07.07.2020 - By Rob Walling
This week we chat with Tracy Osborn (@tracymakes) as we discuss 15 of the top tools we use to run our businesses. As a followup to a previous, popular tweet, we thought we'd give an update on what tools we continue to use today, as well as share some of the new tools we have started to use.
While tools are necessary for founders, it's important to find a good balance between good-enough and perfect when it comes to evaluating which tools to use. As Tracy says in the show, "It's a good lesson for founders because they often want to build something the 'right way' from the start. Many times there are tradeoffs and sometimes you have to use the tool that has constraints so that you can work faster. It might not be perfect, but it gets the job done."
Are you using any of the tools we mention in the show or have a tool you think we should use? Let us know in the comments!
The top 15 tools we cover
6:04 #1 Calendly vs YouCanBook.me
7:45 #2 Slack: how and why we use it
12:20 #3 How we use Notion for permanent documentation
16:21 #4 Google Drive vs Dropbox for Business
18:42 #5 LastPass for Business
20:05 #6 Dasharoo
21:57 #7 Squadcast.fm & Castos.fm to run this podcast
23.57 #8 Drip & RightMessage for email marketing
25:15 #9 Trello for personal business (vs other task management tools)
26:57 #10 Squarespace for websites
30:35 #11 Voxer push to talk audio vs text messaging
32:52 #12 Keynote for conference talks and eBook PDFs
36:02 #13 Tweetbot vs Twitter.com
38:08 #14 Buffer
39:29 #15 Submittable and Pipedrive
42:20 BONUS: FrontApp for email collaboration
Links from the show
Tracy Osborn | tracyosborn.com
Tracy Osborn on Twitter
Rob's tweet on tools used | Twitter
Calendly
YouCanBook.me
Discord
Discourse
Basecamp
Notion
Dasharoo
Lastpass
Sunrise KPI
Trello
Establishing a High-Performance Productivity Stack with Tracy Osborn | MicroConf on Air
Squarespace
Voxer
Guides: 18 Things SaaS Founders Should Know | Startups For the Rest of Us
Zencaster
Squadcast
Casto