Tools & Craft

Thoughts on the future of work,
from the people and teams creating it.

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For Teams

Why team size no longer matters

Recently, I've been hearing the same thing from founders and leaders running lean teams alike: Limited resources, ambitious goals. So how do they compete?

Andrew McCarthy

Head of ANZ, SEA, and India

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For Teams

How Merge brought together all it knows using Notion AI

Merge noticed their company knowledge was everywhere, which made it nearly impossible to find what they needed. So they turned to Notion AI to be the librarian that brings all their knowledge together in one place.

Shensi Ding

Co-founder and CEO, Merge

Steam, Steel, and Infinite Minds

Inspiration

Steam, Steel, and Infinite Minds

Every era is shaped by its miracle material. Steel forged the Gilded Age. Semiconductors switched on the Digital Age. Now AI has arrived as infinite minds. If history teaches us anything, those who master the material define the era.

Ivan Zhao

Co-founder & CEO

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Notion HQ

Highlights and takeaways from Make with Notion Showcase Europe 2025

From the arrival of Notion 3.0 to uncovering the hidden costs of siloed knowledge, our second annual European conference series brought together over 1,300 attendees across four cities.

Áine Dundas

Head of EMEA Marketing

First Block

First Block with Garrett Lord, Co-founder and CEO of Handshake

In this episode, Garrett shares his journey from growing up in a working-class family to building a company that democratizes access to career opportunities.

Anastasia Crew

Startup Marketing Lead

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Tech

How we made Notion available offline

Offline Mode was Notion's most requested feature for years, but building it meant solving tough technical challenges around our unique block architecture. Here's the architecture and data model that made it possible.

Raymond Xu

Software Engineer, Notion

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For Teams

How Ramp built an AI operating system for scalable work

Work is fundamentally changing with AI. But with the right mindset and approach to using AI, there’s an opportunity to design the new version of how teams do their jobs.

Drew Evans

Marketing

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First Block

First Block with Jesse Zhang, Co-founder and CEO of Decagon

In this episode, Jesse shares his journey from a painful first startup experience to building Decagon with intentional customer discovery, and why commercial thinking matters as much as technical excellence.

Anastasia Crew

Startup Marketing Lead

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For Teams

The hidden cost of disconnected knowledge

The problem isn’t your wiki—it’s that your wiki is only a wiki. The companies moving fastest are building workflows around tools that are flexible, connected, and intelligent so they can shrink the distance between knowledge and action.

Drew Evans

Marketing

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First Block

First Block with Fabian Hedin, Co-founder and CTO of Lovable

In this episode, we spoke with Fabian Hedin about Minecraft, the bold bet on democratizing software development, and why building for today's AI capabilities beats betting on tomorrow's.

Anastasia Crew

Startup Marketing Lead