How to bootstrap: A recommended list👌🏽

Resources for when VC isn’t everything

The following is a rather short list of resources I’ve used to bootstrap my own business (DesignCue). I’ve personally used every resource and would recommend to a friend.👌🏽

Design

• Sketch — $100 — https://sketchapp.com/
• Webflow — Freemium — webfl — https://webflow.com/
• Adobe Suite — $50/mo — adobe — https://www.adobe.com/
• Noun Project — https://thenounproject.com/

Taxes

• Taxfyle — $TBD — https://taxfyle.com/

Project Management

• Basecamp — $1000/yr — https://basecamp.com/
• Slack — Freemium — https://slack.com/
• Dropbox Paper — Free — https://www.dropbox.com/paper

Time Tracking

• Toggl — Freemium — https://toggl.com/

Writing

• Signal Vs Noise — https://m.signalvnoise.com/

Analytics

• Fullstory — Freemium — https://fullstory.com/
• Google Analytics — Free — https://analytics.google.com/

Invoicing/Payments

• Paypal — Free — https://www.paypal.com/us/home
• Bonsai Payments — $1 per contract — https://www.hellobonsai.com/

Email

• Mailchimp — Freemium — https://mailchimp.com/
• Polymail — Freemium — https://polymail.io/

Website

• Webflow — $16/mo — https://webflow.com/
• Landing lion — Freemium — https://www.landinglion.com/

Scheduling

• Calendly — Freemium — https://calendly.com/

Live Chat

• Intercom — $49/mo — https://www.intercom.com/

Advertising

• Google Adwords Express — TBD — https://www.google.com/AdWords/Express‎
• Google Adwords — TBD — https://www.google.com/AdWords

Accounting

• Xero — $9/mo — https://www.xero.com/us/

Fonts

• Google Fonts — Free — https://fonts.google.com/
• Creative Market — TBD — https://creativemarket.com/

Blog

• Medium — Free — https://medium.com/

Prototyping

• Marvel — Freemium — https://marvelapp.com/

Emojis

• Emojione — Free — http://emojione.com/

Come see what I’m building at www.designcue.io 🔥🔥🔥