Next Fortnightly Theme – Free Softwares for Startups
We all love freebies – so here is one fortnight dedicated to..what else, but free softwares.
Free, as in free, and the topic will range from free desktop softwares to free softwares on the web (collaboration/enterprise/crm/etc).
Having said that, we would also like to bring in certain insights on when free software do not work (and paid-ones are better), as well as legal definition of ‘free’.
At the same time, if you are a startup/geek and wish to share your list of free softwares that you use, please do so (get in touch: ashish at pluggd.in)
Enjoy the ‘free ride’!
About the author - Ashish Sinha is a Startup Mentor/Product Strategy Coach, and the founder/chief editor of pluGGd.in.
He has launched/managed couple of products (consumer as well as enterprise) in US and India, and now consults with startups/small businesses on their product/media strategy. He can be reached at: ashish (at) pluGGd.in [+91 98452 06443]
We use BizSpark, and all the goodness that comes with it. So far, it has worked well – saved us costs to use some well-established software both for development and production.
However, when we needed a customer service app (routing emails, tracking tickets etc), we tried MSFT’s Dynamics CRM and found it too complex for our purposes. We are still in a quest for a good customer service app that is, well, free and useful. Any suggestions welcome. Thanks in advance.
Srikanth
Tried taroby(not a free app)? I wrote about it here http://is.gd/3ldx8
Thanks for the reco, Balu…looks very interesting. Will check it out!
I am looking at free email management system, to be used for our mailing campaigns. Must have features to take care of “unsubscribe” requests, bouncing email addresses etc.
Also looking at free contact management system, should have features to help us with timely followup our prospects.
Also looking at any free expense management system.
Any feedback would be much appreciated.
Regards
Chirag
Chirag,
Not sure if you would be able to find a free email mgmt system; we are using MailChimp which we found gave us the best bang for the buck…so far great experience.
Srikanth
ha ha look at him
Free Free and Free
Man you need to spend bit of bucks