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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.
- Rampell lays out how a company can sell into a business while quietly building direct loyalty with the end consumer inside it,... Andreessen Horowitz Essay · 10 min read · Starting Up On B2B2C Business Models Alex Rampell
- Poyar's framing that you need a rough early customer profile before you can earn a real ICP is a useful corrective for founders... Growth Unhinged Article · Starting Up How to build your GTM strategy from scratch Kyle Poyar
- A practical look at how Intercom itself built customer segments across a growing team, useful because it shows the operational... Intercom Article · Starting Up Who's who: Understanding your business with customer segmentation Intercom
- A shorter, text companion to the podcast above, useful if you want to skim the key lessons on customer focus and enterprise GTM... YourStory Article · Starting Up Whatfix CEO Khadim Batti shares lessons on building a global enterprise SaaS business YourStory
- Goes past line-item definitions into what to actually look for, margin trends, expense creep, seasonality, the analysis layer... Entreprenista Article · D2C How to Actually Read Your P&L (And What to Look For) Entreprenista
- Surveys options specifically for ecommerce sellers (marketplace integrations, multi-channel order sync) rather than generic... Vyapar TaxOne Article · D2C What Are the Top 10 Ecommerce Accounting Software in India 2025 Vyapar
- A practical comparison of when UGC beats studio content and when AI-generated UGC-style ads are a legitimate substitute if you... AdGPT Article · D2C AI UGC Video Ads: Complete Guide to UGC Ads for Ecommerce AdGPT
- A hands-on scriptwriting guide for the exact Hook-Problem-Solution-Proof-CTA structure, useful the first time you're briefing a... Motion Article · D2C How to Write UGC Scripts for Ads That Convert in 2025 Motion
- An honest look at what actually makes creator content scale versus stall out after a few videos, useful before you commit... Neogen Media Article · D2C UGC Agency in India: How Creator Content Really Scales Neogen Media
- Real founders naming the specific tools and prompts they actually use daily, not a vendor listicle, the best gut-check against... Shopify Article · D2C How 12 Founders Are Using AI To Get Ahead (In Their Own Words) Shopify
- Explains the newest AI-ops shift that actually matters, ChatGPT now auto-generates shopping ads straight from your product... Passionfruit Article · D2C ChatGPT Product Feed Ads: 2026 Retailer Guide Passionfruit
- A weekly cadence keeps you aware of new AI tools without having to hunt for them yourself, better use of your time than... Beehiiv Newsletter · D2C AI for Ecommerce and Amazon Sellers Beehiiv
- Leans practical and implementable over hype, each issue is built to give you something you can apply to ads, listings, or ops... PPC Ninja Newsletter · D2C The AI for E-Commerce Newsletter PPC Ninja
- The official program page, read this before you apply, to see the actual eligibility, mentorship and benefits on offer rather... sell.amazon.in Article · D2C Propel Global Business Accelerator Amazon India
- Seeing which brands and categories actually got selected, and why, is a better gut-check for 'is my brand Propel-ready' than... aboutamazon.in Article · D2C Meet the 16 Startups Taking India to the World With Amazon's Propel Accelerator Amazon India
- Amazon's own aggregated data on what Indian exporters are actually selling and where, a decent proxy for category-level demand... sell.amazon.in Article · D2C Amazon Exports Digest 2025 Amazon India
- A genuinely global (non-India-specific) view of Amazon's 20+ marketplaces and which ones sellers typically expand into next,... junglescout.com Article · D2C How to Sell on Amazon International Marketplaces Jungle Scout
- Covers the FBA-specific fulfillment options (FBA Export, remote fulfillment, Pan-European FBA) in more technical depth than... sellerlabs.com Article · D2C Amazon FBA International Expansion: How to Scale Globally in 2026 Seller Labs
- The official step-by-step for the registration flow itself, OTP verification, business-type selection, store name, useful to... sell.amazon.in Article · D2C How to Create a Seller Account to Start Your Business on Amazon.in Amazon
- GST is the single most common blocker for first-time Amazon India sellers; this is the official walk-through of getting a GSTIN... sell.amazon.in Article · D2C GST Registration Guide | How to Register for GST Amazon
- A complementary explainer to Jungle Scout's, good to read both since the two leading Amazon tool vendors emphasise slightly... Helium 10 Article · D2C What Is the Amazon Buy Box? Helium 10
- A useful stats roundup to sanity-check your own seller performance and CPC trends against the wider Amazon seller base, treat... novadata.io Article · D2C Amazon Seller Statistics: Key Data Points Nova
- A current, India-specific breakdown of trademark costs and timelines - the ₹4,500-per-class government fee and 6-18 month... Cashfree Blog Article · D2C How to Register Trademark in India (2026): Fees, Process & Timeline Cashfree
- The most directly actionable storytelling framework for a product page or About page - positions the customer as the hero and... storybrand.com Book · D2C Building a StoryBrand 2.0: Clarify Your Message So Customers Will Listen Donald Miller
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.
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