Notes on business software

How teams pick business software, what it costs to set up, and what breaks once the team grows.

Articles

4 published

CRM & customer data

Best CRM for small teams in 2026: 6 tools ranked

Six CRMs ranked for teams under ten people, on what a founder can set up alone this week and what still runs without a dedicated admin.

Published
2026.08.25
Author
Ada Reyes
Read
9 min

What we cover

6 areas

  1. 01

    CRM & customer data

    Records, pipeline, and which system gets to be the truth.

  2. 02

    Revenue operations

    Routing, forecasting, and the rules running underneath.

  3. 03

    Finance & billing

    Invoicing, spend control, and closing the month.

  4. 04

    Data & reporting

    Warehouses, models, and numbers people will defend.

  5. 05

    Workflow & productivity

    Docs, tasks, and where the work actually happens.

  6. 06

    Automation

    Glue, agents, and the jobs nobody should do twice.