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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.
- Kramer talking through when to hire, why to start with a generalist, and why product marketer and growth marketer are genuinely... Lenny's Podcast Podcast · About 1 hr · GTM How to build a powerful marketing machine | Emily Kramer (Asana, Carta, MKT1) Emily Kramer
- The whole mental model in one short post: not measuring acquisition cost and lifetime value is the point, not an oversight, and... Z-Connect by Zerodha Article · About 3 min read · GTM Why Zerodha doesn't advertise Nithin Kamath
- The referral history, including the years incentives existed, the regulatory ban, and the striking observation that referrals... nithinkamath.me Article · About 4 min read · GTM How Zerodha grew without Advertising Nithin Kamath
- The clearest statement of the tradeoff in his own words: venture capital pushes spend toward sales and marketing and away from... Business Today Article · About 8 min read · GTM "If you don't invest in R&D, you won't have long term growth," says Zoho Corp's boss Sridhar Vembu Sridhar Vembu
- The present day proof that this is a policy and not a phase, with Mani Vembu confirming R&D spend still exceeds marketing spend... Forbes India Article · About 7 min read · GTM How Zoho is rewriting the rules of enterprise tech Naini Thaker
- The nine models she actually uses, led by growth loops versus funnels. Read this first, because everything else she says... Elena's Growth Scoop Newsletter · About 12 min read · GTM My 9 Favorite Growth Frameworks Elena Verna
- An anti-pattern list is more useful than another list of tactics, and this one includes the 18 month model refresh and the... Lenny's Podcast Podcast · About 1 hr · GTM 10 growth tactics that never work | Elena Verna (Amplitude, Miro, Dropbox, SurveyMonkey) Elena Verna
- A real growth org mapped out pod by pod, plus the correction most people need: Dropbox does not run on the famous referral... Elena's Growth Scoop Newsletter · About 10 min read · GTM Growth at Dropbox: An Inside Look Elena Verna
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Video · Short clip · GTM
Product-led growth B2B companies succeed if they master this first step | Elena Verna
Elena Verna
- Krish names all four pricing mistakes rather than the tidy version, and this is where pricing is your strongest lead filter... The SaaS Podcast Podcast · Podcast episode · GTM SaaS Subscription Billing Lessons from Chargebee's Journey Krish Subramanian
- The contrarian half: he argues public pricing pages are overrated and worth experimenting against, which is worth hearing... SaaStr Podcast · Podcast episode · GTM SaaStr Podcast #203: Krish Subramanian, Founder & CEO @ Chargebee on Why Every Startup Should Bootstrap At Some Stage Krish Subramanian
- The market you are pricing into, in numbers from 240 companies, so your pricing debate stops being two people's opinions about... Growth Unhinged Report · About 12 min read · GTM The state of B2B monetization in 2025 Kyle Poyar
- The 8 percent median and the full distribution across 200 B2B products, which tells you fast whether your filter is too loose... Growth Unhinged Report · About 10 min read · GTM A new look at free-to-paid conversion Kyle Poyar
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Video · Talk · GTM
The Sales Acceleration Formula | Mark Roberge | Talks at Google
Mark Roberge
- This is where the numbers live: the rep churn targets, the 25 percent attrition buffer he plans for, and why he will not let a... SaaStr Article · About 20 min read · GTM Sales AMA with Mark Roberge: Your Burning Questions Answered (Video + Transcript) Mark Roberge
- Six named failure modes including his Sustainable Moat Test, plus the promotion trap that catches almost every first time sales... SaaStr Article · About 12 min read · GTM The Most Common SaaS Sales Potholes and How to Avoid Them with Mark Roberge (Podcast #498 and Video) Mark Roberge
- The concrete deal sizes behind the theory, and the clearest illustration of domain fluency as a moat: he could speak commodity... The Founder Thesis Podcast Podcast · Long-form interview · GTM From Coffee Trader to $250M VC: Manav Garg, Together Fund Manav Garg
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Video · Interview · GTM
India SaaS Story - Manav Garg (CE) & Founder, Eka) | Fundraising | Hiring | Going from 0 - 1
Manav Garg
- The densest short read on the model: the 76 percent category king number, the Magic Triangle, and the full seven step category... The Marketing Journal Article · About 12 min read · GTM "Play Bigger: The How and Why of Category Design" - An Interview with Christopher Lochhead Christopher Lochhead
- Two ideas you can use immediately: category names come before company names, and reading acquisition news as the purchase of a... Lochhead on Marketing Podcast · Short episode · GTM 025 Category Creation & Category Design: A New Lens On Business Christopher Lochhead
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Video · Short explainer · GTM
Christopher Lochhead on What It Means to Be a Category King
Christopher Lochhead
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Podcast · Long-form interview · GTM
Christopher Lochhead, Friend to the Different, Category Design, Author & Pirate, Arrr
Christopher Lochhead
- The canonical essay, and the one that actually spells out different discovery and monetisation playbooks per segment rather... sajithpai.com Essay · About 28 min read · GTM The Indus Valley Playbook Sajith Pai
- How the report is actually assembled and what the 2024 edition covers, which is the usable route in given the report's own home... Sajith Pai's Newsletter Newsletter · About 10 min read · GTM Indus Valley Report Reminiscences, Strategy, Tokyo Trains, and Birkin Bags Sajith Pai
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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