Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

What founders use most, ranked by how many answers lean on it.

1. This is the modeling tool to actually stack your conversions before you sign, which is the whole opinionated answer. You enter... Carta Tool · free tool · Starting Up SAFE and Convertible Note Calculator Carta
2. This is the actual term sheet most Indian angels and seed funds put in front of you, hosted on the official Startup India... Startup India (Government of India portal) Template · term sheet PDF · Starting Up LetsVenture Standard CCPS Term Sheet Template (India), Pre-emptive Rights clause LetsVenture
3. This is the source of the rule your answer is built on: build the deck from the reports you already run the company with, send... Sequoia Capital Template · 15 min read · Starting Up Preparing a Board Deck Sequoia Capital
4. A copy-and-fill template built for exactly the founder in this question: it is structured around a five-minute read (matching... Founder Institute Template · template · Starting Up The 5-Minute Investor Update Template Founder Institute
5. This is the concrete clause mechanic your answer needs. Clerky spells out that vesting normally commences on the date shares... Clerky Template · 6 min read · Starting Up What are customary stock vesting terms for startup founders? Clerky
6. This is the government's own sample SHA, published on the official Startup India (DPIIT) templates page alongside term sheets... Startup India Template · 13-page template · Starting Up Shareholder Agreement of Company (Sample SHA Template) Startup India (Invest India, DPIIT)
7. For a contractor in another country, the two things that bite you are IP ownership and misclassification, and this free... Deel Template · template · Starting Up Independent Contractor Agreement Template (with country-specific IP guidance) Deel
8. Written by the talent team at a VC that hires for its portfolio full-time, so it is a recruiter's actual playbook, not generic... SignalFire Template · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Job Description Template Crystal Guerrero (Director of Talent Operations)
9. This turns your 'written, specific milestones on day one' into an actual document you can hand a new hire, with a phased... Asana Template · 15 min read · Starting Up How to write a 30-60-90 day plan (with template and examples) Asana
10. This is the single doc your first hire should walk into. It is built for a founder without an HR team, splits the first three... FirstHR Template · downloadable DOCX, 15 min to adapt · Starting Up Free 30-60-90 Day Plan Template for Small Business FirstHR
11. This is the concrete, copy-paste artifact the other two essays lack: a real JD skeleton (summary, Who You Are, nine... vChief Template · 12 min read · Starting Up Chief of Staff Job Description, Duties & Interview Questions vChief
12. This is the lean counterweight to GitLab: a real, Creative-Commons handbook you can fork today, written as short human sections... GitHub (basecamp/handbook) Template · 30 min read · Starting Up The 37signals (Basecamp) Employee Handbook 37signals
13. Your answer says 'write the decision, the reasoning, and who owns it in one place', and this is the copy-paste template for... GitHub Template · 30 min read · Starting Up Decision Record: how to initiate and complete decisions for teams Joel Parker Henderson
14. Jerry Colonna was a top-tier VC before he became the coach founders call when the company is doing fine but they are not.... Reboot.io Tool · Site plus podcast archive · Starting Up Reboot: CEO Coaching and the Emotional Side of Leadership (Jerry Colonna) Jerry Colonna
15. This is the room the answer tells you to find. SheThePeople has run a women-founder community for over a decade (70,000+ women... SheThePeople Tool · Recurring community + annual summit · Starting Up She Leads India: SheThePeople's Women Founder Community and Summit Shaili Chopra, SheThePeople
16. When the answer says 'call someone in India tonight,' this is the number to call. Vandrevala runs a genuinely free, private,... Vandrevala Foundation Tool · Helpline: call or WhatsApp +91 9999 666 555 · Starting Up Free 24x7 Mental Health Counselling Vandrevala Foundation
17. When the advice is 'find two or three founders who have shut down and talk to them,' this is where you actually find them. It... founderpledge.com Tool · Directory, 80+ resources · Starting Up Founder Mental Health Pledge: Resources Directory Founder Mental Health Pledge
18. This is the fastest in-person on-ramp for The Anywhere Founder who has no co-founder and no ready-made peer group. Headstart is... Headstart Tool · Ongoing community, chapters in 30+ cities · Starting Up Headstart Network: India's largest grassroots founder community Headstart Network Foundation
19. This is the authoritative government listing of live Indian grand challenges and national competitions, filterable by... Startup India Tool · browse, filterable · Starting Up Startup India: Programs and Challenges (live directory) DPIIT, Government of India
20. This is a curated, actively maintained list of 448+ Indian and India-open competitions with the prize size, deadline, and stage... Startup Grants India Tool · browse, filterable · Starting Up StartupGrantsIndia: Competitions and Hackathons directory Nexora Technology
21. This is the actual portal you apply through, not a blog paraphrase, so the tiers here are current: up to $5,000 for self-funded... AWS Tool · 10 min read · Starting Up AWS Activate: Credits for Startups (official program page) Amazon Web Services
22. The official docs page (updated May 2026) spells out the one fact that matters most for an Anywhere Founder with no VC on the... Microsoft Learn Tool · 8 min read · Starting Up What is Microsoft for Startups? (Founders Hub official overview) Microsoft
23. SIDBI's own page lays out how its Fund of Funds machinery actually works: it does not write you a cheque directly, it... SIDBI Tool · 8 min read · Starting Up SIDBI Fund of Funds and technology development schemes overview Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI)
24. This is NABARD's own page for its INR 750 Cr blended-capital fund built specifically for agriculture and rural enterprise, with... NABARD Tool · 10 min read · Starting Up AgriSURE: Agri Fund for Start-Ups and Rural Enterprises NABARD / NABVENTURES Ltd.

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