Explore · The library
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.
- Billing and auth are exactly where no-code SaaS breaks first, so we picked the primary source over any third-party template:... Bubble Manual Tool · Single guide, roughly a 20 to 30 minute read · Starting Up Subscriptions (Bubble official documentation) Bubble
- The most common way a no-code app leaks data is not a platform flaw, it is a config mistake, and this piece names the exact... lowcode.agency Article · About a 10 minute read · Starting Up Are Bubble Apps Secure? Risks and Best Practices LowCode Agency
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Video · Short tutorial video · Starting Up
User Roles | Bubble.io Tutorial
Bubble
- When your UI tool's built-in rules are not enough, or you have outgrown them, Xano is a no-code backend that gives you real... xano.com Tool · About a 12 minute read · Starting Up Securing your Xano APIs Xano
- When you are ready to hire, this walks through doing it well: when hiring beats DIY, where to find people, how to evaluate a... LowCode Agency Article · Approximately 12 minute read · Starting Up How to Hire No-Code Developers (Practical Guide for Founders) LowCode Agency
- This is the closest thing to a done-for-you starting point for exactly your situation: a marketplace or directory front end... Softr Tool · Starting Up Softr Airtable Freelance Marketplace Template Softr
- Cursor is the AI code editor most founders reach for when a no-code tool hits its ceiling and you need real, custom code. You... cursor.com Tool · Starting Up Cursor Anysphere
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Video · about 4 hours · Starting Up
Complete Guide to Cursor For Non-Coders (Vibe Coding 101)
Riley Brown
- Before you automate anything, you need one place the data actually lives, and this is where you grab a ready-made base to be... airtable.com Template · Copy-and-use base · Starting Up Airtable Templates (official gallery) Airtable
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Video · About 42 minutes · Starting Up
6 Powerful Airtable Automation Tips Using Make.com
Jono Catliff
- The fastest way to turn a time-saving automation into a liability is to build a pile of unnamed, undocumented workflows nobody... Zapier Help Article · Short read · Starting Up Best practices for sharing, collaborating on, and maintaining workflows in Zapier Zapier
- A rough wireframe answers a question words rarely settle: what the screen and the flow actually look like. Figma's free tier... Figma Tool · Starting Up Figma Wireframe Tool (free online wireframing) Figma
- A good spec is not a feature dump, it is the product broken into user-centered slices, and that framing is exactly what Jeff... O'Reilly Media Book · ~324 pages · Starting Up User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product Jeff Patton
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Video · Starting Up
How To Build Your First MVP With No-Code Tools
Christian Peverelli - WeAreNoCode
- This is the clearest walkthrough of turning a build into payment-linked milestones (prototype, then beta, then launch), where... Ptolemay Article · ~20 min read · Starting Up Software & Mobile App Development Contract for Startup Founders Olga Gubanova
- Most contract templates online are US-shaped, and this one is genuinely built for the Indian context: it covers IP assignment... Contract Shield Template · Downloadable Word template · Starting Up Software Development Agreement Template (India) Contract Shield
- A milestone contract can still leave you without your own code if IP ownership is fuzzy, and this guide is the plain-language... Clarion Technologies Article · ~10 min read · Starting Up A Practical Guide to Protect Your Source Code IP When Outsourcing Clarion Technologies
- A contract clause is your legal safeguard, but the practical one is making sure the repo lives under an account you control... GitHub Docs Tool · ~10 min read · Starting Up About organizations GitHub
- The single most useful thing this piece does is make the point most founders miss: the price of your MVP is driven by how much... Desisle Article · Starting Up How to Manage and Reduce MVP Development Costs (Save 40% Without Compromising Quality) Desisle
- Most agency cost calculators are just email-capture forms that make you wait for a salesperson, but this one actually computes... Smol Launch Tool · Starting Up Free MVP & App Development Cost Calculator Smol Launch
- This is the rare piece that answers the exact question in its title instead of hedging on the generic in-house versus outsource... Medium Essay · About a 10 minute read · Starting Up When Should Startups Stop Outsourcing and Build an In-House Team? AlterSquare
- Most agency-to-in-house transitions fail at the handover, not the hiring decision, and this is a concrete checklist written by... iRonin.IT Article · About a 12 minute read · Starting Up Project Handover Checklist: Guide for Our Clients Przemyslaw Urbaniak
- The in-house versus agency timing call is easier to make once you hear founders describe how their own team came together, and... SeedToScale Podcast · Ongoing series, episodes roughly 30 to 60 minutes · Starting Up SeedToScale, Curated by Accel Accel (hosted by Anand Daniel)
- A shared board is the concrete accountability mechanism: every task has an owner, a status, and a due window that everyone can... Linear Tool · Free up to 250 issues, paid from 10 dollars per user per month · Starting Up Linear Linear
The hubs
Starting Up
Find an idea, validate it, build, and land your first customers.
GTM
Go-to-market, from breaking in to how the best teams do it.
D2C
Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first.
Wealth
Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth.
How Founders Use AI
How founders actually put AI to work, mapped topic by topic.
Glossary
Plain-language definitions of the startup and VC terms you'll hit.