The evolution of technology has completely flipped the way business was done. Marketing, finance and everything else have shifted their base to the internet. With 77% of the world population already online, apps are now an indispensable portion of our lives. Here we present some must-have apps for an entrepreneur that will make his/her life easy!
1. Mailbox
Emails are an integral part of an entrepreneur’s life. With so many emails pouring in everyday, it often becomes a wild dream to manage each of them. Mailbox- the award-winning app, which was later bought by Dropbox in 2013, gives you the solution. It helps you to put “email in its place”. With this, you can mark any mail as read, message into lists and also delay reading emails.
2. Skype
Skype is the most popular video conferencing app ever. It allows you to stay in touch with anyone and everyone. And if you are in business, no matter small or big, this app is a must. Moreover, it allows you to share pictures and files of any size, send messages and even share your computer screen with your contacts. You can connect up to 25 people at a single time.
3. Rescue time
This app helps you to track the amount of time you spend on apps and websites letting you keep a balance between work and life. It even sends you a detailed report of your online activities so that you can increase your productivity accordingly. Premium options take in features to block distracting sites. It also facilitates to keep an eye on your offline activities.
4. PayPal
Is there anybody who hasn’t heard about PayPal? The answer is a quite obvious one. This is the most popular and reliable mobile wallet which allows people to pay and get paid instantly. You can easily link it to your bank accounts. Businesses can integrate PayPal into their website for acceptance of credit cards. It even provides small business loans to companies who have been its regular client for the last three years and have at least $20,000 in PayPal sales within a year.
5. Fabulous
One common habit that all successful people share is to wake up early and start their day afresh. Name any of them and the statement finds its validation. Reasons are infinite and so is the motivation for you to follow the same path. “Fabulous” is a fabulous app that helps you to build your habits. Arrange your morning routine according to you now- morning walk, exercise, having a healthy breakfast, you can include them all. This app lets you schedule your entire day as per your requirements.
6. Dropbox
Dropbox provides you with the much-needed platform to save your files on the cloud. It allows you to create a special folder on your desktop which you can access from all your devices through a common account. Isn’t it great? Now you can keep all your files, images, videos etc at one place at such easy steps. Files saved in Dropbox can be accessed anytime through their website as well as mobile application. The bad news is that the free version provides storage space up to 2 GB only. You may have to switch over to its paid version soon after installation. I will say it’s completely worth as the paid version also comes for $9.99 for 100 GB data per month.
7. Evernote
Evernote is a freemium app which is specially designed to create “notes”. The “notes” can be a piece of formatted text, a full webpage, a photograph, a voice memo or even a handwritten “ink” note. The free version allows you to upload up to 60 MB of data per month.
8. Pocket
Being an entrepreneur, you are always busy doing one thing or the other. Finishing lengthy articles at one go might become challenging. This is where pocket comes handy. It allows you to bookmark contents from the web instantly- anything from a worksheet to a long article. You can then read them offline whenever you are free. So now go ahead and don’t miss anything.
9.Uber
Uber has been awarded as the best startup ever, right? Yes, but it is also one of the best apps ever! It never disappoints its users. Having an urgent meeting or going for a party, if car is not available, turn to Uber! Its amazing service at such comfortable rates is an immense requirement by any entrepreneur.
10. HelloSign
Being an entrepreneur, you always have documents flooding your desk- sometimes for review, sometimes for signatures. They may need urgent attention but you may miss it if you are not present at your office. HelloSign helps you to approve those documents instantly without any efforts of scanning, printing, etc. Just some magic touches and get your signature done on PDF files. This is one quick way to handle agreements.
Are you already using some or all of these apps regularly? Review these apps by sharing your experience with us.
