The Best Virtual Collaboration Toolkit For All Your Startup Needs

Team Magic Factory
Startups
April 5, 2021

Hey there!

Team Magic Factory here. 

And today we’re going to give you a rundown of our favourite remote working tools out there. 

When your startup shifts to remote working, you might initially face some minor roadblocks, but don’t let that take you away from the wonders it can do for your startup’s growth and profitability. We know that communication, project management, scheduling, brainstorming and ideation can be an issue even when everyone is in the same room, so the task of effectively collaborating with your remote workers might seem like a daunting one, but it does not have to be. 

There are various online tools out there which are designed solely for the purpose of collaborating effectively with your remote development team, but you might be a little confused as to which one is the best fit for you. So we’ve taken the liberty of putting together 5 of our favourite tools for startups who have rightly welcomed remote working with open arms.

Communicate better with Magic Factory‘s MagicBox

Magic Factory, is a pioneer in the field of collaborative outsourcing, we strive to take the remote out of remote development with our  ‘Always-on video’ feature which gives you uninterrupted access to our exceptional remote developers. You will feel as though they are “sitting right next to you”. The magic box collaboration suite ensures optimal and uninterrupted communication with our remote workers and comes with a free offering which includes the following features:

  • Always On Video Touchscreen
  • Writing Tablet For Scratchpad Brainstorming
  • Embedded Collaboration tools
  • Easy Screencasting and Sharing

The central idea, behind Magic Factory’s collaboration suite, is to give startup founders the highest level of collaborative efficiency with their outsourced remote developers.  It is a unique proposition, unlike any other and will be instrumental in helping you accelerate product development and scale-up. To know more about us, click here.

Brainstorm and Ideate with Miro

Made for faster creation and innovation, Miro is used by over 5 million users worldwide. It offers an entire toolkit full of features bound to standardize and centralize your startup’s ideation efforts. It is an efficient tool which you can use to innovate, mindmap and organize user stories, wireframes, sprint plans, and more It only takes about  90 secs to get started and gain access to an array of fantastic features such as:

  • Real-time and inclusive brainstorming sessions for cross-functional teams.
  • More than 20 integration capabilities to streamline your startup’s workflow 
  • Auto-arrange feature for automatic alignment of your all your ideas
  • Infinite canvas for multiple brainstorming sessions
  • Enterprise-grade security for enhanced privacy 
  • Shortcut hotkeys to save time while mind mapping 
  • Built-in video- calling, chatting, @mentions and comments for effortless communication.

Pricing starts at $8/mo. Miro boasts of a top-notch basic free version as well, which should definitely be utilized by your startup to collaborate better with remote developers. To know more about them, click here.

Effectively Manage your project with Freedcamp

Freedcamp is our go-to project management tool for remote working. It extends all its core products offering free of cost to everyone as they believe collaboration should be made easy for everyone. It is an incredible tool to keep your startup’s workflow organized. Freedcamp’s system is full of  comprehensive features such as:

  • Quick duplication of project templates to save on time
  • Custom widget boards for easy project data access at one location
  • Offline Backup to ensure availability of project information even when offline
  • 3rd party integrations with other tools such as Google Calendar, Google Drive, Dropbox, and more.
  • Invoice generation and in-built CRM to ensure healthy customer relations.
  •  Taskboard to streamline all your projects in one place 

Freedcamp is extremely user-friendly and can be enjoyed on, IOS, android and desktop. Get it now to help your startup seamlessly juggle all your project’s at once. Pricing starts at $1.49/mo. To know more about them, click here.


Schedule and keep track of time with Toggl

Toggl is the most simplistic time-tracking tool on the market. This time tracking app can be synced to other project management applications and can be used on IOS, android and desktop. It comes with a 30-day free trial which enables you to experience its productivity-enhancing features such as: 

  • Real-time sync available across all your devices 
  • Automatically calculate billable rates for all your tasks
  • Reports with exportable and filterable time tracking data
  • Real-time and manual time tracking 
  • Calendar integration 
  • 3rd party integration with more than 100 apps

Your startup can get back and keep track of time and scheduling needs without any hassle with Toggl. Pricing starts at $9 /user/month. To know more about them, click here.


How Magic Factory Is Synonymous With Collaborative Outsourcing? And How Can Your Startup Benefit?

Magic Factory is a trailblazer in the realm of outsourced startup scaling. We aim at infusing the spirit of lifelike collaboration in all our undertaking to give your startup the competitive edge of a unicorn. What’s more, our team of talented and experienced virtual developers are a 100% answerable to you and only you. 

On Partnering with us, you will get access to quality and cost-effective remote developers across: 

  • Software Development
  • UX Design
  • Data Analytics 
  • Automation
  • Experimentation
  • Data Science

Over To You,

If you’re prepared to take the next step and upgrade your startup into a full-fledged enterprise. Let us step in for you and use our expertise in the field of virtual collaboration to rid your startup of all it’s remote development woes. Leave the software development and acceleration to us and make the shark tank your playground.

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