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Resources For First Time Founders

  • This is a collection of some of the best known resources for founders. You do not need to be starting a fancy tech company to read these, you will find practical tips and advice on a variety of topics such as: how to scale your solopreneur business? business plan templates, marketing starter kit, financials 101 and many more topics every founders needs to deal with when starting a company.

    To the resources:

    Y Combinator

    Founders Resources io

    Hubspot for startups

    The Startup Handbook

    Startup stash

  • For some it is crystal clear that they want to run a one woman show, for others it might be intriguing to start their business with a partner. Which team are you on? team solopreneur or team co-founder?

    If you are exploring co-founding your business this resource is for you.

  • How to communicate your business to the world? from media coverage to press releases, building a brand and handling a media crisis.

    This is your full guide.

  • One of the main thing you need to figure out when you start a business is, who is your customer and are they willing to buy your product or service?

    Check out these resources to answer these questions:

    • Before you can build the “right” solution for your customers, you must understand the “right” problem: to the article

    • A curated list of customer development resources. To the list

  • Entrepreneurship is all about learning new skills and testing your boundaries, ok.. it’s also exciting and is the most rewarding job on earth (except for parenting, of course).

    One of the best skills successful founders have, is the ability to understand their shortcomings and find ways to quickly learn and acquire skills.

    Here are some great ways to do so:

    Coursera

    Udemy

    Skillshare

Tech Stack

  • With AI on your side, you can work smarter—not harder—and focus on what matters most. Here are some essential tools to try:

    ChatGPT - this tool can help you brainstorm, write content and much more

    Claude - Similar to ChatGPT but it is much more creative making it the better tool for copywriting tasks i.e. writing blog articles, social media posts, etc

    Preplexity - This tool is your research analyst. It can find any data about any topic!

  • Here are some easy to use tools to build a website.

    Squarespace (disclaimer: we are using this one and it’s awesome)

    wix

  • Building a product sounds complex but with these tools you actually can do quite a lot without knowing how to write a single line of code, curious? Check it out.

    bubble

    softr

  • Did you ever wonder how your favorite brands sell their products online? Here are some tools you can try.

    shopify

    Etsy

  • Appealing to your customers is critical to success for any business, here is a list of tools that will make your life easier when it comes to setting up your email game.

    Mailerlite

    Klavyio

    Kit

    Mailchimp

  • Staying on top of your to do list is hard, especially as a mum. Luckily, there are tools that can make life a little bit easier. Here are some of our picks:

    Notion

    Trello

    Asana

    Clickup

  • If you wonder how you can make your website and social media look professional and visually pleasing, we got you covered!

    The best tool for non designers is Canva.

    If you need to create a logo you can also check out Looka.