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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.
- Fynd's ONDC seller app skews toward fashion and D2C brands specifically, worth shortlisting since it's been used by... Fynd Tool · D2C Sell on ONDC with Zero Setup Cost, Fynd Seller App Fynd In 3 answers
- A leading marketing-mix-modeling-based attribution platform that doesn't rely on user-level pixel tracking, worth evaluating... Northbeam Tool · D2C Northbeam, The Marketing Intelligence Platform for Profitable Growth Northbeam In 3 answers
- A free, ready-to-use spreadsheet to actually compute your LTV, CAC and ratio instead of eyeballing it, the fastest way to get... Corporate Finance Institute Template · D2C LTV/CAC Ratio Template (Free Excel Template) Corporate Finance Institute In 3 answers
- A ready-to-use checklist format is more useful in a live vendor evaluation than another prose article, print it, take it into... 3PeeL Blog Template · D2C What to Look for in a 3PL Partner: A Checklist for D2C Brands 3PeeL In 3 answers
- An India-based, official WhatsApp Business Solution Provider with a genuinely free forever tier, a low-risk way to test... AiSensy Tool · D2C AiSensy, Smartest WhatsApp Marketing Platform AiSensy In 3 answers
- The clearest example of a platform treating partners as a real business: 1.3 billion dollars paid to partners in 2025 across... Shopify Tool · 6 min read · GTM Shopify Partner Program Shopify In 3 answers
- Their public teardowns and positioning strategies are the fastest way to see the same product framed four or five different... fletchpmm.com Tool · Browse · GTM FletchPMM: Homepage Positioning for B2B Software Startups Anthony Pierri and Robert Kaminski In 3 answers
- The default tool for turning one long video into 10-20 ranked short clips. opus.pro Tool · How Founders Use AI OpusClip OpusClip In 3 answers
- The Indus app listing: chat in Hindi, English, Tamil or a mix, tap the mic to speak, and hosting in India. play.google.com Tool · How Founders Use AI Indus by Sarvam Sarvam AI (Google Play) In 3 answers
- Best-in-class visual builder for pixel-precise marketing sites and CMS-driven content, used by 300k+ teams. Ideal for a landing... webflow.com Tool · platform · Starting Up Webflow, Visual Web Design Platform Webflow In 2 answers
- The flagship Indian growth community, built by ex-CRED growth leaders, combining cohort learning, in-city events and a peer... GrowthX Course · Community + cohort programs · Starting Up GrowthX, India's Largest Growth Community Abhishek Patil & Udayan Walvekar In 2 answers
- The attorney-favourite platform for clean, fundable startup paperwork, run by startup lawyers obsessed with avoiding... clerky.com Tool · Legal paperwork platform + founder handbooks · Starting Up Clerky: Startup Legal Paperwork & Delaware Incorporation Clerky In 2 answers
- Most government grants require an incorporated entity, and Rize makes getting one fast and low-friction, Pvt Ltd, LLP, or OPC... Razorpay (razorpay.com/rize) Tool · Platform + resources · Starting Up Razorpay Rize, Incorporation & Early-Stage Founder Resources Razorpay Rize In 2 answers
- WEP is the official government front door for women founders, a single platform aggregating incubation, mentorship, funding... Women Entrepreneurship Platform (wep.gov.in) Tool · Platform + directory · Starting Up Women Entrepreneurship Platform (WEP), NITI Aayog NITI Aayog, Government of India In 2 answers
- The single biggest killer of government-selling startups is the payment gap, not the sale. TReDS is the RBI-regulated fix, turn... sidbi.in Tool · explainer + platform links · Starting Up TReDS, Bill Discounting to Survive Slow Government Payments (SIDBI) SIDBI In 2 answers
- If live calls drain you, Clarity lets you watch how real people actually use your product without ever getting on a call. You... Microsoft Tool · Starting Up Microsoft Clarity Microsoft In 2 answers
- When analyst reports do not exist, MCA filings are one of the few honest data points you can actually get in India, and Tofler... Tofler Tool · Starting Up Tofler: Indian Company Financials and Filings TWS Systems Private Limited In 2 answers
- If you decide to learn the tool yourself, this is the structured on-ramp: Bubble's own free academy takes a complete beginner... Bubble Course · Self-paced (several hours of video lessons and guided builds) · Starting Up Bubble Academy: Free Courses to Build Real Apps Bubble In 2 answers
- Maze is a cheap way to run remote, unmoderated tests when you cannot get people into a room, which is most of the time when you... maze.co Tool · Free plan, paid plans start around 99 USD per month · Starting Up Maze Maze In 2 answers
- You cannot cut the right step until you know which step is the real cliff, and a funnel chart shows you exactly that. Amplitude... Amplitude Tool · Product guide plus free tier · Starting Up Funnel Analysis: Find Drop-offs and Boost Conversion Amplitude In 2 answers
- This is the design system a solo technical founder can actually ship with this week, no designer needed. You copy the... ui.shadcn.com Tool · Starting Up shadcn/ui shadcn In 2 answers
- Before you get attached to a name, you want one screen that tells you if the handle is free everywhere at once. Namechk checks... namechk.com Tool · Starting Up Namechk: Username and Domain Availability Checker Namechk In 2 answers
- Most registrars hook you with a cheap first year and quietly triple the renewal, which is exactly the trap a bootstrapped... Cloudflare Tool · Starting Up Cloudflare Registrar Cloudflare In 2 answers
- Once you have a clear brief, Namelix is the fastest way to turn keywords and a style preference into dozens of short, brandable... Namelix Tool · Starting Up Namelix: AI Business Name Generator Brandmark In 2 answers
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
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