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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. IndiaMART's help page (updated 29 March 2026) showing how many buyer enquiries each plan includes: 10 BuyLeads a week plus 1... indiamart.com Article · GTM How are BuyLeads allocated under different plans? IndiaMART In 3 answers
  2. Zoho's own helpdesk pricing, in rupees from India: free forever for 3 agents; Express Rs 420, Standard Rs 800 and Professional... zoho.com Tool · GTM Zoho Desk pricing Zoho In 3 answers
  3. A practical walk through a discovery call: preparation, the questions to ask, and how to end with a booked next step. close.com Article · GTM 18 Steps to a Successful Discovery Call Close In 3 answers
  4. The India-specific detail on how PPF and NPS work: lock ins, returns, and the tax treatment, so you know what you are... ClearTax Article · Wealth PPF and NPS explained ClearTax In 3 answers
  5. The India detail on NPS: the equity option, the tax benefits, and the withdrawal lock ins, so you know exactly what you are... ClearTax Article · Wealth NPS, the National Pension System explained ClearTax In 3 answers
  6. What a health policy actually covers and how to read one, so a founder can hold cover independent of the company rather than... ClearTax Article · Wealth Health insurance in India, explained ClearTax In 3 answers
  7. The full menu of section 80C tax-saving options (PPF, ELSS, insurance, and more) under the old regime, the rule for returns up... ClearTax Article · Wealth Section 80C deductions ClearTax In 3 answers
  8. The Finance Ministry's own questions and answers on the GST exemption for individual life and health insurance from 22... Ministry of Finance Guide · Wealth Exemption of GST on individual life and health insurance policies Department of Financial Services In 3 answers
  9. A plain explainer of how the labour codes' definition of wages changes a salary's structure, take-home pay, PF and tax. Business Today Article · Wealth Labour codes 2025: how the 50% wage rule resets salaries, tax and retirement savings Basudha Das In 3 answers
  10. What a resident has to report about foreign shares, accounts and income in Schedule FA, and what happens if they do not. ClearTax Article · Wealth Disclosure of foreign assets in your income tax return ClearTax In 3 answers
  11. Video · How Founders Use AI Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups | Lex Fridman #440 Lex Fridman In 3 answers
  12. Plan mode, context hygiene, and step-sizing from the tool's makers. code.claude.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Best practices for Claude Code Anthropic In 3 answers
  13. Video · How Founders Use AI How To Build A Company With AI From The Ground Up Y Combinator (Diana Hu) In 3 answers
  14. Video · How Founders Use AI I Ranked Every AI App Builder for 2026: Lovable vs Bolt vs Replit vs Cursor Build Great Products In 3 answers
  15. The official guide to training an agent with rules and data access across your apps. zapier.com Guide · How Founders Use AI Zapier Agents: Combine AI agents with automation Zapier In 3 answers
  16. Analyst-grade research reports on demand, the delegation most founders start with. openai.com Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing deep research OpenAI In 3 answers
  17. The single most important security idea for anyone deploying agents. simonwillison.net Article · How Founders Use AI The lethal trifecta for AI agents Simon Willison In 3 answers
  18. The episode that defined the category thesis; 300 potential billion-dollar companies. ycombinator.com Video · How Founders Use AI Vertical AI Agents Could Be 10X Bigger Than SaaS Y Combinator Lightcone (Garry Tan, Jared Friedman, Harj Taggar, Diana Hu) In 3 answers
  19. Market sizing: services are 10x the software market, and agents tap them. bvp.com Article · How Founders Use AI The State of AI 2025 Bessemer Venture Partners In 3 answers
  20. Real price points: $2/conversation, $0.99/resolution, per-task AI SDRs. substack.com Thread · How Founders Use AI The most disruptive AI pricing models so far Kyle Poyar In 3 answers
  21. A candid founder-to-founder chat on making outcome pricing actually work. cheekypint.substack.com Podcast · How Founders Use AI Bret Taylor on AI agents, outcome-based pricing, and the OpenAI board Cheeky Pint (Stripe) In 3 answers
  22. Video · How Founders Use AI Lovable AI tutorial for beginners: build your first app YouTube educator In 3 answers
  23. The free-tier option: near report quality in under 3 minutes, ideal for bootstrapped founders. perplexity.ai Article · How Founders Use AI Introducing Perplexity Deep Research Perplexity In 3 answers
  24. A founder-level walkthrough from question to structured, cited market report. validatemysaas.com Guide · How Founders Use AI How to Use ChatGPT's Deep Research for Market Research Validate My SaaS In 3 answers

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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
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