8 Social Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Go-To Software Tools

In the world of social entrepreneurship, having the right tools can make all the difference. In this edition, we’re spotlighting eight social entrepreneurs who are sharing the software they depend on to grow their businesses and amplify their impact.

From managing projects to engaging with customers, these tools are key to their success. Whether you’re an established entrepreneur or just beginning your journey, you’re sure to find insights that can help you along the way.

Dan Wittting, Co-Founder of Baabuk

Dan: At Babuuk, we use a number of tools to streamline operations, organize projects and communicate effectively.

Shopify, Brevo, ODOO, ClickUp, Google Workspace have become essential to our every day, and, of course, a lot of Whatsapp to communicate with our global team.

Stuart Ahlum, Chief Operating Officer of SuperCircle

Stuart: The team uses many tools for day-to-day work.

The team uses Salesforce, Slack, AWS, and Notion.

The team also uses many others tools.

We also have our own tech team that develops proprietary SuperCircle tech that we use to power the circular economy for textiles.

Barella Roberson, CEO of BLK Alchemy

Barella: At BLK Alchemy, we use: Shopify, Zoho mail, Stripe, Lili Bank, What's App, Fiverr, Adobe Suite, Canva, Buzzsprout, Klaviyo, Go Daddy, Square.

We work digitally so these tools are necessary to run the business remotely.

Will Wiseman, co-founder of Climatize

Will: For Operations at Climatize we use: Slack, Kumospace, WordPress, Hubspot, Google Workspace (Docs, Sheets, Drive, Calendar, Gmail), Docsend, ClickUp, Figma, Canva, Quickbooks, Banyan Infrastructure.

For Analytics: Mixpanel, Segment, Google Analytics

For Marketing: OpusAI, Frame.io, ChatGPT

Tim Weiss, Co-founder and CEO

Tim: Optera uses a variety of tools to help our team collaborate and work effectively. Some notable tools include Asana and JIRA for project management, Hubspot for CRM and marketing, and Figma / Figjam for design and virtual collaboration.

Becca Stevens, President & Founder of Thistle Farms

Becca: Our various departments at Thistle Farms use:

Microsoft Office Suite, Paycom, Monday.com, Canva, Extensive

Accounting/Finance: SAGE Intacct, RAMP, Bill.com

Marketing: Monday.com, Canva, Shopify, Klaviyo, Sprout Social, ChatGPT, Jotform, Otter.ai, Yogile, Brandfolder

Logistics/Wholesale: Maestro Label Design, StockIQ, Shopify, Badger Mapping, Gorgias, Scribe

Cafe: Square, Tripleseat

HR: Paycom, EZText, Payscale, Mindyra

Fundraising/Development: Blackbaud/Raiser’s Edge, JustGiving, Double the Donation

Guy and Abi Fennell – Founders of Pura

Guy and Abi: Shopify is our web platform. At Pura, we sell directly to consumers via our UK site, so Shopify made sense as a one-stop shop to manage inventory, payments, and shipping.

Klaviyo has helped us build a community and keep our audience updated via marketing email communications. Internally, we use a mixture of Slack and Teams for online meetings and for messaging.

Because we launched during the Covid 19 pandemic, I often say we built our business on Microsoft Teams!

It was how the newly recruited Pura team got to know each other via daily online meetings and where we shared the early ideas and innovation that formed the bedrock of our brand.

Now we’re a global business, Teams and Slack continue to be an essential tool for interaction with our US partners.

Adam Nash, Co-founder and CEO of Daffy

Adam: At Daffy, we leverage all that latest tools and technologies to build a great product, keep the team connected, and deliver a great member experience to our community of thousands of generous members.

A team favorite is Figma for cross-functional team collaboration on new features and UI. We’re also lucky to have Dylan Field, Figma co-founder and CEO as an investor and member of Daffy.

We hope these insights inspire you to find the right tools to support your own mission and help you scale your impact.

As always, we’re here to bring you the latest in social innovation, and we’d love to hear your thoughts or learn about the tools you rely on.

If you would like to featured in the next roundup like this, reply with the tools you use to run your company.

Thanks 😄 - Grant