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A curated directory of resources and tools to help you build your startup

166 points by TheVinous 9y ago

AndrewOMartin 9y ago
There should be a mechanism such that when you click any of the elements on this website there's a small chance of a popup saying "stop reading and start doing".
- bramk 9y ago
  good one, let me think about that ;)
starikovs 9y ago
Very useful directory I added it to my bookmarks a year or two ago. BTW, it would be great to have some rating for the tools.
testouts 9y ago
I can outsource my outsource
omegote 9y ago
Ok so there are _ten_ different services just to _name_ your startup? Duuude seriously?
- om3n 9y ago
  Here's yet another API for generating startup names (feel free to change the "baseWord" param): http://namrly.azurewebsites.net/api/Namrly/RelatedStartupName?baseWord=name http://namrly.azurewebsites.net/api/Namrly/RelatedStartupNam...
ashtube 9y ago
Oh look this has popped to the top of HackerNews again.
- yvoschaap 9y ago
  Fun fact, with over 11k votes, the all-time most upvoted product on ProductHunt.
  - bramk 9y ago
    that is, true ;)
    - mindhunters 9y ago
      Bram, how many emails did you collect to do this?
      - bramk 9y ago
        I did not get 11K upvotes on the first day. This is from 2,5 years. After my launch day I was the #2 most upvoted product, 1 week later it was the #1 most upvoted product. I think on the first day it got 1500 upvotes. Check https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb20ad8 https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-u... to read how I launched it.
    - mindhunters 9y ago
      Also, how much traffic did you get with 11k upvotes from PH?
- ashtube 9y ago
  Downvote me all you like. I never said it was a bad product. But as Bram says "Over 2.5 years". This isn't new. Therefore not news, therefore shouldn't be at the top of Hacker [New]s.
bramk 9y ago
What's up HackerNews! I'm surprised to see my creation Startup Stash pop up here, after launching it early 2015. I think I tried to post this here before? (back then) Those of you who don't know, Startup Stash is the most upvoted product of all time on Product Hunt with 11K+ upvotes (https://www.producthunt.com/search?q=%2A https://www.producthunt.com/search?q=%2A), if you want to know more check out this blogpost I wrote after launching it: https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb20ad8#.xi5dg41p2 https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-u... Right now I'm working on something new: a course to teach anyone how to build a Minimum Viable Product without code: https://nocodemvp.com https://nocodemvp.com.
- TheVinous 9y ago
  You are welcome! :) I use PH a few times per month, so I don't know how I could miss it so far, it was absolutely new for me. Its a great collection by the way! Nice job! :)
preinheimer 9y ago
I'd add Logojoy (https://logojoy.com/ https://logojoy.com/) for logos. They're not free, but they'll get you started with a logo you need not be embarrassed by.
shekhar101 9y ago
I would pay a decent amount of money, if a tool/service can get me this: drag and drop bootstrap website designer that let's me export the code to plug in to my backend. It's so frustrating to not have something like this for someone who's completely incapable of UI design. Does someone know of a service like this/
- RepressedEmu 9y ago
  http://launchaco.com/build/ http://launchaco.com/build/ This is for landing pages but offers drag and drop simple website builder for you and I think it uses bootstrap. I use it all the time to quickly get 80 percent of what I want before refining it from there.
- nathan_f77 9y ago
  Take a look at webflow: http://webflow.com/ http://webflow.com/
- IncRnd 9y ago
  Bootstrap Studio. There is a one-time charge. Their studio works on mac, linux, and windows. You download to your machine and don't run this from the cloud. You can host your sites wherever you want without having to use specific vendor servers. This is very easy to use. I don't have time to spend as a full-stack web developer, when I am already busy with other things. I'm not affiliated with the author/vendor other than having purchased their product. https://bootstrapstudio.io/ https://bootstrapstudio.io/
mitchellshow 9y ago
Super helpful list Bram! +1 for instant search
- bramk 9y ago
  thanks!
cronjobma 9y ago
You should add Logodust (http://logodust.com http://logodust.com), a fantastic resource for free logo designs that one could use in mvps and mockups.
- bramk 9y ago
  will check it out!
mcaravey 9y ago
There are a whole bunch of Microsoft resources that aren't mentioned: Bizspark - All Microsoft software + Azure credits (https://bizspark.microsoft.com https://bizspark.microsoft.com) Azure - Cloud hosting (https://azure.microsoft.com/free https://azure.microsoft.com/free) Team Services - Code repo + CI/CD (https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/) Mobile Center - App distribution and analytics (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/ https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/)

166 points by TheVinous 9y ago

There should be a mechanism such that when you click any of the elements on this website there's a small chance of a popup saying "stop reading and start doing".

bramk 9y ago
good one, let me think about that ;)

starikovs 9y ago

Very useful directory I added it to my bookmarks a year or two ago. BTW, it would be great to have some rating for the tools.

testouts 9y ago

I can outsource my outsource

omegote 9y ago

Ok so there are _ten_ different services just to _name_ your startup? Duuude seriously?

om3n 9y ago
Here's yet another API for generating startup names (feel free to change the "baseWord" param): http://namrly.azurewebsites.net/api/Namrly/RelatedStartupName?baseWord=name http://namrly.azurewebsites.net/api/Namrly/RelatedStartupNam...

ashtube 9y ago

Oh look this has popped to the top of HackerNews again.

yvoschaap 9y ago
Fun fact, with over 11k votes, the all-time most upvoted product on ProductHunt.
- bramk 9y ago
  that is, true ;)
  - mindhunters 9y ago
    Bram, how many emails did you collect to do this?
    - bramk 9y ago
      I did not get 11K upvotes on the first day. This is from 2,5 years. After my launch day I was the #2 most upvoted product, 1 week later it was the #1 most upvoted product. I think on the first day it got 1500 upvotes. Check https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb20ad8 https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-u... to read how I launched it.
  - mindhunters 9y ago
    Also, how much traffic did you get with 11k upvotes from PH?
ashtube 9y ago
Downvote me all you like. I never said it was a bad product. But as Bram says "Over 2.5 years". This isn't new. Therefore not news, therefore shouldn't be at the top of Hacker [New]s.

bramk 9y ago

What's up HackerNews! I'm surprised to see my creation Startup Stash pop up here, after launching it early 2015. I think I tried to post this here before? (back then) Those of you who don't know, Startup Stash is the most upvoted product of all time on Product Hunt with 11K+ upvotes (https://www.producthunt.com/search?q=%2A https://www.producthunt.com/search?q=%2A), if you want to know more check out this blogpost I wrote after launching it: https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-upvoted-product-of-all-time-on-product-hunt-f3772fb20ad8#.xi5dg41p2 https://medium.com/startup-grind/how-i-launched-the-2-most-u... Right now I'm working on something new: a course to teach anyone how to build a Minimum Viable Product without code: https://nocodemvp.com https://nocodemvp.com.

TheVinous 9y ago
You are welcome! :) I use PH a few times per month, so I don't know how I could miss it so far, it was absolutely new for me. Its a great collection by the way! Nice job! :)

preinheimer 9y ago

I'd add Logojoy (https://logojoy.com/ https://logojoy.com/) for logos. They're not free, but they'll get you started with a logo you need not be embarrassed by.

shekhar101 9y ago

I would pay a decent amount of money, if a tool/service can get me this: drag and drop bootstrap website designer that let's me export the code to plug in to my backend. It's so frustrating to not have something like this for someone who's completely incapable of UI design. Does someone know of a service like this/

RepressedEmu 9y ago
http://launchaco.com/build/ http://launchaco.com/build/ This is for landing pages but offers drag and drop simple website builder for you and I think it uses bootstrap. I use it all the time to quickly get 80 percent of what I want before refining it from there.
nathan_f77 9y ago
Take a look at webflow: http://webflow.com/ http://webflow.com/
IncRnd 9y ago
Bootstrap Studio. There is a one-time charge. Their studio works on mac, linux, and windows. You download to your machine and don't run this from the cloud. You can host your sites wherever you want without having to use specific vendor servers. This is very easy to use. I don't have time to spend as a full-stack web developer, when I am already busy with other things. I'm not affiliated with the author/vendor other than having purchased their product. https://bootstrapstudio.io/ https://bootstrapstudio.io/

mitchellshow 9y ago

Super helpful list Bram! +1 for instant search

bramk 9y ago
thanks!

cronjobma 9y ago

You should add Logodust (http://logodust.com http://logodust.com), a fantastic resource for free logo designs that one could use in mvps and mockups.

bramk 9y ago
will check it out!

mcaravey 9y ago

There are a whole bunch of Microsoft resources that aren't mentioned: Bizspark - All Microsoft software + Azure credits (https://bizspark.microsoft.com https://bizspark.microsoft.com) Azure - Cloud hosting (https://azure.microsoft.com/free https://azure.microsoft.com/free) Team Services - Code repo + CI/CD (https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/ https://www.visualstudio.com/team-services/) Mobile Center - App distribution and analytics (https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/ https://www.visualstudio.com/vs/mobile-center/)