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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.
- Seven concrete lessons with the numbers attached, including the 15 minute time to value and net retention above 140 percent.... aakashg.com Article · Long read · GTM Datadog: The Archetypal Example for SaaS Product-Led Growth Aakash Gupta
- Her four recurring failure modes, including misreading your competitive alternatives and the go to market gaps that quietly... Business of Software Video · Conference talk · GTM The Hard Parts of Positioning: Learnings from 11 years and 300 technology companies April Dunford
- Has the diagnostic that is genuinely useful: if people cannot tell what you do, or you get compared to the wrong competitors,... Intercom Podcast · Full episode with transcript · GTM Ambient Strategy's April Dunford on what marketers get wrong about positioning Geoffrey Keating with April Dunford
- The clearest thresholds anyone has published for this decision, plus the warning that matters: the pipeline your new sales team... elenaverna.com Newsletter · Long read · GTM Why, When, and How to add Sales to your Product-Led Growth motion Elena Verna
- Founder led selling with the receipts: 500 personalised cold emails in a month, a first customer signed before the product... SaaS Club Podcast · Full episode · GTM 3 Years of Zero Traction Then Finding Product-Market Fit (Whatfix, Khadim Batti) SaaS Club with Khadim Batti
- The tactical half of her thinking: founding documents, operating principles, titles, and how to actually get a large team... Lenny's Podcast Podcast · Full episode with transcript · GTM Lessons from scaling Stripe | Claire Hughes Johnson (former COO of Stripe) Lenny Rachitsky with Claire Hughes Johnson
- Over 100 pages of it are worksheets, templates and real example documents rather than prose, which is why go to market leaders... Stripe Press Book · Full book · GTM Scaling People: Tactics for Management and Company Building Claire Hughes Johnson
- Has the number that makes the point: over 80 percent of Rocketlane's 600 plus enterprise customers are in the US. Also carries... Forbes India Article · Long read · GTM SaaS startup Rocketlane is going global Siddhant Konduskar
- A ground level account of what Indian founders actually run into when they set up in the US, down to the go to market starter... SaaSBoomi (Medium) Article · Long read · GTM Onward to building a strong US-India SaaS corridor: The Rise of #IndiaSaaS Avinash Raghava
- Shows what Zoho's engine looks like now: 25 plus offices in regions people usually emigrate from, local hiring, local pricing,... diginomica Article · Long read · GTM ZohoDay 2024: Zoho's local approach to global expansion Phil Wainewright
- Written from Chennai by a team that runs billing for thousands of self-serve SaaS businesses, so the AARRR breakdown here is... Chargebee Article · 12 min read · GTM The Secret to Scaling your SaaS Product with Product Led Growth Sinduja Pk
- Names the specific Indian habit this hub exists to fix: leaning on sales headcount and human touch instead of product... SaaSBoomi Article · 8 min read · GTM A SaaS Future with Product as the Epicentre Matthew John
- Updates the PLG argument for products where AI does part of the onboarding, with the engagement loop and self-service... SaaSBoomi Article · 10 min read · GTM Product-led Growth in an AI-driven SaaS Economy SaaSBoomi Editorial Team
- Zenoti's Sudheer Koneru and CleverTap's Anand Jain on customer acquisition and business model choices while building global... SeedToScale by Accel Podcast · 55 min listen · GTM Scaling your Startup Anand Daniel
- Specifically about SIs rather than partners in general, including the split where the SI carries early stage sales and adoption... Relevize Article · 8 min read · GTM Pros and Cons of System Integrator Partnerships: Six Tips for Success Relevize
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- Explains the two things that make Azure worth the effort: customers can buy against an existing Microsoft agreement or cloud... Microsoft Learn Article · 8 min read · GTM Overview of Microsoft Marketplace for publishers Microsoft Learn
- Shows the part founders underestimate about app stores: you are subject to someone else's review, pause and resubmission cycle,... Shopify Developers Article · 10 min read · GTM Shopify App Store review process Shopify Developers
- A well built program from an Indian origin SaaS company, useful as a template: directory listing, co-marketing, certification,... Chargebee Tool · 5 min read · GTM Chargebee Solution Partner Program Chargebee
- Shows a clean two track split (technology partners versus solution partners) at real scale, 250 plus partners across 35 plus... MoEngage Tool · 5 min read · GTM MoEngage Catalyst Partner Ecosystem MoEngage
- An Indian SaaS company arguing that NDR, not growth rate, is the metric that survives a tight funding market, with the Ford... Chargebee Article · 10 min read · GTM Ford, Net Dollar Retention, and Bringing Objectivity to Revenue Growth Arijit Bose
- Makes the counterintuitive argument that a frictionless cancellation flow increases loyalty, and backs it with cancel-moment... Chargebee Article · 12 min read · GTM Customer Retention For SaaS: Strategies To Ensure Continual Growth Sriya Srinivasan
- Seven specific dunning practices (retry timing, self-serve card update, failure-reason-aware messaging) from the team that... Chargebee Article · 9 min read · GTM Dunning Best Practices to Combat Involuntary Churn Haris Kumar
- Gives per-industry churn thresholds so you can answer 'is my churn bad' with a number instead of a feeling. Software sits... Chargebee Article · 8 min read · GTM Churn Benchmarks: Enhancing Customer Retention Shaoli Paul
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Building a direct-to-consumer brand, India-first.
Wealth
Paying yourself, ESOPs, secondaries, and de-risking founder wealth.
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