“Must Have” Entrepreneur Tools

Must Have Entrepreneur Tools

The following resources were gathered from a survey posted to learn what entrepreneur tools were found to be most helpful for individuals and small companies.  The survey can be found here and all additional tool recommendations are welcome!


 

Do you prefer building out your own website or getting help?


What is your favorite website hosting platform?

 

[ For Advanced Users: ]

Linode

 MODx


Favorite online productivity suite/tool? (for teams) (ex. Google Apps, Office365)

[For individuals - Google apps]

[For Business - GSuite]

 


Favorite online Whiteboard app/tool?

IPEVO Annotator (macOS, iOS, Windows, Android) for annotating live presentations

Limnu (Web, Android, iOS) for a realistic whiteboard experience

InVision Freehand (Web, Android, iOS) for annotating design files with a team

Stormboard (Web) for creating multiple whiteboards in a single brainstorming session

AWW (Web) for embedding a live whiteboard on a web page

RealtimeBoard (Web, Mac, Windows, iOS, Android) for formal presentation of your whiteboard

Sketchboard (Web) for saving and organizing multiple, unrelated whiteboards

Conceptboard (Web) for large, complex whiteboards

Explain Everything (Web, iOS, Android, ChromeOS) for creating whiteboard videos

Whiteboard Fox (Web) for quick, informal whiteboard sessions

MURAL (Web) for remote, multi-member team meetings


Favorite diagramming tool (online or offline)?


Favorite scheduling tool (synched across devices)?

Honorable Mentions:   Trello  /  Asana


Favorite note-taking tool for productivity (synched across devices)?

Honorable Mentions:    Apple Notes


Favorite small business accounting system?

WaveApps is Free!

Quicken

Quickbooks


Favorite credit card / payment taking system (ex. Square, Stripe, Gravity)?


Favorite online survey tool?


Favorite team-messaging tool (ex. Slack, Skype)?

Slack

Email

Skype


Favorite video collaboration tool (ex. Google Hangouts, Skype)?

Zoom

Slack

Google Hangouts

Skype


Favorite social media management tool?

Hootsuite

LinkedIn

Buffer


Favorite site for stock photography?

Shutterstock

Pexels

Pixabay

Unsplash

Adobe


Favorite site for stock video clips?

<no answers>


Favorite training/education source (for entrepreneurship support)?

Youtube

Bunker Labs

Library

Slideshare


Favorite entpreneur-focused podcasts?

Stanford Entrepreneurship Thought Leaders

How I built This

Release Notes

Kaufmann Sketchbook

Bigger Pockets

Old Dawg's REI Network

Faith Driven Entprepreneur

Lead to Win

Angel

This week in Startups


Are there any suggested tools NOT covered that you love to share?

Steve Blank's Business Model Canvas

Jira and Trello for project management

My first advice to any potential small business owner is to get a library card and learn about the tools that the library has for data analysis and community based training.

Solve my laundry problem! 🙂