<p>What tools do you use for sales and support? Which tools work best for project management? How do you know who to hire first if you’re a bootstrapped company?</p>
<p>Brian and Jordan asked for your questions and Twitter delivered. Today, they are answering Twitter’s questions about what tools they use, and who to hire, and when.  </p>
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<p><strong><strong><strong>Here are today’s conversation</strong></strong> Points: </strong></p>
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<li>NoSnow TinyConf</li>
<li>Tools that we use:&nbsp;
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<li>Techstack (<a href="https://laravel.com/">Laravel</a>, <a href="https://angular.io/">Angular</a>, <a href="https://reactjs.org/">React</a>, <a href="https://rubyonrails.org/">Ruby on Rails</a>, <a href="https://www.php.net/">PHP</a>, <a href="https://tailwindcss.com/">Tailwind</a>)</li>
<li>Project Management (<a href="https://github.com/">Github</a>, <a href="https://www.notion.so/">Notion</a>, <a href="https://mixpanel.com/">MixPanel</a>, <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/confluence">Confluence</a>, <a href="https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira">Jira</a>)
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<li>Marketing Changelog&nbsp;</li>
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<li>Sales, Marketing, and Support (<a href="https://www.pipedrive.com/">Pipedrive</a>, <a href="https://asana.com/">Asana</a>, <a href="https://www.hubspot.com/">Hubspot</a>, <a href="https://www.salesforce.com/">Salesforce</a>, <a href="https://www.intercom.com/">Intercom</a>, <a href="https://customer.io/">Customer.io</a>, <a href="https://helpspace.com/">HelpSpace</a>, <a href="https://www.helpscout.com/">HelpScout</a>)</li>
<li>Metrics and Internal Tracking (<a href="https://grafana.com/">Grafana</a>, <a href="https://www.profitwell.com/">Profitwell</a>, <a href="https://chartmogul.com/">ChartMogul</a>, <a href="https://mixpanel.com/">MixPanel</a>, <a href="https://amplitude.com/">Amplitude</a>, <a href="https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/#/provision">Google Analytics</a>, <a href="https://usefathom.com/">Fathom Analytics</a>, <a href="https://plausible.io/">Plausible Analytics</a>)</li>
<li>Communication (<a href="https://slack.com/">Slack)&nbsp;</a></li>
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<li>Hiring when you’re bootstrapped, versus when you’re funded
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<li>Who to hire first</li>
<li>Who they are hiring now</li>
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<p><strong>Resources:</strong></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/casjam">Brian on Twitter</a></p>
<p><a href="https://twitter.com/jordangal">Jordan on Twitter&nbsp;</a></p>
<p><a href="https://zipmessage.com/">ZipMessage</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.rallyon.com/">Rally</a></p>
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Brian Casel

Jordan Gal

Tools & People

<p>What tools do you use for sales and support? Which tools work best for project management? How do you know who to hire first if you’re a bootstrapped company? Brian and Jordan asked for your questions and Twitter delivered. Today, they are answering Twitter’s questions about what tools they use, and who to hire, and [&hellip;]</p>
