Yes, finally you have arrived , the idea which will change the world, help someone, make money and will follow your never ending pursuit to follow dreams and make it happen.
you want your company to look good, have presence, need A to Z of tools, skills and help, spend every penny wisely to ensure maximum returns. Check ot few tips and tricks :
1) Entrepreneurship help sites :
Load of untapped information for you is available at : entrepreneur.com, startupnation.com, tannedfeet.com, springwise.com, bplans.com Check them out.
2) Location, Location, Location
Want to look big and have presence worldwide : Check out regus.com and have tier-1 address for your business at low monthly costs in major cities across.Check zendesk.com or grasshopper.com for any virtual assistant need,24X7 phone support. Being virtual is new real.
3) Host your website, domain name and Host your code
Check github.com for hosting your code, repository, pretty cool tools. Check ipage.com for hosting, emails and web design templates, themeforest.com for designs, godaddy.com for domain name.
4) Freelancers, Freelancers, Freelancers
Yes you need lot of development work , logo designs and interfaces work to be done , Check out getafreelancer.com, elance.com, odesk.com or rentacoder.com
5) Product & Project Management
Lot of startups help startups for project management : try centraldesktop.com, asana.com or 37signals.com.For files sharing and management check box.net.
6) Google, Google, Google
Use Google Docs for sharing, buzz for private brainstorming, google apps for emails and colloboration.
7) Payment Gateways
Use amazon payments, paypal or stripe.com for payments, paypal is the most expensive one.
8) Cloud, Cloud, Cloud
Want to launch your application, product, services on cloud : use amazon cloud and web services, rackspace or google cloud.
9) Video Conferencing & Presentations
Use Skype for video conferencing and use Cisco's Webex free version for exchanging ideas, sharing presentations.
10) Launch, Launch, Launch
If your business is online then do consider marketing before launching, plan a press release prweb.com or prleap.com, use SEO's, internet directories to submit keywords on your services, concept and products, use google adsense, adwords, yahoo, ask, bing submissions.
Good Luck with your Startup !
