Starter Kit for Small Companies

Benj Miller

By Benj Miller

May 4, 2016
Updated: Oct 23, 2019

At Syrup, we love small companies. As a small company that is full of tech-savvy millennials, we tend to make sure we’re using the latest tech stack to make sure we’re as efficient as we can possibly be.

Here’s a quick guide to the tech we use and recommend:

  • Google Apps for Business: Let them run your email/document/calendar infrastructure.
  • Slack: Internal emails by penalty of burpees.
  • Asana: Project management. There are other good options, this is where we landed based on process and business needs.
  • Quickbooks Online: Value, ease of use, features.
  • Infusionsoft: Automate everything you can.
  • Proposable: Send/track proposals.

This leaves out the tools we use within our different jobs (design, development, social, etc), but is a great universal starter kit.

Outside of technology there are a few other things we highly recommend:

Benj Miller

Post by Benj Miller

Benj Miller is a founder who hates titles, a strategist who can’t sit still, and a coach who feels more like a friend. As Syrup’s Creative Director (and its founder), he turns big ideas into brands people actually remember. He’s part strategist, part artist, and fully allergic to anything that feels generic. Whether he’s shaping a brand’s core idea, building a visual identity, or pushing a website concept one level deeper, he always finds the angle that makes people stop and pay attention.

He spent two decades building Syrup into the company it is today, while also starting, leading, or advising more than ten other companies along the way. That mix of experience shows up in the clarity, honesty, and sharp instincts he brings to every project. When he’s not leading the creative charge, he’s doodling another wild idea or convincing the team that yes, it can be better.