“Technology is nothing. What’s important is that you have faith in people, that they’re basically good and smart, and if you give them tools, they’ll do wonderful things with them.” – Steve Jobs
On this page, I am sharing resources that I did find useful under varying circumstances. If you have any questions about how these resources might fit into your business please get in touch!
Automation
- Zapier (make your life easier via digitalizing office processes online…)
Biohacking
- Flux (get rid of bright monitor light to improve your sleep quality)
- Spotify (Free electronic music to get into flowstates )
- Ra-optics Blueblockers (use after sunset to block screenlight)
Business Model Design
- Business Model Canvas (Design your business model and execute it)
Content Production
- iPhone (it’s a content production factory… )
- Call Recorder for Skype (record your Skype calls and interviews)
- Xmind Zen (a good mindmap is an amazing asset)
- Clickmeeting (host online webinars like a pro)
- Camtasia (record & edit your videos easily to create premium content)
- Snagit (Screen Capture & Screen Recording, images and video)
- ScreenFlow (similar to Camtasia just a bit more technical)
Communication
- Skype (talk to anyone for free over the net)
- Slack (communicate with your team, and contractors, like a pro)
- What’s app (just send them a message and emojis… )
- Zoom (online meetings and presentations made easy)
- Calendly (easily schedule online meetings through time-zones)
Data Storage
- Dropbox (Store and share data online)
- AWS S3 (Host video content in the cloud for fast loading speeds)
Design Thinking Process
- Empathy Map Canvas (Pro tip: Develop genuine empathy for customers)
Email Service Providers (Email Automation)
- Drip (for US, UK & Australia)
- Klick-Tipp (for Germany)
- Convertkit ((for US, UK & Australia)
Productivity
- Be Focused Pro (a nifty tool to apply the Pomodoro method)
- Trello (create your own team Kanban board to operate like a pro)
- Google Drive (to collaborate on files easily)
- Google Apps (email, calendar, and drive plus much more… )
- Textexpander (sick of typing hashtags and support mails? )
Payment Processors
- Paypal (just send the link and get the money – easy…)
- Stripe (Who else want to take payments via credit cards…)
Value Proposition Design
- Strategyzer (Master the process of Value Proposition Design)
- Value Proposition Design Canvas (Print it out and get into it, it’s awesome…)
Web analytics
- Google Analytics (measuring traffic and visitor behavior)
- UTM Code Generator (measure which of your campaigns really deliver)
WordPress
DIY Themes FOCUS Skin (one of the fastest wordpress templates on the web)
Writing
- Ulysses (my favorite writing app – thanks to Andre Chaperon!)
- Grammarly (saves you a ton of time to find typos… )
