A (forever) free startup lifeline

Today’s Daily Digest was crafted by Product Hunt and sponsored by our friends at HubSpot.

The challenge: Startups need tools for growth that are designed to be both fast and scalable, especially when it comes to customer acquisition and retention.

A solution: HubSpot for Startups.

How it works: Startups can manage contacts through HubSpot’s (forever) free CRM, sell better through a suite of sales tools, manage all marketing through marketing automation software, and close the loop with customers through service tools. This makes getting your first customer, or getting your 100,000th customer (and keeping them happy) much, much easier.

The really good news: They have a special offer for the PH community. Startups are eligible for up to 90% off HubSpot software, free programming, education, events, over 300 integrations, as well as the opportunity to build an integration on HubSpot. Apply here.

And another thing! Anyone who applies for HubSpot for Startups through this link will receive a free Community Pass to INBOUND, HubSpot's 24,000 person event this September in Boston. Founders and startup employees will have unique opportunities to meet other founders, investors, and get valuable startup-only content.

Apply!

Grow your app with Setapp: revenue, users, & AI

You shipped the app. Now comes the part nobody warns you about.

Billing across dozens of countries. Licensing agreements. Tax compliance. Customer support for users you haven't met yet. And if your app does anything with AI, add provider management and infrastructure costs to the pile. None of that is why you started building — but all of it is now your problem.

Setapp is trying to take it off your plate.

You probably know Setapp as the subscription marketplace — one monthly price, hundreds of Mac apps. On May 21st, they turned toward developers. The pitch is simple: list your app, reach users who are already looking, and let Setapp handle the business layer.