10+ Best Articles on Notion
The most useful articles and videos on notion from around the web—beginners to advanced—curated by thought leaders and our community. We focus on timeless pieces and update the list whenever we discover new, must-read articles or videos—make sure to bookmark and revisit this page.
Top 5 Notion Articles
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What is Notion?
Notion is a single space where you can think, write, and plan. Capture thoughts, manage projects, or even run an entire company — and do it exactly the way y...
How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business
Camille Ricketts began her career in journalism, at the Wall Street Journal, in 2006. In 2010 she joined Tesla, where she worked in communications alongside ...
How to ...?
How to switch from Notion to Obsidian
Are you thinking of switching from Notion to Obsidian? As a rule of thumb when choosing a note-taking app, Notion tends to better suit architects, while Obsidian suits gardeners better. If you feel…
How To Run Your Life Inside of Notion
Marie Poulin gives a tour through the most impressive Notion setup I've ever seen
Short Articles
Short on time? Check out these useful short articles on notion—all under 10 minutes.
The End of Excel?
How Notion, Coda, and Airtable are chipping away at Microsoft's monopoly
Roam versus Notion: which one is best for you?
These days, every note-taker and productivity aficionado seems to hesitate between Roam and Notion as their main tool for storing, retrieving, and creating content. As any tool for thought offers…
«Whatever tool you decide to go for, remember to not fall prey to the shiny toy syndrome. Try to stick to an app long enough to really understand its benefits and drawbacks, and identify what workflows and features really matter to you.»
Notion still wants to become 'the next Microsoft'
Notion COO Akshay Kothari says there’s room to grow, aided by a new CFO who knows how to take a company public.
«That concept of public company readiness is just a framework,” Katkar said. “But in reality, I think even large private companies benefit from operating that way.”»
Cleaning up your personal Notion (so you can actually get use out of it)
Here's how I organized the chaos of my personal Notion workspace without losing my mind (or the material that I've been curating).
Why I Ditched Evernote After 2 Weeks for Notion
I tried Evernote for two weeks as my primary note-taking app. Here's why I couldn't stick to it any further.
Long Articles
These are some of the most-read long-form articles on notion.
23 Tactical Company Building Lessons, Learned From Scaling Stripe & Notion
From Stripe to Notion, Cristina Cordova has worked on some of the biggest products in tech. Now a Partner at First Round, she shares tactical tidbits on what she’s learned about about scaling…
«What area of the business would you say this company is behind on, given its stage?’»
Notion For Business: The Ultimate Guide
Everything you need to know to use Notion for business including step-by-step instructions on how to build your team workspace
How Notion leveraged community to build a $10B business
Camille Ricketts began her career in journalism, at the Wall Street Journal , in 2006. In 2010 she joined Tesla, where she worked in communications along…
How Notion Is Going After Atlassian and Why It Just Might Win
When Notion first launched in 2015, the market for collaborative productivity tools was already intensely competitive. Notion's vision is an all-in-one productivity tool.
How Notion Built A $2B SaaS Startup Through Community
Breaking down the strategies Notion has used to build a $2 billion company, grow to 1 million users, pull in 20M+ site visits monthly & hit 40,000 referring domains in
Publications
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Ness Labs
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CSS-Tricks
The official account for http://CSS-Tricks.com, a web design community powered by @DigitalOcean.
OpenView
Product-led growth #VentureCapital tailor-made to build expansion stage #software companies into market leaders. #ProductLedGrowth #PLG #SaaS
Every 📧
We publish smart, thoughtful essays on business and personal development. Our mission is to feed the minds and hearts of the people who build the internet.
Foundation 🎧
We plan, create & distribute content that shapes culture.
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