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The document details how a startup organizes using Notion, a tool that has streamlined their documentation processes. The startup, a fully remote company, transitioned from Google Docs to Notion due to its superior organization, navigation, consistency, and user experience. They emphasize the importance of databaseifying, templateifying, and wikifying company information, highlighting the benefits and best practices of each approach. By implementing these strategies, the startup has improved documentation quality and accessibility, making information easily available for all team members.
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id711691395
In the 6 months we’ve now been using Notion, I’ve found we genuinely seek topics to write a Notion page about, which is great when documentation is so vitally important for us as a remote company.
id711691548
The proper use of databases in your company’s docs is crucial. The same way a software company should build its codebase for the future, you need to build your company documents for the future.
id711691572
Notion has the amazingly undervalued feature that is linked databases. Linked databases let you show, filter, and sort the same source data across multiple locations.
id711690561
Documentation is vital for fully-remote companies. Finding that balance of trying every great new tool without wasting time and overwhelming our team is tough. My major takeaway: Notion has unlocked a world of possibility and for companies, the rule of thumb is: databaseify, templateify, and wikify ALL THE THINGS.
id711690629
Don’t get me wrong, I love Google Workspace (formerly known as G Suite). We still use Google Drive, Docs, Sheets, Slides, etc. It’s just that when it comes to company documentation, I feel icky adding new GDocs to our Drive because it feels like more clutter and stuff I’ll never look at again. Then we can never find what we’re looking for and ultimately have to ask our teammates.