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Research:

Clipular http://www.clipular.com (free)

Evernote http://www.evernote.com. Free, and $45 per year.

Launching Soon Page:

LaunchRock http://www.launchrock.com

LaunchSoon http://launchsoon.com

Landing Pages

Self Hosted:

ThemeForest http://www.themeforest.ne

t $8+

Hosted:

UnBounce (landing pages) http://www.unbounce.com $50/mo

KickOffLabs: http://www.kickofflabs.co

m/ $15/month

Optimizely: https://www.optimizely.co

m/ $17/month

Turnkey Websites

Just Add Content http://justaddcontent.com $69 or $99/mo

DIY Web Site Creation

ThemeForest (themes) www.themeforest.net $8+

WordPress http://www.wordpress.org

WooThemes http://www.woothemes.com/ $70-$200

StudioPress http://studiopress.com

Drag and Drop site creation

Pinegrow Web Designer $49 (desktop)

Easel.io Easily create the front-end of your app in your browser. Automatically generates your HTML & CSS. Free, up to $30 per month.

LIFEYO  http://www.lifeyo.com $8/month

HeadWay Themes. Drag & drop word press theme) $68 http://headwaythemes.com/

SquareSpace http://www.squarespace.co

m $12, $20 or $36/mo

Weebly http://www.weebly.com $8/month

Olark (Live chat for your site) http://www.olark.com $15/mo

HelloBar http://www.hellobar.com $4.95/mo

CloudSponge (email/ importer) http://www.cloudsponge.co

m/ $25/mo

Gigya (Social plugins, social logins, gamefication, http://www.gigya.com/

HelpJuice Knowledge base software http://helpjuice.com/ $49-$149/month

Qualaroo (Formerly KISSinsights - Adds quick 1 question survey to site visitors) https://qualaroo.com/ Free, $29 or $49/mo

Balsamiq - Drag and Drop website mockups - http://www.balsamiq.com/
- $79

Legal

Hello Sign https://www.hellosign.com

/

SnapTerms (Terms of Service as a Service) http://snapterms.com/ $149-$499

Share certificates & electronic option grants http://www.esharesinc.com

/ $20/option grant

Forms

Wufoo (online form builder) http://www.wufoo.com Free, $15-$200/mo

Contact Us Form: http://www.dropifi.com/

Collatebox Collect validated data with Excel-like online form

Surveys

SurveyMonkey survey builder http://www.surveymonkey.c

om Free to $65/mo

Social Media

Social Apps Turnkey fb tabs https://www.socialappshq.

com/pro... $9 to $99/mo

BuddyPress (private label social network www.buddypress.org

API's

Push notification for your app http://urbanairship.com Free, $199/mo

CRM/email: http://context.io/ $2, $29, $99

Chat/feeds/messaging, etc http://www.spire.io/ Free & $3/M messages

Customer Support:

UserVoice

Assistly

Zendesk - customer support

GetSatisfaction (Online help/community) http://www.getsatisfactio

n

WebEngage.com - in-site feedback and targeted short surveys

Comm100 (all in one software) http://www.Comm100.com

Intercom, analytics and CRM The ultimate analytics platform

Find Beta Users:

Betali.st

Betabait

Mobile

UppSite (turns your site into a mobile app) http://www.uppsite.com/

iGenApps (prototype your app) http://igenapps.com/websi

te/

CloudMine (mobile back end for apps) https://cloudmine.me/ $0.0005

ThemeForest (mobile front end for apps) http://www.themeforest.ne

t $8

Test your app http://www.soasta.com/

Make mobile apps & mobile fan pages http://www.cabanaapp.com/

Push notification for your app http://urbanairship.com Free, $199/mo

Analytics:

StartUp Genome Project (benchmark your metrics with other startups) https://www.startupcompas

s.co/

GoodData - data analysis and visualization

Mixpanel - Real Time analysis of your users & metrics. FREE. $150/mo.

Google Analytics

Clicky http://getclicky.com/ real time analytics.  FREE, $5-$25/month.

Wistia (video strategy) http://wistia.com/ $23, $79, $399/month.

CrazyEgg (eye tracking) http://www.crazyegg.com/ $9 to $100/month

KissMetrics http://www.kissmetrics.co

m/ $29-$149/month.

Awesome (Social media analytics) http://www.Awe.sm, $15-$50/month

ClickEquations (paid search anaytics) http://www.clickequations

.com/

SpringMetrics

TrendSlide Graph your key metrics http://www.trendslide.com

/ $5/mo

https://www.rjmetrics.com

/ LTV, Cohort analysis, etc $500/month

Lexity (watch your store live http://lexity.com/ Free to $10k/month

Bime Analytics
(data viz and dashboarding tool)  http://bimeanalytics.com/  $60-$240/mo

Payment:

Square: http://www.SquareUp.com

Stripe: www.stripe.com

Recurrly: (subscription billing) http://www.recurrly.com

Chargify: (subscription billing) http://www.chargify.com

Authorize: http://www.authorize.net/

Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/we

bapps/m...

Balanced: (payments for marketplaces) https://www.balancedpayme

nts.com/ (2.9% + 30c for CC transacts)

Video

Screenr (Explainer videos/Screen casting) http://www.screenr.com

Camtasia: instructional videos http://www.techsmith.com/

camtasia.html

EasyVideoPlayer  http://www.easyvideoplaye

r.com $205

VismoMedia (video production) http://www.vismomedia.com

/

GrumoMedia (video production) http://grumomedia.com/

SimpliFilm Explainer video production http://simplifilm.com/

CommonCraft (splainer videos) http://www.commoncraft.co

m $2,500-$10k

321 FastDraw (Sketchbooks like Kauffman's) http://www.321fastdraw.co

m/

GoAnimate (DIY Animated Video) http://goanimate.com/busi

ness $59/mo

PowToon - (DIY animated videos) http://www.powtoon.com/

The Cuillin Collective - (Explanation Videos) explanation videos Starting from $800

Mineo - Mini Teaser Videos($199), Presentation Videos($799) and Simple Explainer Videos($1499).

CRM

Pipedrive, 9$ per user

Small Business CRM, Web-Based Contact Manager:

SugarCRM

Xobni  plugin (CRM search for Outlook)

Connected

http://pipewise.com/  User Relationship Management

OnePageCRM - http://www.onepagecrm.com

/ - from $15/month

File Sharing:

Dropbox

Box.net

ip-messenger

Zukmo (Notes, file sharing, back-up)

CollateBox [is a new service, still in Beta by invitation] www.collatebox.com

WeTransfer - https://www.wetransfer.co

m/  - free

Mindmaps

FreeMind

MindManager

MindMeister

Whiteboarding

http://realtimeboard.com Endless collaborative whiteboard. Free up to 3 private boards. Pro accounts at $10/mo/person.

Task Management

Asana

GetFlow - Productivity, Management & Delegation

iProcrastinate

Reqall

OmniFocus

wunderlist.com

producteev

Google Task

http://www.plancake.com/

Sandglaz  http://sandglaz.com

Akomplish http://akomplish.com/ Free.

TaskAnt (To Do Repository) https://taskant.com/

Project Management

Online Collaboration

Hipchat https://www.hipchat.com/ Group chat & IM. $2/mo/person.

FireTalks  Anonymous Group chat https://firetalks.com/en Free

Trello https://trello.com/ Organize tasks on boards. Free.

Collatebox Organize and share parts of your spreadsheets (Currently free)

Basecamp http://basecamp.com/  $49/mo

Google Docs

Rizzoma.com (collaborative writing, knowledge base ) FREE

PlanBox https://www.planbox.com  FREE. + Free for students

teampworkpm.net     $12/month

Hojoki (http://hojoki.com)  Integrates all your cloud apps into one news feed. Dropbox, Evernote, Zendesk, Highrise..etc. Free while in beta

http://interstateapp.com/ FREE

Mendeley (It's like Evernote)  http://www.mendeley.com/

ZoHo http://www.zoho.com/

TeamBox (facebook for work) http://teambox.com Free for 1-5 users.

Atlassian http://www.atlassian.com/ $10+

http://www.getflow.com/ $10 per month

Flowdock https://www.flowdock.com/ Shared team inbox & group chat. $19/mo

Mavenlink Project Management Software for the Smarter Workplace Free-$114 per month

Task Science https://taskscience.com - Real-time collaboration and task management platform (Currently free)

Resource Guru (Resource scheduling software | staff management tool & employee planning app | Resource Guru) cloud-based team calendar / $19 per month

Time Tracking:

http://www.focusboosterap

p.com

LazyMeter (http://www.lazymeter.com

)

Toggl - https://www.toggl.com

Harvest (time tracking & invoicing)

PayMo (time tracking, invoicing, & project management) http://www.paymo.biz/ Free, $10/mo,

Hours Tracking (http://hourstracking.com

) - $1/month, scalable

TimeDoctor.com

Video Conferencing:

Join.me

GoToMeeting

Skype

FreeConference.com

Google+ hangouts

http://www.bigmarker.com (webinars)

http://www.cisco.com/web/

telepre...

Audio: http://podcastanswerman.c

om/lear...

Back-Up

Carbonite

CrashPlan (back up) http://www.crashplan.com

Accounting:

BlinkSale Send Invoices w/payment  http://blinksale.com/  $15/mo

Expensify

TradeShift (free online invoicing) http://tradeshift.com/

Quickbooks Online

Lemon (receipt tracking)

Mint.com

SurePayroll (Payroll) http://www.surepayroll.co

m/

ClickTime (Time sheets & expense tracking) http://clicktime.com/

FreshBooks http://www.freshbooks.com

/ Free

LessAccounting http://lessaccounting.com

/ $30/month

Xero

Human Resources:

UnRabble http://www.unrabble.com

Odesk - http://odesk.com

Elance - http://elance.com

LauncAStartup - http://www.launchastartup

.com

simplicant.com

Startup Weekend (find a co-founder) http://startupweekend.org $100

ClearGears (performance reviews) http://www.cleargears.com

/

vWorker (formerly Rent-A-Coder) http://www.vworker.com/

Folyo (find a designer) http://folyo.me/ $100

Elegantly (find a designer) http://elegant.ly/

DesignersCouch (find a designer) http://designerscouch.org

/

Find an engineer https://www.whitetruffle.

com/

Conversation Rate Optimization:

ConversionVoodoo (landing pages) http://www.conversionvood

oo.com/ Pay for performance

Tomazo (landing pages) http://www.tomazo.com/

Optimizely (A/B testing) http://www.optimizely.com

/ $17/month

VisualWebsiteAnalyzer (A/B testing for website) http://visualwebsiteoptim

izer.com/ $49/month

WhichTestWon (A/B testing publication) http://whichtestwon.com/

MarketingSherpa (publication) http://www.marketingsherp

a.com

Trada PPC optimization by crowdsourced experts http://www.trada.com/ Cost: By performance.

BrandGlue (FB newsfeed algorithm optimization) http://brandglue.com/

Spinnakr http://spinnakr.com/

SeeVolution (heat maps) http://www.seevolution.co

m $29/mo+

http://www.walkme.com (interactive onscreen walk-through's). Free, $19, $97, $325/mo

Lead Converter - http://www.lead-converter

.com - capture leads and increase conversions and revenue  - from $5/month

Interactive Design

https://www.wireframes.or

g/ Create quick and easy sketches. Free to $49

http://www.invisionapp.co

m/ create interactive mockups. Free

http://proto.io/ mobile prototyping free, $24, $49

http://www.axure.com/ Interactive HTML prototypes web and apps

Design

99Designs http://99designs.com/ Design contest

http://www.designcrowd.co

m/ Design contest

http://www.brandcrowd.com

/ Ready made logos

UpStack http://upstack.com/

OnSwipe (Makes your blog iPad friendly) http://www.onswipe.com/

SlideDeck http://www.slidedeck.com/

Folyo (find a designer) http://folyo.me/ $100

Elegantly (find a designer) http://elegant.ly/

http://dribbble.com/ Find a designer

MarketSplash (drag & drop marketing materials) https://www.marketsplash.

com (free)

http://www.edit-room.com/ web design in the browser. Free and paid.

http://twitter.github.com

/bootst... Front end framework

Engineering

Github

Loggly http://loggly.com/ analyze customer usage.  $149/month

Unfuddle - Bug Tracking

Assembla.com code repo (svn or git), wiki, bug tracking. http://www.assembla.com/p

lans $9/month

Pivotal Tracker (project management/bug tracking) $50 for 10 users

Beanstalk code hosting / deploying http://beanstalkapp.com/

SmartBear (Code review, load testing, QA) http://smartbear.com/

ManageEngine (IT/server management) http://www.manageengine.c

om/

Aptimize (optimize your website/Double your speed) http://www.aptimize.com/

New Relic ( for real user monitoring and performance) New Relic : Web Application Performance Management (APM) & Monitoring Free, $24, $150

Usersnap (screenshot feedback) Usersnap - Feedback Reinvented. (Starting from 49$, discounts avail)

Phone:

Twillio (Text alerts/phone call API) http://www.twilio.com/  $0.01/text

RingRevenue call performance http://www.ringrevenue.co

m/

GrassHopper (phone number) http://grasshopper.com/ $10/mo

Email Delivery

Constant Contact

MailChimp

PostMark http://postmarkapp.com/

SendGrid http://sendgrid.com/ $0.10 per 1000.

LocBox Create offers for your contacts http://www.getlocbox.com $10/mo or 9% of sales.

CampaignMonitor  http://www.campaignmonito

r.com/ $5/campaign, or $15/month

UserFox (User retention) http://signup.userfox.com

/

Aweber (opt in marketing) http://www.aweber.com/pri

cing.htm $19/mo

Marketing:

Hubspot. Inbound marketing. (25 software marketing tools all in one). $200-$5000 per month.

Marketo $2,000 and $3,600 per month

MixRank (view successful campaigns of competitors) http://mixrank.com/

Chartbeat (www.chartbeat.com)

Ampush (performance marketing) http://www.ampushmedia.co

m/

NationBuilder http://nationbuilder.com

OnlyWire (automated submission of your content) http://onlywire.com/

GeoToko (location based promotions) http://geotoko.com/

HasOffers (create affiliate program) http://www.hasoffers.com/ $99/mo

SongWhale http://songwhale.com/

WildFire  http://www.wildfireapp.co

m/ $5 to $250 per promotion

AwareLabs PR in a box. http://www.awarelabs.com/

Trada (performance ppc optimization) http://www.trada.com/

Involver (Build social media campaigns) http://involver.com/

HelpAreporter (PR: be a source for a journalist) http://helpareporter.com/

OpenX (Sell or Buy ad inventory) http://www.openx.com/

Customer Referral Programs:

Social Twist (Tell-a-Friend button) Free. http://tellafriend.social

twist.com/

Referral Candy http://www.referralcandy.

com/oth... Cost: 1.5% or 7.5% of revenue

CureBit http://www.curebit.com/ $50/month

ShopLogic  give discount codes to site visitors http://apps.shopify.com/s

hoplogic  Free

http://spinnakr.com/  target customers on site. Free

InviteBox (referral marketing) http://invitebox.com

Extole http://extole.com

Ambassador https://getambassador.com

/ $99/mo+

Shoy (QR codes) http://shoy.com/ $19/mo

MailFinch (direct mail marketing) https://www.mailfinch.com

/

SEO

BlueGlass http://www.blueglass.com/

Tynt http://www.tynt.com/

SEOmoz SEO & Social monitoring. http://www.seomoz.org/ $99/month

http://www.rankpop.com/  Pay for performance: $450 per month

SEMRush - answers the question, "What am I ranking for?"  http://www.semrush.com/

Advanced Web Ranking - http://www.advancedwebran

king.co... - desktop seo application - $99

AWR Cloud - http://www.advancedwebran

king.co... - online SEO application - from $49/month

Copy Writing:

ProofReadingPal  http://proofreadingpal.co

m/

CopyBlogger http://www.copyblogger.co

m/

Platform as a Service

Kajabi (create private membership site) http://www.kajabiapp.com $99/mo

OfficeAutoPilot (Information marketers, experts, & coaches) http://officeautopilot.co

m/

Wolf Frameworks Online Database Application Platform, SaaS, Platform-as-a-Service, Excel, Web Databases

DoZuki (create wiki manuals for any niche. iFixit platform. http://www.dozuki.com $99-$499/mo

Shopify (online store) http://www.shopify.com $26/mo

FastSpring (sell digital products) http://www.fastspring.com

/ 9% of sales

BigCommerce http://www.bigcommerce.co

m/

NationBuilder (Fundraising, organizing supporters)  http://nationbuilder.com

DonorTools (fundraising for social entreprenuers & non profits)http://www.donort

ools.com/ $5-$60/month

Daily Deals-as-a-service http://dailydealworks.com

/ 18% or $49+5%

User Testing

YouEye http://www.youeye.com/ $0-$49/mo

http://startuplift.com/ $79/mo.

Funding

TruEquity (Cap table as a service) http://www.truequity.com $0-$20/mo

AngelList http://angel.co/

GrowThink http://www.growthink.com/

ProFounder (crowd funding) https://www.profounder.co

m

http://www.microventures.

com/home

Gust https://gust.com

Productivity search engine:

CloudMatic http://cloudomatic.com/

Continuing Education:

Berkeley CS: Software Engineering for SaaS  https://www.coursera.org/

course/...

Stanford online free classes: http://see.stanford.edu/s

ee/cour...

http://www.udacity.com/

http://startupdatatrends.

com/

Training

TalentLMS: http://www.talentlms.com

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