Every founder hits the same wall: your inbox turns into your help desk, and Slack becomes your task manager. In this video, we break down the exact startup stack we’d run as founders in 2026—based on testing hundreds of B2B tools, building our own startup, and investing in 30 others. The whole point is reducing noise so customer feedback turns into product decisions, and your team stays aligned without living in constant catch-up. We start with the non-negotiables: Google Workspace as the foundation (yes, we’re judging you if you pick Microsoft), and Slack as the default communication layer—mainly because Slack Connect is essential for shared channels with customers, vendors, and contractors. Then we cover the tools that keep you fast: Granola for AI notes without a bot joining your calls, Supercut for async video (we’re done with bloated Loom), and Superhuman to make email actually usable with split inboxes and follow-up workflows. Finally, we talk support and execution: Help Scout for a customer-centric help desk, Plain if you live in Slack Connect and need structured support/product feedback, Linear for engineering-heavy teams, and Motion when you need cross-functional coordination with AI scheduling. And yes, we even cover the boring-but-critical piece: a virtual mailbox (Stable) so you don’t register your company at your personal address and regret it later.