## Recommended Tools List #### Step 1: Legal and Incorporation - [Stripe Atlas](https://stripe.com/atlas), [Firstbase](https://www.firstbase.io/), [Slash](https://www.slash.com/), or [Clerky](https://www.clerky.com/) #### Step 2: Finance & Taxes - **Finances** - [Mercury](https://mercury.com/), [Ramp](https://ramp.com/), [Brex](https://www.brex.com/), and [Rho](https://www.rho.co/) - **Taxes** - [QuickBooks](https://quickbooks.intuit.com/), [Pilot](https://pilot.com/), [Finta](https://www.finta.com/), or [Kruze](https://kruzeconsulting.com/) - **Bookkeeping** - [HireChore](https://www.hirechore.com/) or [Haven](https://www.usehaven.com/) - **Equity and Cap Tables** - [Carta](https://carta.com/), [Cake](https://www.cakeequity.com/), or [Pulley](https://pulley.com/) #### Step 3: Tech Stack (AI-Native and Low-Code) - **Low-Code / No-Code Stack** - **Lowcode**: - [Base44](https://base44.com/), [Loveable](https://lovable.dev/), [v0](https://v0.dev/), or [Bolt](https://bolt.new/) - **Backend**: - [Supabase](https://supabase.com/) or [Firebase](https://firebase.google.com/) - **Frontend**: - [Webflow](https://webflow.com/?r=0) or [Framer](https://www.framer.com/) - **Auth**: - [Clerk](https://clerk.com/) - **APIs** **and Automation:** - [n8n](https://n8n.io/) - **IDE**: - [Cursor](https://cursor.com/), [Cline](https://cline.bot/), and [Claude Code](https://www.anthropic.com/claude-code) - **MVPs** - [Loveable](https://lovable.dev/), [Base44](https://base44.com/), [v0](https://v0.dev/), [Bubble](https://bubble.io/), or [Bolt](https://bolt.new/) - **Security and Compliance** - [1Password](https://1password.com/), [Vanta](https://www.vanta.com/), and [Drata](https://drata.com/) #### Step 4: Product and Design - **Lean Project Management** - [Linear](https://linear.app/), [Notion](https://www.notion.com/), and [Trello](https://trello.com/) - **Fast and Functional Design** - [Figma](https://www.figma.com/) for functional interface design and concepts. - [Tailwind UI](https://tailwindcss.com/plus), [Ant Design](https://ant.design/), or [Magic UI](https://magicui.design/) - Figma’s [First Draft AI](https://help.figma.com/hc/en-us/articles/23955143044247-Use-First-Draft-with-Figma-AI) - **Customer Research** - [Tally](https://tally.so/), [Google Meet](https://meet.google.com/landing), or [ChattySurvey](https://chattysurvey.com/) - **Experimentation** - [Amplitude](https://amplitude.com/) or [Statsig](https://www.statsig.com/) #### Step 5: Business Ops - **Payments** - [Stripe](https://stripe.com/) - [Paddle](https://www.paddle.com/) or [Lemon Squeezy](https://www.lemonsqueezy.com/) for merchants of record. - **Customer Success** - [Fyxer](https://www.fyxer.com/), [Pylon](https://usepylon.com/), or [n8n](https://n8n.io/) for direct support. - [Intercom](https://www.intercom.com/), [Help Scout](https://www.helpscout.com/), or [Chatbase](https://www.chatbase.co/) for later. #### Step 6: Marketing and Growth - **Social Media** - [Hootsuite](https://www.hootsuite.com/), [Buffer](https://buffer.com/), [Vista Social](https://vistasocial.com/), or [Sendible](https://www.sendible.com/) - [Publer](https://publer.com/) or [Predis.ai](http://predis.ai/) for content generation. - **Written Content/Inbound Marketing** - Claude or ChatGPT - Substack for publishing. - [Cuppa.ai](http://cuppa.ai/) or [LowFruits](https://lowfruits.io/) to get started. [GrowthX](https://growthx.com/) to level up. - **Video/Images** - **Paid Marketing** - Google and Meta Ads - [MadgicX](https://madgicx.com/) - [AdCreative.ai](http://adcreative.ai/), [Canva’s Magic Studio](https://www.canva.com/magic/), or [RunwayML](https://runwayml.com/) - [Lionize](https://lionize.ai/) for TikTok. - [Upside](https://www.upside.tech/) for B2B and [Converge](https://www.runconverge.com/?) for B2C - [Clearbit](https://clearbit.com/), [RB2B](https://www.rb2b.com/) - [Creatify](https://creatify.ai/), [Arcads](https://www.arcads.ai/) - **Branding/Logos/Design** - [Looka](https://looka.com/), [Canva](https://www.canva.com/), or [Brandmark](https://brandmark.io/) - **Growth Loops and Virality** - [Rewardful](https://www.rewardful.com/) or [Viral Loops](https://viral-loops.com/) #### Step 7: Sales - **Outbound Sales** - [Apollo](https://www.apollo.io/) and [Clay](https://www.clay.com/) - [Smartlead](https://www.smartlead.ai/), [Instantly](https://instantly.ai/), or [Lemlist](https://www.lemlist.com/). - [Artisan](https://www.artisan.co/) - **CRM Tools** - [Streak](https://www.streak.com/) for Gmail - [Folk](https://www.folk.app/) or [HubSpot](https://www.hubspot.com/products/crm) #### Step 8: Hiring (If You Must) - **Hiring** - [Ashby](https://www.ashbyhq.com/) or [Dover](https://www.dover.com/) - [Paradox](https://www.paradox.ai/) or [Fetcher](https://fetcher.ai/) - [Paraform](https://www.paraform.com/) - **Salary and Equity** - [Pave](https://www.pave.com/), [Carta](https://carta.com/), or [AngelList](https://www.angellist.com/) - **Payroll and Benefits** - [Gusto](https://gusto.com/), [Rippling](https://www.rippling.com/), [Deel](https://www.deel.com/), or [Justworks](https://www.justworks.com/) #### Step 9: Fundraising - [Loom](https://www.loom.com/) - [Notion](https://www.notion.com/) - [Docsend](https://www.docsend.com/) - [Lean AI Angel](https://leanaiangel.com/) #### Step 10: General Admin - GSuite - Slack - [Make](https://www.make.com/en) or [n8n](https://n8n.io/) - [Fyxer](https://www.fyxer.com/)/[Serif](https://www.serif.ai/) - [Calendly](https://calendly.com/)/[Zcal](https://zcal.co/) - [Superhuman](https://superhuman.com/)/[Shortwave](https://www.shortwave.com/) - [Wispr Flow](https://wisprflow.ai/) - OAI Agent or [Perplexity Comet](https://www.perplexity.ai/comet)