20+ Budget-Friendly Tools I Swear by After Five Years of Creative Hustle

It took me 5 years to assemble the perfect team of tools that allow me to do everything required of an online entrepreneur

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Ideas aren’t enough to do good work. You need tools.

When you find the right ones, things are a lot easier. And not only does your productivity improve but often also, the quality of your work.

A good tool is one that doesn’t get in the way. One that helps you do the little annoying things faster, or automatically.

That’s why I pay a lot of attention to my tech stack.

I think of it as a team. And I don’t have space in my team for tools that don’t contribute, or make the work of everyone else more difficult.

Here’s my full tech stack after 5 years of online business.

Hey, this article is rather long, so I’ve made a page that lists all the tools I’m using. You can download it here.