Accelerator Toolkit

Startup Toolkit

Ideation

Business Model Canvas: Strategyzer

Dozens of posts on all things Entrepreneurship: Hackernoon

Lean Method: “The Lean Startup”
by Eric Ries

Lean Business Plan: Lean Plan

Marketing

Logo: 99desings

Business Cards: Moo, Vista Print, Express Copy

Email Marketing: MailChimp, ConstantContact, VerticalResponse, Boomerang

Social Media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, SnapChat, TikToK

Social Media Mgmt: HootSuite, EveryPost, Klear, ClickToTweet

Design: Canva, Noun Project

Event Invitations: Eventbrite, Splash

Competition

Know Your Competition: Kompyte, Google Alerts,

Competitive Chart: Gartner Magic Quadrant, Petal Diagram

Business Model: Business Model Gallery

Pilot/Website

Build a Website: Wix, Shopify, Squarespace

Wireframing: Balsamiq, Moqups, Invision

Prototype, Diagram: Draw, Marvel, Proto

Customer Feedback

MVP, Landing Pages: QuickMVP, Lander, Optimizely, Unbounce

Surveys: Google Forms, Survey Monkey, Typeform

Public Profiles

Company Profiles: GUST, Crunchbase, AngelList, LinkedIn

Team Equity

Build the Team: Angel List, Cofounders Lab

Founders Agreement: Founder Accord, Slicing the Pie

Project Management

Project Management: Basecamp

Task Management: Asana, Trello, Slack

Funding

Crowdfunding: Kickstarter, IndieGoGo, GoFundMe

Angel Investors: GUST

Sales

CRM: Salesforce, PipeDrive,
Insightly