Every founder needs to cut costs and sell more. Here are some great ways to do that, courtesy of my portfolio companies…

Make Incorporation and Fundraising Easy – Capbase

Capbase makes it easy to get incorporated, prep for due diligence, and raise money.

If you want to raise venture capital, you need to have your incorporation and cap table squared away. Capbase is the best way to do that. 

Capbase’s pricing is startup-friendly — just $999 a year.

Get Higher ROI from Conferences – Mobly

If you go to a lot of conferences, Mobly is for you. It scans badges and business cards and pipes the data to your CRM.

Mobly enriches each of these leads so you’re ready to make sales. Conferences are a big investment — make them count!

Cut Your Cloud Costs by 50% – North

Cloud compute is a huge cost for many startups. North can lower those costs by 50% or more. 

It plugs into your stack and gets you discounts automatically. Major companies like Brave use North to save a fortune on cloud costs. So can you!

Cut SMS Costs by 80% – Sent

Does your application send a lot of text messages for things like 2FA? Sent can cut those messaging costs by 80-90%. 

Sent does this by using alternative messaging channels instead of costly SMS. If a customer uses iMessage, for example, Sent delivers your message there. 

Analyze Data In Seconds – Querio 

What percent of your free trials convert? Who are your top sales guys this month? Querio can answer these questions in seconds.

It’s basically ChatGPT for your data. 

Don’t spend hundreds of thousands on tools like Tableau or Looker. Querio can give you that information at a fraction of the cost.

Wrap-Up

Being a startup founder means having limited resources. But if you use the right tools, your dollars can stretch a heck of a lot further.

To find each of these companies, I had to look at around 200 startups. So I’m confident these are the best tools on the market. 

Spend just 5 minutes looking into one of these products. You might save yourself a fortune!

There will be no blog tomorrow in honor of Veteran’s Day. See you on Wednesday! 

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