startup weapons for newbie entrepreneurs

STARTUP WEAPONS 3

Cool tools you need to know about + a cool story to entertain you while you learn. Put together for MaGIC’s MA

By Hakim Albasrawy & Sky Chew

For these guys:

By these guys:

Hi I’m HakimI build business analytics tools for fish, shrimp and lobster farmers in South East Asia.

I quit smoking a bunch of years ago but enjoy the occasional shisha.

I enjoy exploring cool new tools, startups and practices that we are about to share with you guys.

Hi I’m SkyI manage technology developments for Growth Hacking Asia.

I love making and volunteer to built houses for orang asli.

I enjoy exploring technology to streamlines processes which we will share with you here today

OVERVIEW

1. Idea Stage2. MVP Stage3. Fulfillment Stage4. Financial tools5. workshop setup autocrat (1 hour)6. Solve your problems (30 minutes)

Ecommerce?Go with Shopify

orWoocommerce on

Wordpress

IDEA STAGE

So this is happening

This is a story of a 5 people who had an idea and heard about this startup thing that MaGIC is talking about so they want to try it out.

Solve a problem

Last minute work is a pain to get done and even more of a pain to submit first thing in the morning. So an idea was hatched

Brainstorming time

You need a place to record all of the important stuff like picking a name, setting a pricing, creating your value proposition and identifying what you need to test, all while keeping the team in the loop

docs.google.com

Google doc example

why google doc?1 - collaboration work2 - version control3 - commenting4 - cloud storage

Copywriting for betterowl

Name our great idea

Now you want to brainstorm on a new name, this process usually takes forever. To speed this up we need to be able to generate as much examples or suggestion as much as possible.

leandomainsearch.com

Now Logo!

Logo designing is a very tricky task and a lot of time we spend too much time on this. But we still need one to look more professional and legit.

creativemarket.com 99designs.com

MarketingTime to get the word out thereand test our idea

Copywriting

It is important to have good copywriting for your emails and communication items. I know you can write amazing copywriting but the small mistakes in grammar and spelling can make one look silly and sloppy. But alas we are only human.

hemingwayapp.com

Pretty icons robust designs

Unless you have an awesome designer on your team designing posters and name cards can be a very daunting task.

thenounproject.com

www.flaticon.com

Getting your design on

Simple free design software for editing svg files and creating vector designs

inkscape.org

Get it printed

Online printing. Get some credit, send in your order for cards, buntings, flyers, tshirts, stickers

colourman.com.my

MVP STAGE

Landing page

Now that we have our print media ready, we want a landing page to capture the interest and also to test if people really want this service.

unbounce.com

Capturing Leads

Time to start looking at who we can sell this to. Start with a list of your own contacts and compile them into a list that you can take action on

spreadsheet.google.com

Validation

Conditional formatting

Pivot table

FULFILLMENT STAGE

Order completed

Order requested

John

Order processed

Down to business

WORKSHOPHOW TO USE AUTOCRAT

STEP-BY-STEP

FINANCIAL TOOLS

www.billplz.comwww.waveapps.com

TELL US YOUR PROBLEMS

WE WILL RUN THROUGH YOUR PROBLEMS ON HOW WE WOULD SOLVE IT

STARTUP WEAPONS 3

Cool tools you need to know about + a cool story to entertain you while you learn. Put together for MaGIC’s MA

By Hakim Albasrawy & Sky Chew

For these guys:

By these guys: