#6 | Creativity Classes | 37 Tools to Test Your Startup Idea

1. Personal:

I last painted when I was 8-10 years old. I was in school, and my typical grade for my paintings was an F - essentially, a failure. Since then, I believe it's unfair to judge a child's creativity based on their ability to paint and others. This was a deep-seated issue for me. 😏

I tried private classes when I was ten, which went better than the school ones. I realized how much the teacher, not your inherent "talent", impacts your experience. Recently, I attended a museum that offered creative classes on the spot. I had a blast! 🤩 We tried replicating one of Caravaggio's works, which was SO FUN.

I highly recommend trying any creative activity: pottery, painting class, guided tour - it sparks creativity and lifts mood.

London Venues to try:

Brush and Bubbles

National Gallery - Friday Lates

2. App:

37 Tools to Test Your Startup Idea

If you're starting a company or project, these resources may help! You don't have to invest much money to validate your idea. This can be tested by creating a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), which shouldn't take too much time to build ;)

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Feel free to contribute your favourite tools to help us create, test, and validate new ideas.

Create An App Without Coding

• Bubble
• Thunkable

Website Builders

• Tilda
• WordPress
• WebFlow
• WIX

E-commerce

• WordPress + Woocommerce
• Shopify

Chatbots

• Chatfuel
• Chatforma
• Sendpulse
• Manychat

Design Tools

• Canva
• Crello

Tables & Databases

• Google Spreadsheet
• Airtable

Analytics

• Google Analytics
• Mixpanel
• Yandex.Metrika

Email

• Mailchimp
• Substack
• Getresponse

Promoting tools

• Producthunt
• Reddit (startup community)

Prototypes

• Figma
• Marvelapp

Customer Interviewing Tools

• Google Forms
• Typeform
• SurveyMonkey

Outline Customer Journey

• Xmind
• Miro

Automation

• Zapier
• Integromat
• Automate.io
• IFTTT
• Microsoft Flow

Business Model Canvas

• Сanvanizer

3. Media:

I can't wait to read the upcoming book Noah Kagan - Million Dollar Weekend which I've just ordered, based on the recommendations from a few friends.

If you've been waiting for a sign to start your side business, this is it! The book offers actionable advice on setting up and launching your business over the weekend. Remember, you don't have to wait forever to take action; you can start now.

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"To achieve great things, two things are needed; a plan, and not quite enough time." Leonard Bernstein.

As always, I look forward to receiving your suggestions and feedback to improve this newsletter further.