Resources for Bootstrapping your startup
I’m just working on what I think is my 6th proper startup now and each time I’ve found more and more easy resources and in particular, SaaS services, which have helped us get up and running with the lowest cost possible. So I thought I’d share what I’ve learned to help future entrepreneurs do the same.
Note, these have a bias towards the UK, geographically, and tech companies, industry-wise, as those are the types of companies that I’ve started. Its also more aimed at very early stage companies at pre-seed/MVP stage but will be of use to slightly later stage companies too.
I have no commercial relationship with any of these companies, unless stated, and I don’t get any kind of referral fee for including them in this list. All resources are either services that I have used myself successfully or that have been recommended to me by people I trust.
These references are roughly ordered in the logical sequence that a startup would need to do things.
Resource Type | Name & Website | Comments |
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Company Formation | Rapid Formations | There are a ton of formation companies but I’ve found these guys to be slick, very cost effective and have a decent admin portal too. |
Domain name registration | 123-reg | |
GoDaddy | ||
Logo Design | Fiverr | |
99designs | ||
Dribbble | ||
Website design | Fiverr | |
Website hosting | Amazon AWS | |
Share issue/Investment Agreements/ASA’s/FAST’s | Seedlegals | |
Founders Law | ||
HR Management | HiBob | |
CharlieHR | ||
Zelt | ||
Accounting | Xero | |
Email Marketing | Customer.io | |
Braze | ||
Overloop | ||
Product Analytics | Posthog | |
Heap | ||
CRM | Pipedrive | |
Monday | ||
Attio | ||
Hubspot | ||
KPI Dashboard | Geckoboard |