As an entrepreneurial developer I’ve been involved in a number of startups and new businesses. Below is a list of 100 of the most useful applications I’ve worked with and have seen other startups use to go about their daily business. The list is in no particular order (though those near the top tend to be the ones I’ve personally used most recently) and is by no means an indication of quality.
- FreeAgent
- Basecamp
- Codebase
- Github
- Litmus
- WordPress
- Gmail
- Campaign Monitor
- TextMate
- Google Docs
- Google Sites
- Google Analytics
- Google Wave
- Google Calendar
- Google Reader
- Google Maps
- Vimeo
- Coda
- TypePad
- Moveable Type
- DropSend
- Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- YouNoodle
- Last.fm
- drop.io
- Tweetie
- Meetup
- Tumblr
- Posterous
- Get Satisfaction
- FriendFeed
- Flock
- Plaxo
- Highrise
- Mint
- FreshBooks
- Firefox
- Remember The Milk
- Skype
- We7
- Pandora
- Backpack
- Haystack
- Dijit
- TweetDeck
- Sprouter
- Pingdom
- Hulu
- SlideShare
- Balsamiq
- Etsy
- LittleSnapper
- Evernote
- Wufoo
- Apple Mail
- Parallels
- OmniGraffle
- Flickr
- Mailplane
- Bit.ly
- Spotify
- Disqus
- Eventbrite
- YouTube
- SpinVox
- Mozy
- Shopify
- YouSendIt
- oDesk
- BuddyPress
- Feedly
- Digg
- Meebo
- StumbleUpon
- Microsoft Instant Messenger
- TweetMeme
- iLike
- Delicious
- Huddle
- Ning
- Zoho
- Netvibes
- Dopplr
- is.gd
- Widgetbox
- Feed My Inbox
- WordPress MU
- 37 Signals Job Board
- Ping.fm
- Moo
- UserVoice
- iTunes
- Weebly
- Twitpic
- Blogger
- Seesmic
Wow this is a helpful list! There are several that we use and some that I am going to have to check out.
In fact, I just installed BaseCamp yesterday and I am VERY impressed. As for Google, well I am convinced that they are going to take over the world someday, one cool app at a time. Also, I would add SEOMoz and WebsiteGrader to the list (just my 2 cents).
Now if only we could somehow manage to get on lists like this….. is there an app for that somewhere? LOL.
Cheers Danny - keep up the good work!
;o)
Thanks for the feedback Michelle. SEOMoz almost made the list but there were a few others that are more widely used. We need a new email testing tool so I’ll check out Email on Acid and who knows, I might do an updated “200 apps used by startups” that you make it on…