing decision. It forces the abstract 'write it down' advice into... The GTM Newsletter Article · 18 min read · Starting Up The Founder-Led Sales Playbook: From First Deals to a Repeatable Motion The GTM Newsletter (GTMfund)
  12. This is the single piece that walks the exact leverage ladder our answer describes, in order: cease-and-desist notice first,... SCC Times Article · 12 min read · Starting Up How to Enforce Your Trade Mark Rights: Cease and Desist, Litigation and More SCC Online (SCC Times editorial)
  13. This is the practical takedown playbook: enroll in Amazon Brand Registry (you need your registered trademark, though India also... Lex Protector Article · 10 min read · Starting Up How to Handle Trademark Infringement on Amazon and Social Media Lex Protector (IP law firm)
  14. This nails why registering matters before trouble starts: infringement needs only a valid registration and works as prima facie... Bar & Bench Article · 8 min read · Starting Up Trademark infringement vs. Passing off: What is the difference and why it matters Divyang Chandan
  15. DSCI is India's industry body on data security (a NASSCOM initiative), so this is about as close to a canonical plain-language... Data Security Council of India Article · 10 min read · Starting Up The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023: DSCI Summary Data Security Council of India (DSCI)
  16. This is the founder-facing counterpart to the DSCI summary: instead of restating the law, it turns it into an 8-step... Corrida Legal Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Compliance under the DPDP Act for startups collecting customer data Corrida Legal
  17. 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
  18. Supplements and wellness founders get burned by the same trap: assuming a product sits under FSSAI when a dosage or a claim... PharmaNow Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Nutraceuticals in India: FSSAI vs CDSCO, Complete Regulatory Guide PharmaNow editorial team
  19. 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
  20. The India-specific mechanics WIPO glosses over: you file Form MM2 through India's Trade Marks Registry, your international mark... Intepat Article · 14 min read · Starting Up Madrid Protocol India: International Trademark Guide (2026) Intepat IP Services
  21. This nails the exact cost trade-off in your answer: file the PCT within 12 months of your first Indian patent filing, then you... S.S. Rana & Co. Article · 12 min read · Starting Up PCT National Phase Application in India S.S. Rana & Co.
  22. This is the India-context checklist you negotiate from: it lays out exclusive vs sole vs non-exclusive, how royalty and... iPleaders Article · 20 min read · Starting Up IP Licensing Agreements (with a sample agreement template) iPleaders (Blog)
  23. A clean, plain-language breakdown of the ten terms that make up any license deal, so you can read the scope, exclusivity,... McInnes Cooper Article · 12 min read · Starting Up 10 Key Intellectual Property (IP) Licensing Agreement Terms Michael J. Melvin and Patrick Kerr
  24. 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

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