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Start-up Tools
- Start-ups are always short on time. Here are some tools (products/frameworks/etc) that might avoid you reinventing the wheel and save you some valuable time.
- We (Songkick) have found that the most useful tools are introduced to us by other start-ups. This wiki is an attempt to collect some of that knowledge and experience in one place so that companies getting started on new problems have a useful reference.
- This list is focused on technical tools to save development time. For business focused resources, Seedcamp have created a useful wiki here.
- With each tool, we've added a list of start-ups known to be using that tool, so there's a sense of how well tested they are by the community. If no start-up can vouch for the tool it doesn't make it onto the list.
- This list is maintained by Ian at Songkick but will be a lot better for your additions! Start-ups that have contributed to this wiki include: Boxed Ice, GroupSpaces, Habit Industries, Huddle, IvyLees, Playfire, Plug in SEO, Fragegg, Poll Everywhere, Smarkets, Songkick, TinyCoupon, Webjam, Echodio, Skimlinks, Wasabi Ventures, Soup.io, highdefnow, boxedup, Achilles, PicoCraft, CogniDox, edocr.com, TechBrewery/Zattoo, GetItWithMe, OnePage, Mediaroots, Clear Books
Categories
- Search
- Bugs
- Performance
- Forms
- Analytics
- Color
- Logo
- Image manipulation
- Audio
- Video
- Login System
- Social functionality
- Location
- Email
- Accounting, Taxes & Payroll
- Invoicing & Payments
- Managing APIs
- Web frameworks
- Databases
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Sharing & storing files
- Image Galleries
- Customer Relationship Management
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Feedback and FAQ
- Websites
- Test- and Behavior-Driven Development
- Collaboration Platform
- Contractor Management
- Code Hosting and Version Control
- assembla (svn, git, mercurial + trac)
- Aptana Cloud (svn, IDE, php, java, rails etc...)
- bitbucket (mercurial only, basically a copy of github... which isn't bad)
- code spaces (svn)
- CVSDude (svn)
- github (git only)
- launchpad (bzr only, also only open source projects)
- Unfuddle (hosted svn/git, ticketing, etc.)
- Patch-tag (Darcs)
- Social Media Tracking/Marketing
- Browser Compatibility tools
- Screenshot/screencast tools
- CDNs
- Cloud Infrastructure
- Visibility
- Loading Animations
- Affordable Flat Fee Recruiting
- Ad Serving Technology
- Open X (Open source Ad server)
- Project Management tools
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Comments (19)
Andrew Peek said
at 3:03 pm on Apr 21, 2009
Hey chickerino,
My bad... I thought this was open for folks to add other appropriate tools. But I'm guessing that's not the case since you deleted my entry. Sorry about that!
Cheers,
Andrew
ian said
at 3:48 pm on Apr 21, 2009
@andrew, wiki is definitely open to others.
@chickerino what was your reason for deletion (wireless so slow at conference I can't access changelog)
Thanks
Ian
Marcus Greenwood said
at 3:53 pm on Apr 21, 2009
@ian, @andrew
Ummmm, sorry I think a bug within system with concurrent editors or my mistake. I believe it's open for anyone to edit.
cheers
Marcus
Andrew Peek said
at 7:05 pm on Apr 21, 2009
All's well. :-)
alon carmel said
at 11:27 am on Apr 27, 2009
Added Devunity.com, check it out! covers most of the tools here :)
Lukas Fittl said
at 11:46 am on Apr 27, 2009
Hmm. Maybe we should really enforce the policy specified by Ian, "If no start-up can vouch for the tool it doesn't make it onto the list.".
Alon: Don't get me wrong, but I think this list is more about what's actually being used by startups, instead of a huge list of available tools. Devunity looks interesting, but at alpha stage I pretty much doubt that it is a tool being used actively by startups out there.
dan said
at 12:35 pm on Apr 27, 2009
For me a list of tried, tested and in active use at startups tools is invaluable. But a general directory of everything dillutes its value too much to make it useful.
ian said
at 6:51 pm on Apr 27, 2009
@Lukas @dan I'm with you guys on this. Think it's really important to make sure all tools are vouched for by other start-ups. It's an invaluable filter, and also gives you someone to reach out to when you need to find out more.
@alon - why don't you add devunity to a 'general' section if it really does everything on the list!
Benji said
at 8:13 am on Apr 28, 2009
@alon - Post the things you use to make Devunity.com, not Devunity itself?
alon carmel said
at 4:09 pm on Apr 28, 2009
I actually use devunity to make devunity. and there are startups and end user developers using devunity to deploy files to the cloud, manage their subversion, manage bugs and todos and collaborate with their fellow developers. but if you dont think it fits here i wont add it.
thanks anyhow.
Alasdair said
at 6:41 pm on Apr 28, 2009
Hey, I like this list - a 101 of tools - much more practical than blog posts on the subject which are too transient.
Can you think of any ways Seedcamp can help out? Happy to be of assistance.
manoj ranaweera said
at 11:11 pm on Apr 29, 2009
Would it add value if we declare what tools we use? E.g. edocr team use Assembla.com and Huddle.net among number of others listed here. This level of information could lead to further collaboration between startups
jaf.key said
at 1:23 pm on May 9, 2009
What are you guys using for scheduling? Simply use cron?
Alistair said
at 10:17 am on Jun 2, 2009
Proposal: 37. Hosting
Purpose: Recommended hosts for VPS and dedicated servers, with a record of facility location in brackets.
Reasoning: Personal recommendations go a long way as packages can look very similar on the surface and actual experience of up-time / quality of support is what differentiates.
alistair@zoombu
stuballs said
at 7:46 am on Jun 17, 2009
Hey guys, came across a great post on Twitter with 25 tools for Bootstrapped Startups: http://storecrowd.com/blog/startup-tools/
May also want to consider adding Amazon Cloudfront for CDN :)
Stu
Azghanvi said
at 6:34 pm on Jun 21, 2009
Nice collection, should be open to add by others
Oo said
at 9:53 am on Aug 2, 2009
I have a few suggestions
1. Project management tools shoould be the first on the list since it is what will help us organize everything
2. Since there are several tools for each function, I think it will help if each person can vote on a category once, to help people who might be struggling to make a decesion.
3. People should have the ability to comment on any tool they have used.
my 2 kobo..
Kris said
at 2:34 pm on Sep 22, 2009
ERPLY is providing invoicing and inventory software as a service, starting 50Eur/month. http://www.erply.ch
manoj ranaweera said
at 12:27 pm on Sep 23, 2009
I wonder, can we expand this to allow discussions on particular technical issues a startup might have, and others chip in to help with their experience and advise. For e.g. we are going through a painful process of migrating to EC2. I for one, would not mind speaking to those who took the journey before us (so as to learn), and also speaking to those who might be thinking about making the journey (so as to advice)!
If this is not the right forum, is there another one available for this type of discussion?
Best regards
Manoj
CEO - http://edocr.com
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