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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. A designer's real workflow for prototyping with AI, summarized with the episode link. linkedin.com Thread · How Founders Use AI How I AI episode 4: Joel Unger on AI for design and prototyping Claire Vo
  2. A practical argument for validating with AI prototypes before any hire, design or engineering. pre.dev Article · How Founders Use AI To prototype with AI, founders don't need developers or tech skills pre.dev
  3. Founder-specific starting point with real stories of non-technical founders shipping first drafts themselves. lovable.dev Tool · How Founders Use AI Lovable for founders Lovable
  4. Video · How Founders Use AI v0 Tutorial from the CPO: AI prototype like a pro Vercel
  5. Video · How Founders Use AI Vercel's VP of Product on how to use v0 to build your own ideas Lee Robinson (Vercel)
  6. The fastest structured on-ramp if you have never touched an AI builder. codecademy.com Guide · How Founders Use AI v0 by Vercel: build an app in 10 minutes Codecademy
  7. A full demo project you can copy, including deploy and share steps. datacamp.com Guide · How Founders Use AI v0 by Vercel: a guide with demo project DataCamp
  8. Focuses specifically on the prototype-in-hours use case rather than production code. codelevate.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Rapid prototyping with v0: a step-by-step guide Codelevate
  9. Figma's own explanation of prompt-to-prototype, straight from the source. figma.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing Figma Make: a new way to test, edit, and prompt designs Figma
  10. Hands-on Figma Make walkthrough including wireframe, prompt, and export. codecademy.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Figma Make tutorial: build interactive apps with AI Codecademy
  11. Video · How Founders Use AI Figma Make tutorial (no-code AI prototyping) YouTube educator
  12. The literal answer to this question: idea to working app in under sixty minutes, on camera. lovable.dev Video · How Founders Use AI How I built an app with Lovable in under 1 hour (2025 tutorial) Lovable (video library)
  13. Video · How Founders Use AI Build and deploy a full-stack app using Lovable (everything you need) YouTube educator
  14. The official feature-by-feature tour in thread form, easy to reference mid-build. x.com Thread · How Founders Use AI Complete step-by-step Lovable tutorial by the Lovable team Lovable
  15. A curated shelf of task-specific build videos, from dashboards to landing pages. lovable.dev Guide · How Founders Use AI Lovable video library: AI app building tutorials and guides Lovable
  16. Video · How Founders Use AI Everything you need to build an app in Bolt.new in 10 minutes Bolt
  17. Video · How Founders Use AI The ultimate guide to Bolt.new: build apps with AI step by step YouTube educator
  18. Video · How Founders Use AI Build a Bolt app from scratch: live walkthrough Bolt
  19. Official tips that noticeably raise output quality, like cleaning frames before you prompt. figma.com Guide · How Founders Use AI 8 essential tips for using Figma Make Figma
  20. A surgical playbook for the only section most visitors ever see. demandcurve.com Guide · How Founders Use AI How to write your landing page (above the fold) Demand Curve
  21. The most copied landing page checklist on the internet, in one scrollable post. linkedin.com Thread · How Founders Use AI My step-by-step guide to landing pages that convert Harry Dry (Marketing Examples)
  22. Trains the judgment you need to edit AI copy: visual, falsifiable, unique. open.spotify.com Podcast · How Founders Use AI Learn great copywriting in 76 minutes (Harry Dry) How I Write (David Perell)
  23. Concrete ways AI personalizes onboarding, from a team that builds onboarding software. chameleon.io Article · How Founders Use AI AI in user onboarding: the complete guide for B2B SaaS Chameleon
  24. The activation fundamentals your AI-generated flow has to serve, from someone who lifted Airtable's by 20 percent. lennysnewsletter.com Podcast · How Founders Use AI Mastering onboarding (Lauryn Isford, Head of Growth at Airtable) Lenny's Podcast

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The hubs

Starting Up Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers. 1327 questions GTM Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it. 379 questions D2C Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first. 512 questions Wealth Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth. 165 questions How Founders Use AI How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic. 360 questions Glossary Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit. 425 terms