{"id":199,"date":"2025-05-04T13:31:51","date_gmt":"2025-05-04T13:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demosites.royal-elementor-addons.com\/landing-page-business-v3\/?p=199"},"modified":"2025-11-19T19:56:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-19T19:56:41","slug":"top-tools-every-startup-should-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/index.php\/2025\/05\/04\/top-tools-every-startup-should-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Tools Every Startup Should Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"199\" class=\"elementor elementor-199\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf73e32 e-flex e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"bf73e32\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00db6fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"00db6fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We run an entire app business with these (mostly free or cheap) tools:\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c53006f elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c53006f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Flutter \u2013 one codebase for iOS &amp; Android<\/li><li>Firebase \u2013 backend, auth, database, analytics, crash reporting<\/li><li>Figma \u2013 design and prototyping<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d341542 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d341542\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>GitHub + GitHub Actions \u2013 code + automatic builds<\/li><li>RevenueCat \u2013 handle subscriptions without wanting to cry<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36740c4 e-grid e-con-boxed wpr-particle-no wpr-jarallax-no wpr-parallax-no wpr-sticky-section-no e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36740c4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02369fc elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02369fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-4.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-4.jpg 700w, https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-4-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b7f7910 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b7f7910\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"428\" src=\"https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-206\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-3.jpg 700w, https:\/\/rietek.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/Blog-3-300x183.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ee82cab elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ee82cab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul><li>Notion \u2013 our company \u201cwiki\u201d<\/li><li>Canva \u2013 all screenshots and social graphics<\/li><li>ChatGPT\/Claude\/Grok \u2013 first draft of everything from code comments to this blog post<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79ab644 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79ab644\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">You don\u2019t need enterprise software<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3877db5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3877db5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p dir=\"auto\">Total monthly cost for all of the above: less than R2 500.<\/p><p dir=\"auto\">You don\u2019t need enterprise software. You need tools that get out of your way.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48feb61 elementor-icon-list--layout-traditional elementor-list-item-link-full_width elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon-list\" data-id=\"48feb61\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon-list.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-icon-list-items\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">Use  free or cheap tools<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-icon\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-check\" viewBox=\"0 0 512 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M173.898 439.404l-166.4-166.4c-9.997-9.997-9.997-26.206 0-36.204l36.203-36.204c9.997-9.998 26.207-9.998 36.204 0L192 312.69 432.095 72.596c9.997-9.997 26.207-9.997 36.204 0l36.203 36.204c9.997 9.997 9.997 26.206 0 36.204l-294.4 294.401c-9.998 9.997-26.207 9.997-36.204-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text\">You need tools that get out of your way<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We run an entire app business with these (mostly free or cheap) tools: Flutter \u2013 one codebase for iOS &amp; Android Firebase \u2013 backend, auth, database, analytics, crash reporting Figma \u2013 design and prototyping GitHub + GitHub Actions \u2013 code + automatic builds RevenueCat \u2013 handle subscriptions without wanting to cry Notion \u2013 our company \u201cwiki\u201d Canva \u2013 all screenshots and social graphics ChatGPT\/Claude\/Grok \u2013 first draft of everything from code comments to this blog post You don\u2019t need enterprise software Total monthly cost for all of the above: less than R2 500. You don\u2019t need enterprise software. You need tools that get out of your way. 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