Workplace Productivity Enhancement
Written by Bhat Dittakavi
Coverage by Bhat Dittakavi on “Workplace Productivity Tools” from his peer group meeting (13th Oct 2016)
Here is a list of productivity tools that every Startup shall leverage for team collaboration, social media, application performance and developing good habits.
Dropbox: Create, share and collaborate photos, documents and videos all in one cloud but access from anywhere.
Dropbox Paper: Help fast moving teams collaborate docs and share
Slack: Brings all communication together in one place.
Google Calendar: Track life’s important events all in one place.
Google Drive: Access files through secure cloud storage.
Google Allo: Smart messaging app that helps you say more and do more.
Concur: Integrated on line and mobile business travel and expense management system
Evernote: Collect, nurture and share ideas. Tags help group notes. Easy to share notes.
Scannable: Fastest mobile scanner app.
Zoho: Suite of on line productivity tools.
Bug Tracker in Zoho: Online web based bug tracking system
Excel: (no learning curve)
Facebook Workplace: Work together and get more done.
Google Keep: Quickly capture what’s on your mind and get a reminder later at the right place or time.
Chromebook: New faster computer that starts in seconds and offers 1000s of apps.
Quip: Changes the teams work together.
Google Spreadsheet: Shared access, Great security
Google Authenticator: 2 Step authenticator.
Project management tools
Trello: Keeps track of everything, from big picture to minute details.
Asana: Easiest way for teams to track their work and get results.
Basecamp: Web based project management and collaboration tool.
CRM tools for Startups
Streak: CRM inside Gmail. Know whether people are opening up your email or not.
Hubspot (CRM for Startups): Inbound marketing and sales platform that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads and close customers.
-Schedule my calls in Hubspot and I get alerts
-Reminders on iPhone or Mac
Social Media Management apps
Buffer: Share to social medias of your choice, on your schedule.
Hootsuite: Manage multiple social media networks and profiles.
Quuu.co: Hand curated content suggestions platform for social media.
Development and performance tools
New Relic: Enables developers to diagnose and fix application performance problems in real time.
Postman: Build, tets and document APIs faster.
Make it a habit apps
Productive: Build a routine of positive and life changing apps.
Plantnanny: Combines health with fun to remind you to drink water regularly
In the end, nothing can beat a manual dairy for making notes and following up. You don’t need to charge to make it work.
Bhat's Notes 
Based on your experince, any suggestions on which tools work best together to form a good workflow?
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