Bitrix24 is an all-in-one online workspace that bundles CRM, project management, HR, communication, and AI automation into a single platform. Launched in 2012 and used by over 15 million organizations in 16 languages, it is the only major CRM in the world that prices per organization rather than per user - a structural bet that has made it a go-to for SMBs and growing teams that refuse to pay headcount taxes to their software stack.
Julien Smith is a Montreal-based serial entrepreneur, New York Times bestselling author, and one of the earliest Twitter users (handle @julien). He co-founded Breather, an on-demand private workspace platform that raised $122M+, and later Practice, a coaching management platform backed by a16z. His 2011 free Kindle book 'The Flinch', edited by Seth Godin, remains one of the most-read Kindle books ever, and his viral blog post 'The Complete Guide to Not Giving a Fuck' is widely credited as the inspiration for Mark Manson's multi-million-copy bestseller. Today he coaches first-time CEOs.
Notion is a block-based all-in-one workspace that combines documents, wikis, relational databases, project management, AI, calendar, and email into a single tool used by over 100 million people worldwide. Founded in 2012 by Ivan Zhao and Simon Last in San Francisco, Notion grew from a near-shutdown side project into an $11 billion company by 2025, with 4 million paying customers and adoption across more than half of Fortune 500 companies. Its modular block architecture lets users build everything from personal habit trackers to enterprise knowledge bases without code.