Free Tools for Entrepreneurs

Free Tools for Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups

Attention Tech Startups & Fellow Entrepreneurs:
As a Startupologist There Is Nothing Better Than Finding Free Stuff Made By Awesome People!

Special thanks to all the bloggers and web content curators that spread the word about free tools, tips and tricks for bootstrappers. This list was curated from +50 tech blogs & websites such as AllTop, TNW, Buffer Blog, Product Hunt, Angellist, Pickcrew, Betalist, TechCrunch, etc.

Hope you find something helpful. If so, please share so others can benefit.
If you know of more useful sites, please comment.

Business + Marketing

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FREE WEBSITE + LOGO + HOSTING + INVOICING

 FREE BUSINESS / PROJECT NAME GENERATORS

WRITING / BLOGGING

  •  Hemingway: Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.
  • Grammarly: Finds & corrects mistakes of your writing.
  • ZenPen: The minimal writing tool of web.
  • Liberio: Simple eBook creation and publishing right from Google Drive.
  • Editorial Calendar: See all your posts, drag & drop to manage your blog.
  • Story Wars: Writing stories together.
  • Headline Analyzer: Emotional marketing value headline analyzer.
  • WP Hide Post: Control the visibility of items on your blog.
  • Social Locker: Ask visitors “to pay” for your content with a tweet, etc.
  • Egg Timer: Set a time and bookmark it for repeated use.

 FIND (TRENDING) CONTENT (IDEAS)

FREE SEO + WEBSITE ANALYZERS

FREE IMAGE OPTIMIZERS

FREE IMAGE EDITORS

COLLECT & SEND EMAILS FOR FREE

FREE SOCIAL MEDIA + COMMUNITY MANAGEMENT + SURVEYS

  • WriteRack: The easiest way to blog/tweetstorm on twitter.
  • Spruce: Make Twitter ready images in seconds.
  • Click To Tweet: Get more shares on your content.
  • MyTweetLinks: Increases Twitter traffic.
  • Latergram: Easily plan & schedule your Instagram posts.
  • WordPress Pin it Button for Images: Add a “Pin It” button.
  • SharedCount: Track URL shares, likes, tweets, and more.
  • Justunfollow: Follow / unfollow people on Twitter & Instagram.
  • SocialRank: Identify, organize, and manage your followers on Twitter.
  • Klout: Social media influence score on browser extension.
  • Ritetag: Instant hashtag analysis.
  • Social Analytics :Interactions for a URL on most social platforms.
  • Riffle: Full profile and info on any Twitter user.
  • Buffer Free Plan: Schedule posts to Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+.
  • Bitly: Create, share, and track shortened links.
  • Flament: A free beautiful and customizable sharing bar.
  • Addthis: Get more shares, follows and conversions.
  • Sumome Share: Auto-optimizes your share buttons for max traffic.
  • Digg Digg: Your all in one share buttons plugin.
  • Disqus: Build a community of active readers & commenters.
  • Typeform: Free beautiful online survey & form builder.
  • Tally:Create polls in no time. 

A/B TESTS & GROWTH HACKING

  •  Petit Hacks: Acquisition, retention, & revenue hacks used by companies.
  • Optimizely: One optimization platform for websites and mobile apps.
  • Hello Bar: Tool for A/B testing different CTAs & power words.
  • GrowthHackers: Unlocking growth. Together.

FREE DESIGN RESOURCES

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Design + Code

COLOR PICKERS

INSPIRATION

  • MaterialUp: Daily material design inspiration.
  • FLTDSGN: Daily showcase of the best flat UI design websites and apps.
  • Site Inspire: Web design inspiration.
  • UI Cloud: The largest user interface design database in the world.
  • Moodboard: Build a beautiful moodboard and share the result.
  • Crayon: The most comprehensive collection of marketing designs.
  • Land-Book: Product landing pages gallery.
  • Ocean: A community of designers sharing feedback.
  • Dribbble: Show and tell for designers.
  • Behance: Showcase & discover creative work.
  • Pttrns: Mobile user interface patterns.
  • Flat UI Design: Useful board I discovered thanks to Erik.
  • Awwwards: The awards for design, creativity and innovation.
  • The Starter Kit: Curated resources for developers and designers.
  • One Page Love: Resource for one page website inspiration.
  • UI Parade: User interface design tools and design inspiration.
  • The Best Designs: The best of web design.
  • Agile Designers: Best resources for designers & developers.
  • Niice: A search engine with taste.

FREE STOCK PHOTOGRAPHY

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FREE TYPOGRAPHY

FREE ICONS

FREE USEFUL STUFF

 Work & Productivity

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BACKGROUND SOUNDS  = HELP YOUR FOCUS

  • Noisli: Background noise & color generator.
  • Noizio: Ambient sound equalizer for relax or productivity.
  • Defonic: Combine the sounds of the world into a melody.
  • Designers.mx: Curated playlists by designers, for designers.

 AVOID DISTRACTION

  • Self Control: Mac: free application to help you avoid distracting websites.
  • Cold Turkey: Windows: temporarily block yourself off of distracting websites.

ORGANIZE & COLLABORATE

  • Trello: Keeps track of everything.
  • Evernote: The workspace for your life’s work.
  • Dropbox: Free space up to 2GB.
  • Wetransfer: Free transfer up to 10GB.
  • Drp.io: Free, fast, private and easy image and file hosting.
  • Pocket: View later, put it in Pocket.
  • Mailtoself: An iOS extension to mail notes to yourself from any app.
  • List.ly: Discover and create great lists.
  • Markticle: Mark your reading progress in articles for later.

DIGITAL NOMADS & REMOTE WORKING

DISCOVER TOOLS & STARTUPS

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Discover & Learn

  • Product Hunt: Curation of the best new products, every day.
  • Angellist: Where the world meets startups.
  • Beta List: Discover and get early access to tomorrow’s startups.
  • StartupLi.st: Find. Follow. Recommend startups.
  • Startups List: Collections of the best startups in different places.

BUILD TOGETHER

  • Assembly: Co-create new ideas no matter where they are.
  • CoFoundersLab: Find a co-founder in any city, any industry.
  • Founder2be: Find a co-founder for your startup.

LEARNING

NEWSLETTERS THAT DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME

USEFUL

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