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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.
- If you are registered as an MSME and a customer sits on your invoice past 45 days, this government portal is the actual legal... Ministry of MSME, Government of India Tool · Starting Up MSME SAMADHAAN - Delayed Payment Monitoring System Ministry of MSME, Government of India
- UPI Autopay lets you set up a recurring mandate on a customer's account so a subscription or installment debits automatically... Razorpay Tool · Starting Up UPI Autopay | Razorpay Razorpay
- A free, plain-language contract template built specifically for running a paid pilot, with the scope, fee, and success criteria... Common Paper Template · Starting Up Pilot Agreement Common Paper
- When a spreadsheet finally starts to strain, this is the most common next step: unlimited contacts, deal tracking, and email... HubSpot Tool · Starting Up Free CRM for Small Business HubSpot
- Built by an Indian company and free for up to three users, this is the CRM a lot of early Indian B2B founders reach for because... Zoho Tool · Starting Up Zoho CRM Free Edition Zoho
- A free grab-bag of the actual artifacts (email templates, qualification checklists, call scripts) you need to run consistent... Close Template · 9 email templates, 3 checklists, 2 scripts, 5 books · Starting Up The Startup Sales Resource Bundle Close / Steli Efti
- A plug-and-play spreadsheet for calculating win rate, average deal size, and churn from your own numbers. Use it to actually... HubSpot Tool · spreadsheet tool · Starting Up Sales Metrics Calculator HubSpot
- A US buyer deciding whether to trust an unfamiliar Indian vendor reads your contract as closely as your product. YC's free,... Y Combinator Template · Starting Up YC Standard Sales Agreement Template Y Combinator
- The cheapest way to bridge a twelve hour timezone gap is to stop scheduling a live call for everything. Loom lets you record a... Loom Tool · Starting Up Loom for Sales Loom
- When your short answer says follow up on the date whether or not they replied, eventually you reach the point where you need a... HubSpot Template · Starting Up The Power of Breakup Emails: 7 Templates To Close the Loop HubSpot
- A CRM built specifically around follow-up: it reminds you to send that recap, flags the date you promised to circle back, and... Close Tool · Starting Up Close Close
- Hunter built its business around helping people find and email the right person, so this guide doubles as both a practical... Hunter.io Tool · Starting Up A Complete Guide to Cold Email Outreach Hunter.io
- Once your email is well written, the next problem is knowing whether it was even opened, and Streak sits directly inside Gmail... Streak Tool · Starting Up Email Tracking from Gmail Streak
- The single biggest reason founders under follow-up isn't strategy, it's forgetting. This tool auto-reminds you (or auto-sends a... Boomerang for Gmail Tool · Starting Up Boomerang for Gmail: Email Follow-Up Reminders Boomerang for Gmail
- A practical library of short LinkedIn opening messages organized by scenario, which you can adapt instead of guessing at tone... Sales Bread Template · Starting Up 37 Best LinkedIn Cold Message Templates That Get Replies Sales Bread
- A free five-day email course covering the whole cold email process end to end: defining who to target, finding accurate contact... Hunter.io Course · 5 days · Starting Up Hunter's Cold Email Course Hunter.io
- A tool built specifically around sequencing cold email and LinkedIn touches together, which matches the exact combine-them... lemlist.com Tool · Starting Up lemlist lemlist.com
- LinkedIn is where most B2B founders will actually find the named individuals who match their ICP, and Sales Navigator's filters... LinkedIn Tool · Starting Up LinkedIn Sales Navigator LinkedIn
- Close is the CRM named directly in this hub's own advice, and for good reason. It is built specifically for founders and small... Close Tool · Starting Up Close CRM for Startups Close
- Before you pay for any tool, this is the spreadsheet that gets you organized: contacts, pipeline stage, and follow up dates in... HubSpot Template · Starting Up Free CRM Spreadsheet Template HubSpot
- GMass runs entirely inside Gmail, so you can send personalized batches and see opens, clicks, and replies without leaving your... GMass Tool · 10 min read · Starting Up GMass Startup Guide for Cold Emailers GMass
- A free, instant way to sanity-check a draft subject line against length, clarity, and tone before you send it, useful as a... CoSchedule Tool · Starting Up Email Subject Line Analyzer CoSchedule
- Hustle Fund invests at pre-seed and reviews over a thousand companies a month, so their founders team has read (and rejected)... Hustle Fund (Hustle Commons) Template · Starting Up Cold Email Tips + Templates Hustle Fund (Hustle Commons)
- Streak is a Gmail-based CRM built for exactly this workflow: sending outreach and tracking whether it's actually being opened.... Streak Tool · Starting Up Streak: How to Write a Cold Email to an Investor Streak
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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