These are some suggestions for your “tech stack”, so the technology backbone tools that can help your company run efficiently. The ones below are crowdsourced favorites as a suggestion for you to look into them, and pick the one that works best for you, your stage, team size and budget.
Team Communication & Communication
  • Slack - Real time chat and team channels 
  • Zoom - Video Calls
  • Google Workspace - Email, Drive, Docs, Sheets (startup standard)
  • Notion - Another workspace option for documentation, notes, wikis etc.
  • Miro - Digital whiteboard for brainstorming or strategy session
Website & Domain
Scheduling & Calendars
Project & Task Management
  • Monday - Workflow automation and templates
  • Asana - Well-structured task lists and timelines
  • Trello - Kanban-style boards
  • Notion - Project tracking, docs and knowledge management
  • Airtable - Database / project management
Emails & Marketing
  • Mailchimp - Newsletters and email automation
  • Substack - Great for thought leadership or updates to your network
  • Beehiiv - Newsletter & Blog & Analytics for founder updates
CRM (Customer / Partner / Investor Management)
  • Hubspot - Free tier is great for early stage
  • Affinity - Purpose-build for VC, investor and network relationship tracking
  • Pipedrive - Streamlines Sales CRM
Accounting & Finance
Payroll, HR & Benefits
  • Gusto - Full-service payroll and HR (popular with startups)
  • Rippling - All-in-one HR, IT and payroll system
  • Remote.com - Hiring international contractors or employees
Fundraising, Legal Documentation, & Equity Management
  • Carta - Cap table management, valuations, equity grants (startup standard)
  • Visible.vc - Investor updates and data room
  • Flow - Fundraising CRM and pipeline tracking
  • Docusign - eSignatures

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