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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. Mermaid turns a few lines of text into flowcharts, sequence diagrams, ER diagrams and more. Because the diagram is text, an AI... mermaid.js.org Tool · Docs and live editor · Starting Up Mermaid Mermaid
  2. GitHub's guide to drawing Mermaid diagrams directly in READMEs, issues and pull requests. docs.github.com Article · 5 min read · Starting Up Creating diagrams on GitHub GitHub
  3. The open-source tool that draws UML diagrams (sequence, class, activity and more) from simple text descriptions, standard in... plantuml.com Tool · Docs · Starting Up PlantUML PlantUML
  4. Video · 2 min · Starting Up Build a flowchart (draw.io Beginner Academy) draw.io
  5. Pixlr's browser and phone photo editors. Plus is $1.99 a month billed yearly ($2.49 monthly) for ad-free use with 80 monthly AI... pixlr.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Pixlr pricing Pixlr
  6. Zapier's tested roundup of Canva alternatives, naming Adobe Express the best overall and Pixlr the affordable pick, with what... zapier.com Article · 15 min read · Starting Up The 7 best Canva alternatives Zapier
  7. Video · 15 min · Starting Up Adobe Express vs Canva in 2026: Which One Should You Actually Use? Phil Pallen
  8. Video · 2 min · Starting Up How is Affinity now free? Affinity
  9. Canva's free logo maker: pick a template or start blank, set your name in a font, and download. Fast and free for a first logo. canva.com Tool · Product page · Starting Up Free logo maker Canva
  10. Canva's licence for its stock content. Among the things it prohibits is using any of the content as part of a trade mark,... canva.com Article · Legal page · Starting Up Canva Content License Agreement Canva
  11. An AI logo maker you can try free with no account. You pay once, with no monthly charge, and the purchase includes full... brandmark.io Tool · Web app · Starting Up Brandmark Brandmark
  12. Video · 5 min · Starting Up How to Design a Logo, From Start to Finish Shantanu Kumar
  13. YouTube's help page on public, private and unlisted videos. Unlisted videos can be seen and shared by anyone with the link but... support.google.com Article · 5 min read · Starting Up Change video privacy settings (YouTube Help) YouTube
  14. Vimeo's plans: Creator at $9 a month billed annually with 50GB managed storage and password protection, and Core at $24.50 for... vimeo.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Vimeo pricing Vimeo
  15. Wistia's plans: Free with 25GB of storage for one user, and Business at $79 a month billed annually with branding removed,... wistia.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Wistia pricing Wistia
  16. Bunny Stream charges for use only: encoding is free, storage from $0.01 a GB and delivery from $0.005 a GB, with a free player... bunny.net Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Bunny Stream pricing bunny.net
  17. Cloudflare's docs on Stream pricing: $5 a month for each 1,000 minutes of video stored and $1 per 1,000 minutes delivered, with... developers.cloudflare.com Article · Docs · Starting Up Cloudflare Stream pricing Cloudflare
  18. VdoCipher hosts video with DRM encryption against piracy, and lists Indian ed-tech companies among its customers. Starter is... vdocipher.com Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up VdoCipher pricing VdoCipher
  19. Zapier's tested comparison of business video hosts, including Vimeo and Wistia, with what each is best for. zapier.com Article · 12 min read · Starting Up The 5 best video hosting sites for businesses Zapier
  20. Video · 13 min · Starting Up I Compared The Top 8 Video Hosting Solutions Capture
  21. Apple's free recording studio for the Mac, listed free on the App Store. It records several tracks and edits a simple podcast... apps.apple.com Tool · App Store page · Starting Up GarageBand (Mac App Store, India) Apple
  22. Adobe Podcast's free AI filter that cleans up spoken audio, removing echo and background noise from a recording made on an... podcast.adobe.com Tool · Web app · Starting Up Enhance Speech from Adobe Adobe
  23. REAPER is a full studio audio editor. A licence is $60 for individuals and for businesses with yearly gross revenue under... reaper.fm Tool · Pricing page · Starting Up Purchase a REAPER licence Cockos
  24. Video · 66 min · Starting Up How to Edit a Podcast From Start to Finish Descript

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