Awesome Startup Tools

A curated and opinionated list of delightful awesome tools for a startup.

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Starting a business

• Microsoft BizSpark Program provides Azure, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, and Office 365 free for 3 years.
• Office 365
• Google Business Apps

Cloud computing

• Microsoft BizSpark Program provides Azure, Windows, Windows Server, SQL Server, and Office 365 free for 3 years.
• Google cloud platform for startups might be one of the best options if you got investment from VC. This is also a good option even if you did not.
• AWS Activate also provides as generous benefits as Google cloud platform for startups.

Hiring

• remoteinterview.io

  • Customers are Podotree inc and others.

• TESTDOME provides a free plan but costs more when you subscribe to the paid one.

  • Customers are Naver and others.

• Codility

  • Customers are SKT, 직방, 배달의 민족, 라인 and others.

DevOps

• CodeShip is one of the best continuous integration services, and its Docker support might be the best in the this industry.
• DataDog
• NewRelic

Collaboration

• Zoom.us is a web and video conference service. It provides stable connection and takes low-CPU usage.
• Appear.in is a good alternative to Zoom.us if your need is simpler.
• Dropbox
• Google Drive
• OneDrive

Security

• LastPass
• Authy

Messaging

• With Twilio, you can send text messages all over the world.

• libphonenumber is the best library when you handle phone numbers:

  Google's common Java, C++ and JavaScript library for parsing, formatting, and validating international phone numbers

Co-working messenger

• Slack
• JANDI

Good work relationship

• Coworker Coffee:

  Coffee with a different coworker each week

Project management

• Jira
• Trello

Documentation

• Confluence
• OneNote
• Evernote
• Google Drive
• Office 365

Testing

• Argos

Customer service

• Zendesk

Marketing & Branding

• Appboy
• review boost

Billing

• Sift Science

UX & Design

• Confluence +

License

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