As the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has brought multiple changes to our life, we created the perfect startup toolkit to get through this crisis. A survival guide with a number of tools and services offered online for free. This list will cover your professional needs and will also act as a guide to personal development. We stay home, we stay creative and productive.

StartUp Toolkit vs Coronavirus

Professional Tools and Services

Startups News 

• Startupper
• Techcrunch
• Tech EU
• Sifted
• EU-Startups

VCs & Funding

•  EU investors by io

Courses – Coding, machine learning, content marketing etc.

• Grow your technical skills with Google
• List with courses and tools for personal development, business skills, startup-focused, YouTube, android developers by Google
• Coding skills
• Learn a new skill – graphic design, video or analytics by the most popular educational portals
• Indicative tech courses to start with Machine Learning for Business Professionals, Getting Started with AWS Machine Learning, Exploring Emerging Technologies for Lifelong Learning and Success, Content Marketing – Blogging for business

Key sources

• Free Tools & Services by 270+ startups by VC Cafe
• Slack chat“Ecosystem Survival Team – COVID19” by Startup Heatmap Europe
• Remote Tools for effective remote working
• List with business tools by the largest founder & startup community
• Amazon Web Services for startups using their services

Must-join conferences and webinars online

• Endeavor Greece webinars
• TechTalent School educational webinars for April
• Applied Artificial Intelligence Conference 2020 by Aussenwirtschaft Austria, AI Austria & Enterprise Europe Network
• IBM Think Digital Event Experience, May 5th – 6th
• Discover MarTech: A Virtual Event For Strategies & Solutions by ON24, April 21st – 23rd
• WomenTech Network, June 10th – 12th, register today – inspirational sessions, roundtables discussion and networking
• Women in Marketing Summit, April 28th – 30th
• AdWeek Webinars free webinars for ad targeting, measurement and more

Tech YouΤube Channels – inspire and be inspired

• Y Combinator by the US seed accelerator
• Recode by Vox Media

Personal Development – post-work activities
How to spend your time creatively at home

• Greece from Home an initiative by the Ministry of Tourism, EOT, Marketing Greece and Google, with exclusive content of Greek creators from different countries of the world with unique thematic experiences – gastronomy, music, theater, sports and fashion.
•  The best cultural initiatives  in museums and institutions, by Athens Development and Destination Management Agency.
• Mind Tools be an effective manager, inspire and be inspired – great tools to learn about leadership, strategy, creativity, communication, stress management and more.
• Photography courses for free 
• Google Arts & Culture virtual tours at the largest and most popular museums of the world
• Digital Portal of Onassis Foundation with podcasts, educational programs, art courses and secret concerts
• Europeana explore 53+ million artworks, books and videos
• Women on Topic podcasts  for the professional empowerment of women and equality, by Women on Top
• Women’s Coffee Network   by “Τhe Fifty-Fifty Project”
• Sustainable solutions that unlock better performance and enhance well-being by Thrive Global
• We stay home, we stay fit!  Online workouts with challenges against the greatest athletes!
•  Relax and be positive – Choose your favorite theme and try a meditation session on Youtube channels Positive Magazine Meditation or Michael Sealey
•  Watch the Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Music for Hope’ Easter Concert
• Explore your inner barista – make the perfect coffee at home, learning from the best

We are updating the “StartUp Toolkit vs Coronavirus”, every week.

Stay tuned for the new initiatives of Athens Digital Lab…