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Jan 13,, 8 tweets, 1 min read
Startup starter pack πŸŽ’ 🧡 πŸ‘‡
πŸ’° Banking & Finance
Company Formation: ZenBusiness
Bank Account: Mercury | Novo
Credit Card: Brex
Bookkeeping: Bench
Payroll: Gusto
Hire Freelancers: Upwork
Financial Modeling: Forecastr
πŸ’Έ Fundraising
Investor Lists: Crunchbase
Investor Updates: Paperstreet
Story-telling: Journey
Pitch-deck Templates: Pitch
Raise Money: Angel List
Investor CRM: FounderSuite
Cap Table: Carta
πŸ“ƒ Operations & Admin
Project Management: Asana
Team Communications: Slack
Brainstorm and Whiteboarding: Miro
Customer Success: Front
CRM: Freshworks
Forms and Data: Airtable
Document Sharing: DocSend
Note-taking/Wiki: Notion
🎨 Design & Brand
Graphic Design: Canva
Interface Design: Figma
Swag: Custom Ink
SEO Management: SEMrush
Social Media: Hootsuite
Landing Pages: ConvertKit
πŸš€ Marketing
Email Marketing: Mixmax
Email Automation: Mailchimp
Referral Marketing: Viral Loops
Market Research: User Interviews
Copywriting: Copy
Customer Discovery: Idea Validator
Community Feedback: Product Hunt
πŸ–₯ Technology & Product can easily get too long, but here are some common essentials…
Cloud: Digital Ocean / AWS
Data: Segment
Emails: SendGrid
Chat: Intercom
Web: Webflow
Automation: Zapier

What else would you add to any of the above?
OK, added a few more and turned it into a landing page. Check it out at startupstarterpack.com

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Jul 22, 2021
What are some overlooked or underrated startup books? I’ve probably read 100+ and certainly already know the big five - but who can hit me with a less known one?
For those who asked, in my opinion the big five are:
- Lean Startup
- Zero to One
- Hard Thing About Hard Things
- Founders Dilemma
- Start With Why
My recommendations:
- Venture Deals for venture
- Never Split The Difference for negotiation
- E-Myth for fundamentals
- Hacking Growth for marketing
- Delivering Happiness for culture
- The Blue Sweater for inspiration
- Super Founders for data
- Lean In because it’s 2021
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Apr 29, 2021
Customer Discovery is an art.
It doesn't just matter what you say, but how you say it. The goal is to avoid leading the witness to say things you want to hear.
The most common mistake I see in customer discovery is that founders may be asking the right question, but they're asking the wrong people. Know your customer. Know your ideal customer profile, or persona.
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Feb 4, 2021
Hey stranger! I’m Saba and I’m an Aussie. I love startups, marketing, reading, teaching, and philosophy.

I tweet for early-stage founders on:
🎀 pitching
πŸ’Έ fundraising
πŸš€ accelerators
πŸ’ͺ building a team
πŸ“’ growth
πŸ’‘ events & opportunities
πŸ“± apps & social

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πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡ πŸ‘‡
Most, or at least the best, content I curate or create gets shared on sabakarim.com/resources

Start there if you want things like investor lists, pitch-deck templates, marketing tools, and my most read blogs.

Best of all, I (try) keep it real.
In 2015 I came to the U.S to study, fell in love and never left.

I’ve co-founded 3 startups, 1 failed, 1 exited (β†’ @HubSpot), 1 still in operation which I now advise.
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Oct 9, 2020
Applying to Techstars. Quick thread:
1/ Start here: docs.google.com/document/d/1ta…

(Thank @mattcrail at @TaskableHQ for creating and sharing this Google Doc template)
2/ It doesn't have to take more than an hour if you're honest and concise. Tell us the state of the world, the good and the bad, and use plain language.
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