Use this template to schedule and track the status of user research. Add additional database properties as you see fit - even calculate their sum or average.

Startup OS is a platform that helps entrepreneurs plan, launch, and grow their startups using Notion. It offers a fast, easy, and organized way to manage all aspects of your startup in one place.

Buffer, a company with employees in 16 time zones, values transparency in its culture and operations. This approach guides how people work and collaborate within the organization. This Notion workspace template is based on Buffer's approach and can be used to make your company, team, and individual goals accessible to everyone. By adopting a transparent approach, you can promote collaboration and support your team's success.

Farhan Thawar, the VP of engineering at Shopify, has developed a hiring framework that focuses on process, people, and technology to help organizations avoid high turnover rates for engineering leaders. Use Farhan's template to streamline the hiring process and find your next VP of engineering.

Funding OS is a tool that helps founders acquire and manage fundraising. It functions like a CRM, but also covers the requirements for fundraising. The creator, who has five years of experience working with business owners and supporting them in their funding rounds, designed Funding OS to make the fundraising process easier and more efficient.

Use this content calendar to plan and track all the content you want to publish — from blog posts to podcasts to tweets. Each item on the calendar represents a project, where you can designate the author and the type of content, as well as its current status. You can use the calendar to store all related notes, research, and multimedia, and do all your writing in one place. You can also customize the calendar to show different views, such as a board view grouped by status to see your content moving through different stages of completion.

According to Aaron Harris, Group Partner at Y Combinator, effective founders are known for writing frequent and well-written updates on the progress of their business. This not only demonstrates their attention to metrics and their commitment to consistent growth, but it also allows investors to easily stay informed about the company's progress. Instead of sending disorganized updates via email, this Notion template can help founders create comprehensive, digestible reports for investors. This can help founders present a more professional and organized image, increasing the likelihood of securing funding and support.

To effectively integrate contractors into your team, provide them with the same resources and information as you would for a new internal team member. This may include access to brand guidelines, product training, details about internal processes, and context about the specific projects they will be working on. Using a central location, such as a template or wiki, can help ensure that contractors have all the necessary information and can work transparently with your team. This will enable both sides to collaborate effectively and produce their best work.

This template is designed to help marketing or product managers clearly and consistently define the events and calls needed to make their Segment instance useful and achieve their analytics goals. The template includes instructions for creating a tracking plan, pre-defined calls that are common to most use cases, and recommendations for maximizing the value of a Segment instance. By using this template, managers can create a clear plan that developers can use to quickly implement the tracking required to start deriving insights from data.

The Notion team regularly holds all-hands meetings to align on goals and celebrate successes. Rather than using traditional presentation tools like Powerpoint or Google Slides, the team uses Notion pages to create interactive, informative presentations. This allows them to easily link to other pages, embed multimedia content, and document the company's progress in a centralized location. Using Notion for these presentations helps the team stay organized and engaged, leading to more productive and effective meetings.