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We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?

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Re: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?

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http://getsatisfaction.com is a great way to get feedback from users on your startup. Easy to manage and free for the feedback widget. I have not tried to pay for features yet.

That's an interesting app. I've heard good things about it but I've never used it myself. How often do you use it?

Re: We’re creating a “Startup toolbox”. What apps should go in it?

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MongoHQ: http://mongohq.com/

If anyone wants to work with MongoDB (nosql database) it's a lot easier to let them handle the details instead of adding it to your already huge list of things you need to do, know, learn etc. They have free databases you can mess around with, and their paid ones are a lot cheaper than getting more vps's/dedicateds/cloud instances - these guys save me time, headaches and money.

BizSpark: http://www.microsoft.com/bizspark/

Free MS software for 3 years including Windows, Visual Studio, SQL Server etc. Generous terms when your 3 years are up.

DNSPark: http://dnspark.net/

Very cheap DNS, I use them at Playtomic which millions of people hit each day. They have generous query limits - $14/year for 5 million queries/month should well and truly cover most startups - and if like me that's closer to "a day" then a month they're still yet to implement overage charges.

Pingdom: http://www.pingdom.com/

Uptime and latency monitoring for your servers. I'm still only using their free plan which is a mistake on my part - I just haven't had time to get it all set up properly and have the data piped into my own dashboard but it is on my to do list.

High Scalability: http://highscalability.com/

Not a service, but an awesome blog that you should read if you are dealing with big numbers or big data, or aspiring to. They're one of the few out-of-my-industry blogs I actually go to without coming through HN.

Web Hosting Talk: http://webhostingtalk.com/

If you're not excited about being billed per hour, per request and per gigabyte for storage and bandwidth in teh cloudz then you can get awesome deals on all levels of hosting there, esp good for dedicateds and vps.

Fusion Charts: http://www.fusioncharts.com/

I don't use them anymore but they have a great library of free Flash charts you can use. AMCharts (http://www.amcharts.com/) is another one that I still use but only for their world maps.

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Geckoboard: http://www.geckoboard.com/ --- "a hosted, real-time status board serving up the indicators that matter to you."

Freshbooks: http://www.freshbooks.com/ --- "painless billing"

Linode: http://www.linode.com/ --- "Deploy and Manage Linux Virtual Servers in the Linode Cloud. Get a server running in minutes with your choice of Linux distro, resources, and node location."

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My web app at poplytics.com helps website owners collect feedback. Would love for it to be included. Currently free

Am i not getting a reply for my post. I case we you were wondering we are a competitor to kamplye and kissinsights
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