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Thembelihle Gumede
These tools helped me start my startup journey, no you don't have to get everything all at once. Just a starting point
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Devices
Find affordable laptops but make sure it has an SSD, others will just hold you back
Affordable Laptop (SSD)
High speed router
High speed router: Wifi 6e Router
Ergonomic Chair from Amazon
Ergonomic Chair
Because it all starts with a whiteboard
Mobile Whiteboard 32x48in Height Adjustable
This chair saves backs
Adjustable Desk
High end laptop
ThinkPad T14s Snapdragon Gen 6 - Lenovo
Because startup founders don't wear suits
ASOS | Online shopping for the Latest Clothes & Fashion
I don't know about you but I intend to use my wrists till I'm 90
Amazon.com: Ergonomic Mouse
Management Tools
AI assistant that takes notes for you during a meeting
Jamie - Your Personal AI Note Taker
Pitch Deck Generator, Helps with creating Investor kits and financial models, Assists with applying for accelerators
AI Pitch Deck Generator & Co-Pilot for Building Startup | PitchBob
Income and expense tracking, automated tax calculations, bank integration
QuickBooks: Financial Management Software
From as little as $2.99 create your website
Website Builder | Create Your Website in Minutes with Ease
Email marketing and campeign management, subscriber Segmentation, Pre-designed templates
Email Marketing Tools | Mailchimp
High end market research with get data sets and insights
Market Research: Grand View Research, Inc.
Wireframing and interactive prototyping tool, Mobile gestures, web interactions, animations & effects
Justinmind: Prototype & Wireframe tool
Easy to use web scrapper
Automatio: No-code Web Scraper & Browser Automation
Create all your marketing and branding documents, content calendar, infographics, and even a website.
Canva: A designer in your pocket
All in one workspace
Notion – The all-in-one workspace for your notes, tasks, wikis, …
Digital white board for real time collaboration, fantastic for ideation, brainstorming and planning
Miro | The Visual Workspace for Innovation
Market Analysis
Market Analysis: Bonafide Research & …
Project management tool that you can integrate with your Google calendar
Asana
Automations
Make | Automation Software | Connect Apps & Design Workflows
Social media content generation
Blaze | The AI Tool for Teams of One
Tech Stack
Create your MVP
Lovable
Deploy your MVP
Replit – Build apps and sites with AI
A set of beautifully-designed, accessible, and customizable components to help you build your component library. Open Source.
Shadcn: Open source component building
Open source SQL database
Supabase: Database
For your database
MongoDB: The Developer Data Platform
Great resource
Appwrite - Build like a team of hundreds
Open source AI tool
DeepSeek
Programmes
Best free resources for startups
Y Combinator: Startup School
Events 2025
Date: March, supply chain and trade conference
GTR Africa 2025 | Trade, export & infrastructure finance conference
Building AI fueled business. Location: Sandton, Date: 13 May 2025
IDC Middle East CIO Summit 2025
Startup summit
START Summit | Be where innovation happens - START Global
