How would you structure your startup? Where do you find all the resources you need to run and grow your company from the ground up? With the recent growth in software solutions, the internet is filled with many resources to create your company’s infrastructure. Let’s run through the list together.
Once you launch a company, you instantly need to become the Finance, Accounting, Marketing, HR, IT, Sales, and Legal departments all in one. On top of which you need to build a product, hire amazing employees, and pitch investors to get funding.
Here’s a list of tools and resources to help you quickly start your company:
Accounting: Quickbooks or Bench or Xero (Digits coming soon)
Communication: Slack or Notion or Microsoft Teams
Workspace (Email, Video Chat, Sheets/Slides/Documents,Analytics): GSuite
Website builder: Softr (Armenian Founders) or Webflow or Squarespace
Database: Google Sheets or Airtable
On top of resources, you can always apply to attend startup accelerators to help you kickstart your company.
Startup Accelerators ⛽️
What is an Accelerator?
Startup accelerators are fixed-term, cohort-based programs, that include mentorship and educational components and culminate in a public pitch event or demo day. They support early-stage, growth-driven companies through education, mentorship, and financing by compressing a lot of information into just a few months.
Accelerators for Armenian founders
Hero House Yerevan / Hero House Glendale (Hero House Glendale recently launched with their first cohort of startups, keep an eye out for future cohorts!)
If I’m missing any accelerators, please message me!
Bonus financing opportunity: Founder Grants is looking to help you find funding/grants from across the globe. Check them out here -> https://www.foundergrants.com/
What we’re following 🚀
Andreessen Horowitz goes deep into NFTs (Non-fungible token) - a Thousand True Fans. NFTs are blockchain-based records that uniquely represent pieces of media.
Josh Wolfe, co-founder of Lux Capital, shares their recent investor letter on lessons learned within the last few months. Read their insights on the startups industry and lessons learned.
EasyDMARC received a big investment from Business Angel Network of Armenia.
Clubhouse is an invitation-only audio chat social networking app. Here’s a great presentation on Clubhouse 101. Apple devices (iOS) only for the time being. If you’d like an invite, I have a few to share!
Spotify is launching in Armenia with their free and premium plans and work with local creators and partners to expand their music offerings.
Jobs 💼
A company is looking for a Junior Linux Programmer and a Junior FPGA Engineer. Email us if you are interested.
International Armenian Job Board.
Post your Jobs here
Startup spotlight 👨💻👩💻
Established in Canada in 2020, Fluent is a chrome extension that helps you learn a new language while browsing the web.
They translate select words and phrases to the language you want to learn, on any website you're on. Fluent then take those new words and regularly engages you with them across all the sites you browse until you've fully learnt them. This way, you immerse yourself in new vocabulary throughout your day without needing to pull out an app or study from a textbook.
The goal is for language learning to become a part of your life, the same way it would if you learnt French by moving to France. The words and phrases you learn mean something to you since you encounter them while reading things you already care about. Learning business words while reading Bloomberg, or sports vocabulary while browsing Twitter, or romantic phrases while seeing your friend's wedding post on Facebook. You learn just by living your life. The languages they have currently are French and Spanish and the team is looking to add a lot more in the coming months. The CMO is Armenian (Ara Ghougassian). Show your support and download the extension to learn a new language!
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