Tools and Resources for Small Business Startups.

Starting a small business in the UK is already difficult on its own. One advantage that we have today is the power of the web and the ability to collect all of the resources available worldwide into one place and to build a better opportunity for entrepreneurs and small business owners to succeed.

We have taken the time to put together a list of all possible tools and resources that are available to help you plan, startup, fund and launch your small business in the UK.

Business Communication Tools

  • Slack – Communication done right, complete with a horde of addictive integrations.
  • Appear.in – Video conferencing made super simple, no excuses.

Email and Marketing Tools

  • MixMax – Making email better, or at least more efficient, with tracking, automation and more.
  • Boomerang – Email not important right now? Tell it to check back in an hour.
  • MailChimp – Drag and drop newsletter design and easy analytics.
  • Revue – Send everyone a good-looking, weekly newsletter curated by you.
  • Sortd – Smart email management skin within Gmail.

Marketing Tools

  • Picatic – Event marketing made easy and beautiful.
  • Typeform – Intuitive and good-looking surveys.
  • Optimizely – Easy A/B testing on Web and mobile.
  • Wistia – A video marketing platform that looks great.
  • Ad Calculator – How much should you actually spend on advertising?
  • Hive – Nicely organized link analytics and customizations.

Website Tools

  • Canva – A drag-and-drop graphic editor for marketers and non-designers.
  • Fiverr – You’d be surprised what you can get for $5.
  • Invision – Prototyping the way it should be.
  • Marketizator – Bag more sales using CRO.
  • Pics.io – Complete media management from photos to design assets and beyond.
  • Compressor.io – Easily compress and optimize images.
  • Coolors – A limitless mix and match of beautiful colour schemes.
  • WithOomph – Create your next logo in five minutes.
  • Videvo – HD stock footage and motion graphics for every project.
  • Google Analytics – The ins and outs of your website’s stats.
  • Mix Panel – Comprehensive mobile and web analytics that are still easy to read.
  • SumoMe – The best website analytics apps all in one place.
  • Mouse Flow – Find out what’s hot, and what’s not using heatmaps.
  • Squarespace – Quick and easy website builder, not to mention pretty.
  • Unbounce – Completely customizable and trackable landing pages for every campaign.
  • Strikingly – Beautiful websites for mobile and web made simple.
  • Qwilr – Turn that proposal into a web page that’s also easy on the eyes.
  • Webflow – Design a fancy website with none of the messy code and all of the usability.

Website Design and Graphics

  • Stock Up – Search engine for high quality stock photos from around the net.
  • Pexels – More beautiful stock photos.
  • Re:Splashed – HD images for every project.
  • The Noun Project – Icons for every occasion, from everywhere.
  • Freepik – Vector graphics for all.
  • Designer Mill – Kits, icons, fonts; you name it, they probably have it.
  • GraphicBurger – Premium quality design resources cooked up by the community.
  • Freebiesjedi – Curated collection of graphic resources from in and around the web.

Business Capital Tools

  • Wave – Your one-stop shop for accounting, invoicing, personal finance and more.
  • Abukai – Quick and simple expense reporting.
  • Shoeboxed – Digital document management to manage expenses sans shoebox.
  • Payment Evolution – Payments and payroll all wrapped up in one pretty package.
  • Angel List – Connecting platform for investors, startups, and job seekers.
  • Fundica – Find the right funding fast.
  • Impact Money Finder – Comprehensive list of non-dilutive funding options (Canada).
  • Kickstarter – Crowdfunding for creative projects everywhere.
  • Frontfundr – Letting crowdfunders get a piece of the pie with Equity crowdfunding.
  • Indiegogo – The world’s largest global crowdfunding site no matter what you’re funding.
  • Generosity – Indiegogo’s fundraising spinoff for human goodness.
  • Gust – Get connected to the world’s largest network of investors.

Idea Validation and Testing Tools

Networking and Social Media Tools

  • Rapportive – Linkedin via Gmail on your sidebar.
  • Founder Dating – Connect with cool people to grow or co-found your business.
  • Hootsuite – Social media management for Twitter, Facebook, and more.
  • Buffer – Simplified social media scheduling and analytics.
  • Iconosquare – Everything you wanted to know about your instagram statistics.
  • Twitonomy – In-depth Twitter analytics.
  • Latergram – Instagram scheduler work-around so you don’t have to be in the moment.
  • Writerack – The easiest way to tweetstorm.
  • GetCrate – Curated social media post recommendations.
  • Tweetdeck – Customized Twitter dashboard and account management.

Presentation and Investor Pitching Tools

  • 10-20-30 Deck Rules – Guy Kawasaki’s guide to a killer presentation.
  • Pitch Envy – The best inspiration for your next deck.
  • Swipe.to – Create a great looking pitch deck and get your idea across.
  • Slidebean – Self-designing slide decks.
  • Haiku Deck – Create super simple presentations that look great.

PR Tools

  • Anewstip – Find journalists by their tweets.
  • Submit.co – A giant list of places your startup should be listed.
  • Hey Press – Search engine for relevant journalists you should talk to.
  • Help a Reporter Out – An opportunity to get press via journalists who actually want to chat.
  • Tiny Pitch – Turn your emails into professional PR pitches.
  • Mention – Scour the web for your startup and never miss out on PR.

Product Management Tools

  • Moo.do – Visually organize everything all in one place.
  • Ramen – Learn from customers and monitor their happiness levels.
  • Quip – Easily create and communicate across devices.
  • Tacoapp – Drag and drop organization from your all your apps on a single screen.
  • Asana – The “get sh*t done” app that keeps you on route and accountable.
  • Trello – Organization tool for keeping you on track and tracking where you’re going.

Productivity Tools

  • Zapier – Automate your workday and save time with tons of app integrations.
  • Coffeeivity – Ambient background noise to to bring your favourite coffee shop to work.
  • IFTTT – Full on automation, making your apps work for you.
  • CopyClip – Convenient clipboard right in your Mac toolbar.

Business Resources

  • Medium – A smart community for life lessons, tools, musings, and more.
  • Freebie.Supply – Even more free tools to help you get started.
  • Startup Stash – Curated resources and tools for every startup.
  • ProductHunt – The hitlist of the web for all things product.
  • Dropbox – Cloud storage.
  • Google Drive – Cloud storage, along with the rest of the Google suite.
  • Box – Cloud storage.
  • Toggl – Simple time tracking software to keep you on task.
  • Harvest – Time tracking for expenses and billing aka getting paid.

CanadaStartup Tools

INSTANT ACCESS - April Government Funding Options

See ALL government funding options now

This will close in 24 seconds