Name: First Block: Interview with Brendan Foody, Co-Founder and CEO of Mercor @Notion
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First Block: Interview with Brendan Foody, Co-Founder and CEO of Mercor

Notion 2026-09-20 | First Block: Interview with Brendan Foody, Co-Founder and CEO of Mercor

First Block: Interview with Vlad Magdalin, Co-Founder and CEO of Webflow

Notion 2024-01-12 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Webflow templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/QFJPUA

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/n0Iy5d

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

In this episode, we have Vlad Magdalin, Co-Founder and CEO of Webflow, the leading visual development platform for building powerful websites without writing code. In this episode, we do a deep-dive into the early days of Webflow and its journey to sustainable growth and financing, their hiring principles, the importance of user feedback, the "no-code" revolution, and much more.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
03:22 Co-Founder Complimentary Skillset
07:26 Early Attempts at Webflow
12:21 Perseverance Despite the Challenges
17:49 Reaching Product-Market Fit
21:49 Fundraising
25:21 Hiring Principles
29:42 Building in Public & User Feedback
33:39 First Enterprise Customer
39:44 No-Code Revolution
42:44 A Day in the Life of Vlad Magdalin
47:02 Notion for Startups Special Offer (https://ntn.so/n0Iy5d)

Building Anthropic by Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder & President of Anthropic, on First Block

Notion 2024-01-04 | First Block guest Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder & President of Anthropic, shares how the team built Anthropic and why context switching is so crucial.

Find the full episode here: youtu.be/8cJAXfbuzx0

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Anthropic templates, visit: https://ntn.so/ND0o3X

Notion 2.36: Video Release Note

Notion 2023-12-22 | It's our final release of the year! Our team shows you what’s brand new, even better, and touched-up.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Notion 2.36
0:06 – Better search
0:38 – Better web publishing
1:06 – Zendesk integration
1:27 – View/property descriptions
1:43 – Performance improvements
2:02 – Comments in exports
2:14 – Duplicate DBs without content

Prefer to read through the updates? Check out our release page here: notion.so/releases/2023-12-20

First Block: Interview with Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder & President of Anthropic

Notion 2023-12-19 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Anthropic templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/ND0o3X

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/oImm3O

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

In this episode, we have Daniela Amodei, Co-Founder and President of Anthropic, discussing her transition from operator to founder, rapid evolution of AI, and sharing how it is to build a startup with a sibling.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
02:09 Starting a Company with a Sibling
04:49 Co-Founder Relationships
07:33 Building Anthropic
11:07 Early Hiring
14:06 Claude 2
22:41 Rapid Evolution of AI
29:16 Future of AI
32:32 Community Feedback Loop
35:54 A Day in the Life of Daniela Amodei
40:08 Notion for Startups Special Offer (https://ntn.so/ND0o3X)

Notion at Work: AI for marketers

Notion 2023-12-14 | Notion AI simplifies your work as a marketer by writing brand new pages for you, extracting key insights from database pages, and quickly showing you the information you need.

Notion at Work: AI for tech teams

Notion 2023-12-14 | No matter your role in tech, Notion AI can significantly enhance your productivity. By providing instant answers, generating or improving content, and summarizing databases, it allows you to focus more on the core tasks at hand.

Getting customers through content by Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder & CEO of Front, on First Block

Notion 2023-12-12 | First Block guest Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder and CEO of Front, shares how she acquired her initial customers through content.

Find the full episode here: youtu.be/a9gdynJL9YQ

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Front templates, visit: https://ntn.so/ujTHRo

Love-hate relationship with OKRs by Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder & CEO of Front, on First Block

Notion 2023-12-06 | First Block guest Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder and CEO of Front, shares why she has a love-hate relationships with OKR and how crucial it is to come back to the why and the insights and the learnings and not just the grading.

Find the full episode here: youtu.be/a9gdynJL9YQ

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Front templates, visit: https://ntn.so/ujTHRo

First Block: Interview with Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder & CEO of Front

Notion 2023-12-06 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Front templates, visit: https://ntn.so/ujTHRo

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, visit: https://ntn.so/BgF6SU

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

In this episode, we have Mathilde Collin, Co-Founder and CEO of Front, a customer operations platform that enables teams to streamline communication and deliver exceptional service at scale. She shares the founding story behind Front, how transparency is key to employee engagement, her recruiting strategy for hiring first ten employees, and much more.

We cover:
00:00 Intro & Founder Journey
04:27 A Story Behind Front
12:48 First Customers
15:42 The Importance of Self-Care
19:10 Employee Engagement
31:45 Productivity vs Engagement
36:57 Radical Transparency
42:16 Hiring Framework
44:20 A Day in the Life of Mathilde Collin
46:57 Notion for Startups Special Offer (https://ntn.so/BgF6SU)

For the roads less traveled | Notion Stories

Notion 2023-12-04 | “While my wife was deciding whether to fight with hospitals to get another transplant, I was building Powerpoint slides.” – Bryan

The Notion community, one story at a time.

Creating a culture of documentation

Notion 2023-11-29 | How to build a connected workspace (part 15 of 15). Learn how to cultivate a culture of documentation in your workspace to maintain your connected workspace’s value.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Sharing your connected workspace

Notion 2023-11-29 | How to build a connected workspace (part 14 of 15). Learn how to effectively share and access knowledge in Notion, including how to create and find content using the sidebar, search, and Q&A.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

For role-playing games and real-life hangs | Notion Stories

Notion 2023-11-27 | "I played in a 7-year long D&D campaign” – Stella 🧝🏻‍♀️

The Notion community, one story at a time.

Connected workspace for IT teams

Notion 2023-11-27 | How to build a connected workspace (part 11 of 15). See how building a connected workspace can come together to ease the burden on foundational teams within your company.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Connected workspace for marketing teams

Notion 2023-11-27 | How to build a connected workspace (part 12 of 15). See how building a connected workspace can come together to keep even the most complicated launch timelines in check.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Connected workspace for engineering teams

Notion 2023-11-27 | How to build a connected workspace (part 13 of 15). See how building a connected workspace can come together to keep all of the steps of your triage process in sync.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Synced blocks

Notion 2023-11-22 | How to build a connected workspace (part 10 of 15). Within a page you can use features like synced blocks and page mentions to connect information in a more informal way. Learn how to create and use these features.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Linked views

Notion 2023-11-22 | How to build a connected workspace (part 9 of 15). Linked database views let you see subsets of your knowledge in new contexts. Learn how to create linked views for your docs, meetings, and more.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Connected properties

Notion 2023-11-22 | How to build a connected workspace (part 8 of 15). Learn how to integrate Notion with other tools using connected properties.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Relations and Rollups

Notion 2023-11-22 | How to build a connected workspace (part 7 of 15). Learn how to use Notion's relations and rollups features to connect and view information across databases.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Projects

Notion 2023-11-21 | How to build a connected workspace (part 6 of 15). Learn how to create, manage, and customize projects in your workspace.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Wikis and FAQs

Notion 2023-11-21 | How to build a connected workspace (part 5 of 15). Learn how to use Wikis and FAQs to house your team’s lasting knowledge, as well as tactics to help establish trust in these resources.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Docs and meetings

Notion 2023-11-21 | How to build a connected workspace (part 4 of 15). Dive deeper into two types of living knowledge — docs and meeting notes — and consider how you could customize them for your team.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

What’s in a connected workspace?

Notion 2023-11-20 | How to build a connected workspace (part 3 of 15). The ideal connected workspace organizes specific types of knowledge. To understand and apply these concepts in practice, explore the sidebar and create a new teamspace.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Importing Data

Notion 2023-11-20 | How to build a connected workspace (part 2 of 15). Start centralizing your workflows by surveying your existing tools and importing data in Notion.

Watch the whole series → http://ntn.so/cwcourse

Using Notion helps Remote save $485k per year

Notion 2023-11-20 | After growing to over 1000 global employees, Remote had a problem: finding information quickly in their knowledge base was impossible. Switching to Notion changed everything. Now Remote employees use Q&A to get instant answers to all of their questions in Notion.

Read more about how Remote uses Q&A to operate more efficiently: https://www.notion.so/blog/remote-notion

Try Q&A for free at notion.ai.

Follow us everywhere @NotionHQ

First Block: Interview with Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder & CEO of Vanta

Notion 2023-11-16 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Vanta templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/axn2f4

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/DHt4Hb

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

In this episode, we have Christina Cacioppo, Co-Founder and CEO of Vanta, discussing her transition from VC to operator and how she has built Vanta into the leading trust management platform.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
05:22 The Beginning of Vanta
11:52 First Customers
18:15 Ideal Customer
21:25 Customer Obsession
25:12 Founder Priorities
27:24 Cash Flow
31:03 Building a Leadership Team
33:13 Competition
39:07 Day in the Life of Christina Cacioppo
42:30 Notion for Startups Special Offer (https://ntn.so/DHt4Hb)

The Notion community on Q&A: “I’m kind of obsessed”

Notion 2023-11-16 | What if you could talk to your workspace? Now you can with Q&A. Try it for free at notion.ai. Follow us everywhere @NotionHQ

How to build a connected workspace

Notion 2023-11-14 | How to build a connected workspace (part 1 of 15). Welcome to our course on building a connected workspace! Your AI-enabled workspace becomes more powerful when it’s connected, comprehensive, and up-to-date — here’s everything you’ll want to learn to get there.

Watch the whole series → ntn.so/cwcourse

Introducing Q&A: Get AI-powered answers to your questions in Notion

Notion 2023-11-14 | The answer to your question is out there. Q&A will find it in seconds. Try it for free at notion.ai. Follow us everywhere @NotionHQ

Meet Q&A: Answers now, not later

Notion 2023-11-14 | Knowledge, answers, ideas. One click away. Try Q&A in Notion today at notion.ai. Follow us everywhere @NotionHQ

엔터프라이즈 기능을 담은 Notion

Notion 2023-11-03 | Notion이 20개 이상의 새 엔터프라이즈 기능을 출시했다는 것 알고 계셨나요?

기업의 IT 관리자라면 꼭 필요한 기능들을 담았습니다.

고객과 함께 성장하는 툴, Notion을 만나보세요.

자세히 알아보기: https://www.notion.so/ko-kr/blog/the-next-chapter-in-notion-for-enterprise

First Block: Interview with Julianna Lamb, Co-Founder & CTO of Stytch

Notion 2023-11-01 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Stytch templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/pIvAbt

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/AZhAX8

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

In partnership with Index Ventures, this episode features Julianna Lamb, Co-Founder & CTO of Stytch. Stytch helps developers secure and scale their applications with authentication and fraud prevention. Akshay sits down with Julianna to discuss the founding story of Stytch, how her role as CTO has evolved over time, the early days of finding product-market-fit, building out their engineering team, and much more.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:02 Origin Story
05:05 Getting to Product-Market-Fit
08:38 Fundraising
10:33 Co-Founder Relationship
14:16 Building EPD Teams
27:52 Evolving Role of CTO
32:08 GTM Partnership
38:54 Open Source
40:01 Day in the Life of Julianna Lamb
42:17 Notion for Startups Special Offer

Notion for enterprise

Notion 2023-10-18 | Notion for enterprise now has more capabilities than ever before. We’ve launched 20+ features in the last year to check all your admin needs and help you scale Notion as your company grows.

Find out more at https://www.notion.so/blog/the-next-chapter-in-notion-for-enterprise

Import to Notion

Notion 2023-10-18 | If you wish to use Notion as your work headquarters, but currently have information stored elsewhere that you don’t want to lose, this video is for you.

We’ll explain how to import already existing data into Notion, with a specific focus on data stored in Asana and Confluence. And, we’ll show you how you can import many different files at once into your Notion workspace thanks to our universal file importer.

First Block, Episode 1: Parker Conrad, Co-Founder and CEO of Rippling #notion #notionforstartups

Notion 2023-10-17 | ...

First Block: Interview with Parker Conrad, Co-Founder & CEO of Rippling

Notion 2023-10-17 | For an audio-only podcast, transcripts, and custom Notion Rippling templates, please visit: https://ntn.so/FpGByL

To learn more about how Notion is supporting startups, please visit: https://ntn.so/RJ49jA

First Block, a Notion series - hosted by Notion's Co-Founder & COO Akshay Kothari - where founders and executives from some of the world’s leading companies tell us what it was like to navigate the many firsts of their startup journey — and what they learned from that experience.

This episode features Parker Conrad, Co-Founder and CEO of Rippling, discussing the ins and outs of his entrepreneurial journey and what he’s learned along the way. Rippling lets you easily manage your employees’ payroll, benefits, expenses, devices, apps & more—in one place.

Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:44 Early Founder Journey
07:08 Fundraising
10:07 Creative Destruction
12:50 Compound Startup
20:43 Product Effort & Differentiation
35:39 Day in the Life of Parker Conrad
39:30 Notion for Startups Special Offer

First Block: For Startups, with startups in mind 💭 #notion #notionapp

Notion 2023-10-05 | ...

Notion 2.33: Video Release Note

Notion 2023-10-02 | Notion 2.33 — the video version! Our team shows you everything 💎 brand new, 🪡 much better, and 🪞polished up in our latest release.

Chapters:

00:00 — Introduction
00:11 — "Brand new"
00:14 — Database automations
00:38 — Formulas 2.0
00:54 — AI translate property
01:15 — "Much better"
01:17 — Freeze database columns
01:30 — Universal importer
01:40 — "Polished up"
01:42 — Wrap text in gallery and board view
02:02 — Database templates in buttons
02:12 — Dynamic dates and mentions in templates
02:20 — Set timezone based on your location
02:27 — Format code blocks more easily

Hey students, what do you use Notion for? 📢 #notion #notiontips #notionapp #notiontemplate

Notion 2023-09-19 | ...

Notion at work: Issue tracking

Notion 2023-09-15 | Notion makes it easy to build your own issue tracking system that fits your needs. In this video, we’ll show how you can create standardized tracking forms with templates, build custom views to follow progress, and use customized tags for better filtering and ownership.

Formulas 2.0

Notion 2023-09-07 | Introducing: Formulas 2.0 🦾 Based on your feedback, we've redesigned our formula editor to include multi-line input, better syntax and error highlighting. Powerful new functions also support colorful, rich data outputs. We can't wait to see what you build!

Database automations

Notion 2023-08-30 | Use database automations to make automatic updates based on changes to database pages or properties — use them to change a status, reassign task owners, update entries in a related database, send Slack notifications, and more.

Publish Notion pages to the web

Notion 2023-08-24 | Making a website can be time-consuming, even with modern site-building tools. Notion lets you turn any page into a public website in just a few clicks.

Notion at work: Product roadmap

Notion 2023-08-24 | Notion is where your company’s ideas, goals, and work connect all in one place. In this video, we’ll show how you can build and execute a Product Roadmap in Notion.

For many companies, important information is scattered across various tools, creating a fragmented picture of what’s on their Product Roadmap. Product teams on Notion don’t have to worry about this problem, because they can create a living plan that connects to company goals, documentation, responsibilities and more.

Notion 2.32: Video Release Note

Notion 2023-08-11 | Trying out a new thing here: our very first video release note 🎬 Our teammates will walk you through what’s brand new, much better, and polished up in Notion 2.32!

Chapters:

00:00 — Introduction
00:09 — "Brand new"
00:11 — Invite users from Slack
00:24 — Favorite AI prompts
01:00 — "Much better"
01:04 — Dependency date shifting
01:22 — Sharing & publishing updates
01:48 — New integration gallery
02:13 — Connected properties for Figma & Google Drive
02:34 — "Polished up"
02:36 — Select & multi-select option sorting
02:50 — Add dates with Shift + click
03:05 — Mobile performance improvements

Notion is here! | 2023 Seoul community event

Notion 2023-08-11 | Experience the energy from the “Notion is here” event in Seoul, Korea 🇰🇷

Get a sneak peek of how Notion Ambassadors and executives came together with the Korea community to discuss Notion’s present and future, share new and creative ways to use Notion, and explore its endless possibilities.

- Event hosted by Luri Lee, Shooni, Sijin Jeon, Ted Kim
- Video filmed, produced, edited by CAC corporation (www.caccorp.kr)
- Subtitles translated by JOEL Localization (www.joellocalization.com)

Notion at work: Marketing campaigns

Notion 2023-08-08 | Notion is a connected workspace where you can create docs, take notes, and manage tasks - all in one place.

When you're working with different teams who handle different marketing channels, it's important for everyone to be on the same page with goals and requirements. Explore how to create a homepage to manage everything related to the campaign, create and manage all documentation and notes related to campaigns, and map tasks and dependencies to keep your projects on track.

Get the template: https://www.notion.so/templates/campaign-brief

Notion CDMX Celebración y Meetup

Notion 2023-08-03 | A li’l video recap from our Notion Community Event in Mexico City 🎥☕️🌿 We had a blast celebrating with you. Where should we pop-up next?

Video produced and edited by Diego Ortiz Casillas

Notion at work: Product requirement documents

Notion 2023-08-01 | Notion is a connected workspace where you can create docs, take notes, and manage tasks - all in one place.

When you create and manage Product Requirement Documents (or PRDs) in Notion, you can keep your team organized, improve communication, and ensure everyone has access to the most up-to-date information. Explore how to create a central place for all PRDs, customize templates for easy workflows, bring in important information from other tools, and provide a space for feedback and approval.

Get the template: https://www.notion.so/templates/docs