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What does Starter Story use to run their business?

Loom
Other

94 using

$10/month for one of the best time saving tools out there. You can spend hours writing emails, or just minutes recording a Loom. If you're bootstrapped and don't have time to bullshit, then you must add Loom to your workflow.

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Frame.io
Other

8 using

Amazing tool for working with editors and running a video content operation async.

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Heroku
Platform

67 using

I spend ~$800/month for everything including all caching, database, and servers and it just keeps things really simple so I can focus on the business.

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Rails
Stack

8 using

Rails is the best. Been on it for 7+ years and wouldn't switch to anything else. I'm a huge fan.

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Sentry
Other

10 using

Sentry is a great, affordable tool for bug alerts and performance issues. Been using them for years - I'm a huge fan of what they built.

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Stripe
Payments

931 using

Stripe is amazing. Yes, the fees can be a bit crazy sometimes, but I still love it. I wish they had Paypal integration.

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Upwork
Hiring

554 using

We spend $4,000-$5,000 per month on freelancers. I've used Upwork for years and have found amazing freelancers through the platform. It just takes some time to find the good ones, but once you do, it's so worth it.

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Klaviyo
Email

362 using

We spend ~$4.5K per month on email and SMS marketing. That might sound like a lot, but more than half of our revenue can be directly attributed to Klaviyo. It is a game changing tool, and it is miles ahead of the competition. It's expensive, but worth it.

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Mercury
Accounting

7 using

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We use Mercury for banking, and treasury, and it's free! It is a great product and all founders should bank with them IMO. They constantly go above and beyond, their support is top notch, and their app is a delight to use.

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Posthog
Analytics

10 using

We use Posthog for analytics, AB testing, and funnel tracking. It is a great alternative to GA (which totally sucks now), and their pricing is really good. Full disclosure, we do have a partnership with Posthog, but I was a fan and paying user of their product for months before. Everyone building on the web should Posthog.

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Slack
Productivity

1,029 using

We use Slack as part of our backend community. It is a great platform because it is almost ubiquitous... everyone has Slack!

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Gusto
Other

78 using

We use this to pay our employees and manage health care benefits. It's a good tool, simplifies everything.

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Zapier
Other

356 using

We use Zapier especially when hacking together different tools like Typeform, Telegram, Slack, and Klaviyo.

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Notion
Productivity

353 using
Postmark
Email

35 using
Typeform
Other

64 using
Cloudflare
Other

54 using
Placid
Other

1 using
Canva
Design

883 using