What software is needed to start a startup?

Nat Friedman, CEO of a startup Xamarin, shares how the software uses a startup entrusted to him. The main thing - frugality and minimal costs. Nobody invested in infrastructure-mail, group calendars, office products. The design is done on the finished, slightly modified, the templates. User support, and group video chats - all in the "cloud."

Below is a list of used with explanations ...google Apps. Mail, calendars, internal wiki and collaborative editing of documents. Cost: $ 5 / user / month.

github Bronze. All source code is stored in the repository is closed. Cost: $ 25 / month.

Asana. This project management system, and Nat finds it fantastic. By the way, Asana should Dustin Moskovitz, one of the co-founders of Facebook.

Themeforest. This storage of high-quality cross-browser templates for your website. If you need to quickly raise your company's website, it will be worth you $ 15-30.

IRC + bip. Nat distributed team, but because they needed was a system of communication. Campfire - too slow, HipChat - are not allowed to log in from different places. In the end, they settled on the IRC server and proxy server to connect to keep alive.

UnlimitedConferencing. Fixed rate of $ 49 / month for internal telephony. Remote employees can connect to the conversation via Skype.

Assistly. Tech support system for customers. Cost: $ 69 / supporter / month.

Linode and Rackspace. The first system provides fast zasetaplennye Linux-server, the second - Windows.

EFax - pours incoming faxes to e-mail, Scanner Pro for iPhone - turns the iPhone into a portable scanner, PDFPen - application for OSX that allows you to edit received faxes in PDF.

Next Nat recommends legal and financial services are little applicable here.