Formal Founder vs Lean Startup Stack

Formal Founder helps validate future business or product names instantly.

Validate your future business name by searching all 50 state registrars, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, as well as major social media sites and top level domains.

Check Hundreds of Sources in One Search

Government Registrars: Check all 50 state departments (nationally) for existing business names, trademarks, and patents that may conflict.

Trademark & Patent Records: Check the United States Patent and Trademark Office as well as over 110 other countries trademark offices.

Social Media Networks: Make sure all the social media networks you will need in the future are available with your business name.

Domain Registrars: A web presence is vital, thats why we help you find available domain names that match your business.

Location: Austin, United States

Free and cheap resources for bootstrapping startup founders.

This is a simple website, adapted from an article I published 4 months ago, expanding on this concept of a Lean Startup Stack for bootstrapping founders to use for getting shit done.

There are so many software options in every category nowadays that it can be hard to find the right ones. For bootstrapping founders, it is the struggle of finding inexpensive or free ones.

About four months ago I wrote an article called The Lean Startup Stack: Free Software Products for Bootstrapping Startups. Since then, I've received lots of great feedback and support surrounding the article, so I figured I would put a little more time into refining it.

This simple website, if you could even call it a website, contains my preferred software products and resources for running a startup in its early stages.

The Lean Startup Stack includes legal, operations, tech, design, marketing, and financial software products and resources. The best part, other than most of the Stack being free, is that you don’t have to sacrifice quality, security, or even brand name when using the Lean Startup Stack. Many of the products listed are made, and used, by multi-billion dollar companies.

I hope you enjoy it and please feel free to reach out to me with suggestions for improvements.

Location: Santa Monica, United States