Every resource founders actually use, in one library.

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

1. This is the single checklist that tells a first-time founder every recurring ROC and MCA filing a Pvt Ltd owes each year and in... ClearTax Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Annual Compliance Checklist for Startups ClearTax
2. This is the guide that tells you to decide before you raise, not after. Its core line, 'structure the decision around your... Treelife Article · 22 min read · Starting Up Delaware Entity Setup for Indian Businesses and Startups: Complete Guide Treelife (startup legal and finance advisory)
3. This is the exact playbook for a Pvt Ltd founder: the eight sequential approvals in order, from checking your AoA permits... EquityList Article · 18 min read · Starting Up ESOP Scheme in India: Definition, Structure, and Filing Guide EquityList
4. Founders always ask two questions: how big should the pool be, and how much does one hire get. This answers both with hard... Index Ventures Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Rewarding Talent: Option Grant Allocation Considerations and Benchmarks Index Ventures
5. The India-specific counterpart to the Delaware question, from Razorpay's own founder-incorporation arm. It confirms a Pvt Ltd... Razorpay Rize Article · 9 min read · Starting Up Do You Need a CA to Register a Company in India? Razorpay Rize
6. Jose Ancer is a working startup lawyer, and this is his clear line between what a filing tool handles and what needs actual... Silicon Hills Lawyer Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Founders Using ChatGPT and Gemini for Legal (and where a real lawyer is non-negotiable) Jose Ancer
7. Founders conflate two very different things: non-competes while employed (usually enforceable) versus after you quit (usually... Anirudh Associates Article · 10 min read · Starting Up Section 27 and Post-Termination Non-Compete Clauses: How Far Can Employers Go? Anirudh Associates
8. This is the canonical explainer on the exact mechanism that closes your ownership gap: founders assign pre-incorporation IP to... Stripe Atlas Article · 20 min read · Starting Up Equity for Founders Stripe Atlas
9. This is the one checklist that names the exact triggers, not just the list of registrations. It spells out EPF at 20+... MPVD & Associates (Chartered Accountants) Article · 12 min read · Starting Up Compliance Checklist After Company Registration in India MPVD & Associates
10. Most GST explainers stop at the 40 lakh / 20 lakh threshold. This one is written for founders who need to decide whether to... Treelife Article · 15 min read · Starting Up GST Compliance for Startups: ITC, IMS, Registration, Deadlines Treelife
11. For the US side of a two-entity setup, this is the canonical founder-facing reference on the EIN (your federal tax ID), federal... Stripe Article · 20 min read · Starting Up Business taxes: A Stripe Atlas Guide Stripe Atlas
12. This is the India-specific FEMA reality check almost every cross-border founder gets wrong. It is written by a practicing CA... CA Abhinav Gulechha Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Indian Resident Individual Planning to Incorporate in US? Ensure Compliance with Indian FEMA Law Abhinav Gulechha
13. 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
14. 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)
15. This is real India data, not a US survey with an Indian byline: 46 percent of Indeed India postings disclosed salary in 2023,... Indeed India (Hiring Insights) Article · 10 min read · Starting Up The Importance of Pay Transparency in India Indeed Editorial Team
16. Elaine Wherry posted a fake engineer profile, got hit by 382 recruiters, and dissected every message, so this is a real... First Round Review Article · 20 min read · Starting Up The Inside Story of How 382 Recruiters Pursued an Imaginary Engineer First Round Review
17. Bartel built Gem (a recruiting tool) after running recruiting at Dropbox, so this is a founder-to-founder playbook for sourcing... First Round Review Podcast · 45 min · Starting Up The founder's guide to making your first few hires: Steven Bartel on recruiting at Gem and Dropbox First Round Review
18. This is the single best playbook for the exact call you are dreading: the candidate has a bigger offer and you have to close... First Round Review Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Make Stronger Offers to Engineering Candidates and Boost Your Closes Adil Ajmal (CTO, LendingHome), via First Round Review
19. This is the mechanics-and-speed piece: it makes the case that your unfair advantage against a big company is turnaround time,... Gem Article · 15 min read · Starting Up Startup Hiring 101: A Founder's Guide, Part 19, Selling and Closing Gem (recruiting team, drawing on Y Combinator talks)
20. This is the operational manual, not a theory piece: it lists the exact paper trail Indian courts look for (appointment letter,... Corrida Legal Article · 18 min read · Starting Up Probation and Confirmation Policy for Indian Companies: A Practical Drafting Guide for Employers Corrida Legal
21. 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
22. A plain-language read on the legal footing itself: it explains that a probationer has no lien on the job, so termination during... IndiaFilings Article · 10 min read · Starting Up Understanding Probation Period in Employment Services IndiaFilings
23. 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
24. Section 8 (Flubbing the onboarding process) names the exact failure mode in the question: founders assume a strong hire is a... a16z Article · 18 min read · Starting Up 10 hiring mistakes early stage founders make (and how to avoid them) a16z crypto talent team

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