Startup Weapons for Newbie Entrepreneurs

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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:

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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:

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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.

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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

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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

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IDEA STAGE

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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.

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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

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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

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Google doc example

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

Copywriting for betterowl

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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

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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

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MarketingTime to get the word out thereand test our idea

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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

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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

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Getting your design on

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

inkscape.org

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Get it printed

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

colourman.com.my

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MVP STAGE

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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

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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

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Validation

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Conditional formatting

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Pivot table

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FULFILLMENT STAGE

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Order completed

Order requested

John

Order processed

Down to business

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WORKSHOPHOW TO USE AUTOCRAT

STEP-BY-STEP

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FINANCIAL TOOLS

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www.billplz.comwww.waveapps.com

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TELL US YOUR PROBLEMS

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

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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: