What are your favorite tools to validate, build, and launch your startup?

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Jessica Treeman · Accepted Answer

Great products & companies are built with great teams. Breezy makes it easy to attract and hire them.  What's even better? You can use it for free. Breezy is the only hiring tool available with a completely free subscription tier. #startuplife

PS: If you love Trello, you're going to fall deeply in love with Breezy. https://breezy.hr/

You'll ❤️ it.

Sidney Ottelohe · Answer

Amazing tool if you need high-fi prototypes, marketing sites, mvp's!

We used Webflow to build and launch our MVP - from scratch - in just three weeks and got voted #1 on PH last month (after Elon Musk's Boring Company).

If you wanna read more about it: https://medium.com/spreadshare/https-medium-com-benjamin-libor-spreadshare-launch-ca113d03b5e4

Nick Abouzeid · Answer

For when you inevitably build up an email list, here's a great directory of email copy from companies like Slack, Pinterest, and Trello.

Ivan Burban · Answer

For launch with email marketing, I recommend our Drag-n-Drop email template builder. We have Free plan for Startups ;)

Yuriy · Answer

Easy-to-use email builder with designed email templates to save time on routine with rich exporting opportunities to top ESPs

Hari Mahesh · Answer

Quick, cheap way to create a simple landing pages for your (multiple) startups. Only $20 a year for 10 sites.

Kunal Bhatia · Answer

It isn't a startup without​ a Medium article! All kidding aside, Medium let's your biggest fans get the inside scoop and a better understanding of what you're trying to do with your startup. I highly recommend having a presence there, if not starting a publication to curate all the articles related to your company.

Beth Hudson · Answer

Startups are all about building a great team of people. Sure, you can have an innovative product, but do you have the right people to get it going? Recruitee is an ATS (Applicant Tracking System) that is affordable and allows for collaborative hiring. This way, you can find the minds that mesh best with your startup's ultimate goals and values.

Ana Santos · Answer

Yes, I've recently used it and it's good.

Ana Santos · Answer

It allows you to record a fair amount of interactions with your site for free. Super important to see where visitors are looking at, how do they navigate and click from page to page.

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@jaredsilver if your startup is bringing a new hardgood to the market, Kickstarter is a great way to test market demand (validate) and *hopefully* launch. The whole exercise makes you finely tune your messaging, and your numbers.

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A curated directory of resources & tools to help you build your Startup

Jim Semick · Answer

I've used the business model canvas (and canvases like it) for years as part of validating new products and businesses, including my current business. It's a great way to work through the high risk portions of a business model. It's easy to use (I like to print it out in large format and then use sticky notes for discussion).

Sameer Sontakey · Answer

The best way to validate is building a landing page to collect emails. Maybe drive some traffic to your site and see how people convert.

Shingayi Elle Manske · Answer

Keeps you organized with all your startup tasks.

Nick Abouzeid · Answer

Once you have some emails, Brick By Brick offers some great ways to build a community of active, loyal users for your product (and inevitable Product Hunt launch!).

Sameer Sontakey · Answer

One of my favorite site builders!

John Moody · Answer

If your startup involves mobile apps, LinkSense provides great tools to make it simple to direct customers to download your app from the Apple App Store and Google Play.

Rafael Isao Deconto · Answer

It´s a great tool to prototype an validate your products