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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.
- Softr is the other half of your answer, aimed at portals and websites rather than mobile apps. You connect an Airtable base,... Softr Tool · Sign up and build in an afternoon · Starting Up Softr: Build client portals and business apps with Airtable data Softr
- Before you add a second tool, Airtable can already put a usable front end on your data. Interface Designer lets you drag... Airtable Tool · Built into every Airtable base · Starting Up Airtable Interface Designer Airtable
- A guided, hands-on project if you want structure rather than a loose video. In about two hours you build a real Glide app from... Coursera Course · 2 hour guided project · Starting Up Build a mobile app with Google Sheets on Glide and no coding Coursera Project Network
- The fastest possible start: copy a working app instead of building from zero. The library has directories, marketplaces,... Glide Template · Browse and copy · Starting Up No-code app templates from Glide Glide
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Course · ~2 hours · Starting Up
APIs for Beginners: How to use an API (full course)
Craig Dennis
- The actual source and install instructions for the self hosted route, which is the whole cost saving. Seeing that it is... GitHub Tool · Starting Up n8n on GitHub n8n
- Make's HTTP module lets you call any web API and receive any webhook, so it connects tools that have no ready made Make... Make Tool · Starting Up HTTP: connect Make to any API Make
- Before you connect two real tools, you need to see what one of them actually sends, and this gives you a throwaway URL that... Webhook.site Tool · Starting Up Webhook.site: test and inspect webhooks instantly Simon Fredsted
- When a no code tool almost works but you need one small piece of custom logic, Pipedream lets you drop in a few lines of code... Pipedream Tool · Starting Up Pipedream: connect APIs with a little code when needed Pipedream
- The primary source for exactly how you get your data out of one of the most popular no-code platforms. It walks through... Bubble Template · Starting Up Export and Import Data (Bubble Docs) Bubble
- Webflow is a rare no-code platform that lets you download real HTML, CSS, and JavaScript and host it anywhere with no... Webflow Help Center Template · Starting Up How Do I Export My Webflow Site Code? Webflow Help Center
- A concrete way to keep a scheduled, external copy of your no-code database by syncing it into Postgres or another store you... Whalesync Tool · Starting Up Whalesync (Two-Way Data Sync and Backup) Whalesync
- The strongest structural answer to lock-in: an Airtable style database that is open source and can run on your own server, so a... Baserow Tool · Starting Up Baserow (Open-Source, Self-Hostable No-Code Database) Baserow
- Auth, subscription billing, and customer data are three of the parts this question says to get right early, and Outseta bundles... Outseta Tool · tool · Starting Up Outseta (auth, billing, and CRM for no-code SaaS) Outseta
- If you learn better by watching someone click through the editor, this is the official video walkthrough of setting up privacy... Bubble Academy Course · Starting Up Bubble Academy: Security and Privacy Bubble
- The best free way to actually feel the attack: PortSwigger's free labs let you break into other users' data in a safe practice... PortSwigger Web Security Academy Course · Starting Up Access control vulnerabilities and privilege escalation PortSwigger
- This is the submissions layer. Tally gives you unlimited forms and responses for free, so people can add themselves to your... Tally Tool · Starting Up Tally Tally
- The official starting point for the tool itself, written to get you from install to your first useful edit: sign in, ask Cursor... Cursor Docs Tool · Starting Up Cursor Quickstart Cursor
- Cursor's own free tutorials covering AI foundations, coding with agents, and crucially reviewing and testing code, in order.... Cursor Course · Starting Up Cursor Learn: Official Tutorials Cursor
- Built largely out of India, ToolJet is an open-source, self-hostable way to put a real interface and workflows on top of your... ToolJet Tool · Starting Up ToolJet ToolJet
- If your first job is a marketing site or a content driven landing page, this is the official, free path to building it well.... Webflow University Course · Course · Starting Up Getting started with Webflow Webflow University
- Antler runs full-time residencies (including a large India program in Bengaluru) that put dozens of vetted potential... Antler Tool · Starting Up How Antler Facilitates Co-Founder Matching Antler
- Purpose built low fidelity wireframing with a sketchy style that stops you from arguing about pixels and keeps the conversation... Balsamiq Tool · Starting Up Balsamiq Wireframes Balsamiq
- A copy and paste template built around exactly the six questions in our answer: who the user is, the problem, the core... LaunchCraft Studio Template · 10 min read · Starting Up MVP Spec Template for Non-Technical Founders LaunchCraft Studio
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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