Contracts, expenses, HR … It’s all totally necessary but you’ve got to get some clients, and this free tool makes that task much easier. Rapportive shows you everything about your contacts right inside your inbox. You can immediately see what people look like, where they’re based, and what they do, and even establish rapport by mentioning shared interests.

Startups can’t always afford even one HR hire, much less an entire department. Zenefits is online HR Software that gives you a single place to manage all your human resource needs – payroll, benefits, compliance and more. It’s free for you because the big guys like health insurance companies pay if you are using the system.

And once you have some contacts, you have to stay in touch! “MailChimp is the best way to design, send, and share email newsletters.” That’s what it promises and we can personally vouch that it delivers as you are receiving this newsletter thanks to them 🙂 We have graduated to the paid version but you can start with a small list for Free and switch as your needs grow.

One thing to make sure you get right from the very beginning … badly managed contracts can come back to haunt you! Concord lets you negotiate, sign, and manage your contracts in one single place…for FREE. No more Word/PDF back & forth, manual signatures or missed deadlines. You can draft, electronically sign, execute, monitor, and safely store contracts. Built-in contract approval workflows and deadline alerts that make contract management easy.

Expensify promises hassle-free expense reporting and lets you import expenses directly from a credit card to create free expense reports quickly. It’s free for individuals to use and starts at $5 per user per month for teams who need to approve charges, reimburse, etc. So you can spend less not just on expenses but the time and cost of reporting them!

Insightly is “easy, powerful and affordable online Customer Relationship & Project Management Software.” And “affordable” means FREE for up to 2 users so you can get your feet wet before moving to a bigger plan. It’s all online, easy to use for you to manage leads, contacts, organizations, partners, vendors & suppliers, get business overviews and reports, and more.