I was invited by Palava Smart city accelerator (http://palavaaccelerator.com) on 26th July 2019 to deliver a talk. I gave some personal productivity-enhancing tips and tools. Happy that the audience loved my presentation

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@ashishrbedekar
Productivity Hacks for
Startup Entrepreneurs
This presentation is the creation and intellectual property of Ashish R Bedekar.
Ashish R Bedekar
Palava - 26th July 2019

2. Before we start….
▪ No commercial engagements with
mentioned tools.
▪ Please feel free to check out
alternatives.
▪ Illustrative and not the ultimate
▪ Use at your own risk
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3. Key areas to focus as
entrepreneurs
▪ What’s happening in the industry?
▪ What is happening in my network?
▪ How best should I reach out to them
with my message?
▪ How do I maximize my effectiveness.
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Industry Scan

5. Industry Scan
https://feedly.com/i/welcome
Keep in touch with industry publications
via RSS feeds
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6. Industry Scan
https://visualping.io/
Keep a track of a specific
website/webpage
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7. Industry Scan
https://trends.google.com/trends/?geo=US
Explore search trends for insights
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8. Industry Scan
https://www.thinkwithgoogle.com/
Get the latest data, insights, and
inspiration from Google
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9. Industry Scan
https://blog.hubspot.com/news-trends/tag/research
Get the informative nuggets from
Hubspot
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10. Industry Scan
https://trendwatching.com/
Trendspotting!
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11. Industry Scan
https://www.statista.com/
Data to get you started
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12. Industry Scan
Mary Meekar Internet report https://www.bondcap.com/report/itr19/#view/title
A good view on Tech!
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What is happening in my Network?

14. What is happening in my Network?
https://nudge.ai
Get key daily insights from your network
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15. What is happening in my Network?
Linkedin alerts
https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/68279/managing-your-email-settings-for-connections-in-the
-news?lang=en
Get key daily insights from your network
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17. Email
▪ Subject line: Headlines to catch
attention
▪ Focus only on emails from humans
▪ Reverse win-
attachment,body,subject line,
recipient
▪ Filters, Filters, Filters!
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18. Email
https://messagepath.com/
Messagepath is a writing assistant for
business communication.
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19. Email
is another option
http://www.hemingwayapp.com/
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20. Email
https://www.grammarly.com/
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21. Email
https://www.sanebox.com/
Get control of your inbox
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22. Email
Gmail Sender icons
Quickly and visually identify email
senders
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23. Email
Email reply status
Never drop the ball again.
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24. Email
Evercontact
Auto grab contact details from email
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25. Email
Contacts +
Enriched context about your contacts,
without leaving your inbox.
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26. Email
Gmail URL Link Preview
Share visually appealing previews, or
the full contents of a URL link directly
in your email.
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27. Email
https://www.hubspot.com/
Must have all in one email tool
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28. Email
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Meetings

30. Meetings
“Let’s talk or meet sometime in the second
half”
Select a time for a discussion as per your
convenience->https://calendly.com/your
account url
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31. Meetings
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https://amazemeet.com/
Amazemeet is a tool for meetings

32. Meetings
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33. Meetings
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https://krisp.ai/

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Social Media- Twitter & Linkedin

35. Social Media- Twitter
Talkwalker social search Track
campaigns and hashtags
https://www.talkwalker.com/social-media-analytics-search
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36. Social Media- Twitter
Talkwalker Alert https://www.talkwalker.com/alerts
Monitor the Web for interesting new
content about your name, brand,
competitors, events
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37. Social Media- Twitter
Hashplug- Real time twitter search
results
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38. Social Media- Linkedin
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https://www.photofeeler.com/

39. Social Media- Linkedin
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Skrapp
Supercharge your prospecting pipeline.

40. Social Media- Linkedin
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Link2Sheet
Save LinkedIn profiles to a Google
Sheet

41. Social Media- Linkedin
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https://www.photofeeler.com/
Email finder

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Uncategorized- but important

43. Focus at work
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Deepmode - Intelligent website blocker
Deepmode uses AI to block distractions
as they appear, keeping you productive

44. Superglue and Super connector
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https://ifttt.com/
IFTTT is the free way to get all your
apps and devices talking to each other.

45. Digital notebook & more
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https://evernote.com/
Take notes anywhere. Find information
faster. Share ideas with anyone

46. Desktop + phone
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https://www.pushbullet.com/
Pushbullet connects your devices

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