Startup Software

Visual Studio Code

code.visualstudio.com

Visual Studio Code is a code editor redefined and optimized for building and debugging modern web and cloud applications

RStudio

rstudio.com

RStudio provides free and open source tools for R and enterprise-ready professional software for data science teams to develop and share their work at scale.

Python

python.org

Python is a programming language that lets you work quickly and integrate systems more effectively.

Pandas

pandas.pydata.org

Pandas is a fast, powerful, flexible and easy to use open source data analysis and manipulation tool, built on top of the Python programming language.

Jupyter

jupyter.org

Jupyter is a free, open-source, interactive web tool known as a computational notebook, which researchers can use to combine software code, computational output, explanatory text and multimedia resources in a single document.

ClickUp

clickup.com

ClickUp is a cloud-based collaboration and project management tool suitable for businesses of all sizes and industries.

Whimsical

whimsical.com

Whimsical is a unified suite of collaboration tools. Great for product specs, wikis, brainstorming, ideation, user flows, architecture diagrams and more.

Parade

getparade.com

Parade is the brand design platform for entrepreneurs. Get a custom style guide, plus designs for your landing page, pitch deck, social posts and more, in minutes.

Origami

origami.design

Adobe XD

adobe.com

Adobe XD is the Adobe prototyping tool for user experience and interaction designers.

Webflow

webflow.com

Webflow empowers designers to build professional, custom websites in a completely visual canvas with no code.

Sketch

sketch.com

Create, prototype, collaborate, and bring your ideas to life with the design platform used by over one million people — from freelancers, to the world's largest teams.

Reduct.Video

reduct.video

Reduct transcribes your team's recordings and allows everyone to search, edit, and share video as easily as text.

Airtable

airtable.com

Airtable is an easy-to-use online platform for creating and sharing relational databases. The user interface is simple, colorful, friendly, and allows anyone to spin up a database in minutes.

Hone

honehq.com

Hone has built a platform that is reimagining manager training with live online training that drives lasting behavior change. They are currently offering a 30-day free trial for your team.

Know Your Team

knowyourteam.com

Know Your Team is software that helps managers become better leaders. You can use their tool to hold one-on-one meetings, get honest feedback, share progress, and build team rapport.

Reduct.Video

reduct.video

Reduct transcribes your team's recordings and allows everyone to search, edit, and share video as easily as text.

Otter

otter.ai

Otter turns your voice conversations into smart notes that you can easily search and share.

Loom

loom.com

Loom is a video messaging tool that helps you get your message across through instantly shareable videos.

Airtable

airtable.com

Airtable is an easy-to-use online platform for creating and sharing relational databases. The user interface is simple, colorful, friendly, and allows anyone to spin up a database in minutes.

Asana

asana.com

Asana allows remote teams to organize projects, manage shifting priorities, and get work done.

The Org

theorg.com

The Org is on a mission to make organizations more transparent by building a database (currently free to use) of organizational charts for every leading company.

Asana

asana.com

Asana allows remote teams to organize projects, manage shifting priorities, and get work done.

Pilot

pilot.com

Pilot offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses. Your favorite tools integrate with Pilot so that everything is kept effortlessly up to date, including Stripe, Quickbooks, Square, Shopify, Gusto, Expensify, Bill.com, and others.

Basecamp

basecamp.com

Basecamp is a project management and internal communication tool for remote teams. The platform puts everything in one place: message boards, to-dos, group chat, file storage, and more.

IFTT

ifttt.com

IFTT is an integration tool that helps your apps and devices work together in new ways.

Namely

namely.com

Namely offers an HR, payroll, benefits, and talent management platform.

Trello

trello.com

Trello’s boards, lists, and cards enable you to organize and prioritize your projects with you and your team.

Levels.fyi

levels.fyi

Levels.fyi lets you compare career levels & compensation packages across different companies.

WayUp

wayup.com

WayUp helps your company attract the most qualified and diverse entry-level talent, 100% virtually. The platform targets recent graduates and professionals with 0 - 5 years of experience, and offers a high-tech, high-touch approach.

RippleMatch

ripplematch.com

RippleMatch's intelligent, comprehensive platform helps employers build diverse teams and hire the right entry-level candidates virtually.

Namely

namely.com

Namely offers an HR, payroll, benefits, and talent management platform.

SmartRecruiters

smartrecruiters.com

SmartRecruiters’ Talent Acquisition Suite includes an applicant tracking system, full functionality for recruitment marketing, and collaborative hiring.

Greenhouse

greenhouse.io

Greenhouse's applicant tracking system and recruiting software is designed to help make the hiring workflow easier.

BambooHR

bamboohr.com

BambooHR makes it easy to collect, maintain, and analyze your people data, improve the way you hire talent, onboard new employees, manage compensation, and develop your company culture.

CloserIQ

closeriq.com

CloserIQ is a trusted talent partner for 500+ global companies and is recommended by leading venture capital firms. We provide modern sales and engineering candidates with a job search experience catered to their specific goals.

Otter

otter.ai

Otter turns your voice conversations into smart notes that you can easily search and share.

Loom

loom.com

Loom is a video messaging tool that helps you get your message across through instantly shareable videos.

Fireflies

fireflies.ai

Fireflies is a conversation tracking platform that can automatically record, transcribe, and analyze customer calls.

Affinity

affinity.co

Affinity is a relationship management platform that helps you leverage relationship intelligence to expand your network, support your portfolio, and increase proprietary deal flow.

Salesforce

salesforce.com

Salesforce specializes in customer relationship management. It can easily scale to enterprise level, but is more expensive than other options.

Front

frontapp.com

Front helps teams collaborate in one inbox. Just @mention teammates to share and work off of the same email, get their input with internal comments on the message, and draft a replies together without sending edits back and forth.

Pilot

pilot.com

Pilot offers bookkeeping, tax, and CFO services for growing businesses. Your favorite tools integrate with Pilot so that everything is kept effortlessly up to date, including Stripe, Quickbooks, Square, Shopify, Gusto, Expensify, Bill.com, and others.

Digits

digits.com

Drag & drop reports builder. Generate and send beautiful interactive reports in one click.

Expensify

expensify.com

Expensify is a software company that develops an expense management system for personal and business use. It. is super easy to use, and makes expenses less work.

Bill.com

bill.com

Bill.com is a provider of cloud-based software that helps automate back-office financial operations.

Gusto

gusto.com

Gusto is a great payroll tool that makes it easy to onboard and pay your employees.

Shoobx

info.shoobx.com

Shoobx is a legal operating system for your company, providing the foundation for your growth. They give you a single place to take care of everything from executing your fundraise, to granting equity, to getting board approvals, to hiring employees. The Shoobx platform has over 50 workflows that handle common legal actions with standard documents and legal collaboration. They save valuable time for busy founders like you so that you can focus on what matters: growing your business. Founder's Guide companies receive 20% off their 1st year of Shoobx subscription fees. Learn more here

Carta

carta.com

Carta was founded in 2012 to help private companies manage their cap table by eliminating spreadsheets and paper certificates. They've since expanded to valuations, compliance, investors services, and tools and services for public companies. See here for one pager.