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CofounderOS was built to make it easier for anyone to make a startup and to get access to a nationwide network of ESOs supporting entrepreneurship. This document was written to help those ESOs get the most out of CofounderOS to support those startups and grow economic activity in their ecosystem.

Organizations that support entrepreneurs come in all shapes and sizes. Whether you're a non-profit organization that specializes in training, a CDFI focused on community lending, a Venture Capital firm searching for unicorns, or a business selling classes to small businesses, CofounderOS was built to serve as the foundational layer of your business and provide capabilities for:

• Application/Funnel Management
• Customer Relationship Management
• Ecosystem Communication
• Data Collection, Aggregation, and Reporting
• Team Management
• Invoicing and Payments
• Learning Management System
• Project Management
• and so much more...

We also developed this platform to meet your organization exactly where it currently sits. If you love your current process and just want some software to handle a specific challenge, CofounderOS can operate like a scalpel. Or, if you want to go "all in" and use CofounderOS as the underlying platform powering your operation, we've assembled a collection of tools to make that a pain free process.

In the next module, we'll describe the process of configuring your ESO account for the first time and getting it configured to suit your needs, but before you get down to business, we'd like to give you some ways to connect to us.

Discord

Our team uses Discord (a free real-time chat system) to provide live training and support. We'd love to have you join us in our server at https://discord.gg/h6ymV9zD5T. It's completely free, and it's the fastest way for someone on our team to see your message if you need help or want to chat about best practices.

Email

If you're not a fan of Discord, we're also available at support@makestartups.com or through your Account Manager.

CofounderOS Messaging

You can also reach us inside CofounderOS using the Messaging application. Just open our Company Profile page and click on the "Send Ecosystem Message" link in the Contact panel.