Hubspot startup data, how early-stage B2B teams structure their first sales pipeline without overcomplicating reporting

Just wanna share what i've read, a common stumbling block for early-stage startups scaling past their first few dozen customers is trying to build an enterprise-level CRM on day 1. According to onboarding data from Hubspot’s startup community resources, teams that keep their initial pipelines simple, focusing on just 4 or 5 core deal stages (e.g., Prospect, Demo, Proposal, Closed-Won), tend to maintain cleaner forecasting data than those with 12 custom stages.

Pretty sure some founders have went through this growth phase and its okay. Lessons learned, what do u think is the number of pipeline stages you actually use before it starts muddying your conversion metrics?

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u/Moog-Dayes — 7 days ago

Side gigs for doctors that can realistically fit around clinic hours?

Saw a thread recently about nonclinical income streams and thought most of the suggestions still involve more work hours, e.g., coaching, consulting, moonlighting, chart review, utilization management. Yes, they are legit but they are also not low effort.

I’m more interested in things that can be done in random pockets of free time, like between patients and on the weekends. I don’t have time for another job.

So a colleague mentioned she’s been doing paid medical surveys and said it helped with extra income but with no schedule pressure. She also mentioned that the surveys were actually useful professionally.

Any healthcare professionals here who tried these paid surveys? Are most of these platforms more like survey farms or are they really legit? Which ones are worth signing up for?

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u/Moog-Dayes — 2 months ago

whats the current best AI image generator out there that handles both text-to-image and complex in-painting?

spending hours toggling between different platforms just to get one consistent, high-fidelity image is becoming such a headache (especially with a lot of development right now, this should not be an issue anymore). every tool out there seems to hit a wall, either the prompt adherence is incredible, but the editing tools are nonexistent, or the platform is so locked down that manual control is impossible.

whats the reliable AI image generator out there that has a proper canvas still for fine-tuning those small details after the initial render. are there tools right now like that?

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u/Moog-Dayes — 3 months ago