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Small Business Daily Podcast
Today’s podcast episode was created from the following stories:
HoneyBook CRM review 2026
HoneyBook positions itself as an all‑in‑one client management platform for creatives and small service businesses, bundling CRM basics with invoicing, contracts, scheduling, and robust workflow automation. With competitive pricing and strong mobile apps, it’s a practical choice for solopreneurs and small teams, though reporting and advanced CRM features are limited. Bottom line: it’s great for streamlining client projects from lead to payment without hopping tools.
Agile CRM review 2026
Agile CRM delivers a broad feature set across sales, marketing, and service at an accessible price—plus a generous free plan for up to 10 users. The trade-offs are a dated UX, a steeper learning curve, and inconsistent support, even as integrations and automation are solid. It’s a value pick for SMBs that prioritize breadth and budget over polish.
How the AI boom is bringing a brutal Chinese work trend to Silicon Valley
As the AI race accelerates, some high-growth startups are normalizing 996 schedules (9 a.m.–9 p.m., six days a week)—a practice deemed illegal in China—raising red flags about burnout, equity, and long‑term productivity. Researchers and experts cited warn of serious cognitive and health risks from chronic overwork, while advocates point to potential outsized equity outcomes. For founders and leaders, the takeaway is clear: sustainable pace and inclusive policies matter for retention, performance, and brand.
ChatGPT prompts for sales emails that convert prospects
HubSpot outlines how to pair ChatGPT with Smart CRM data to generate personalized sales emails across cold outreach, follow‑ups, objections, and re‑engagement—then operationalize with templates, sequences, and A/B tests. The guidance emphasizes grounding prompts in role, deal stage, last activity, and objections to boost relevance and replies. It’s a practical playbook for scaling human‑sounding outreach without sacrificing governance.
ETtech in‑depth: Instant househelp demand triples as industry scrambles to crack economics
India’s 10‑minute househelp market is scaling fast, with Urban Company, Snabbit, and Pronto posting hundreds of thousands of monthly orders—alongside rising cash burn. The battleground is supply density and worker utilization, with paths to viability tied to higher average order values, lower discounts, and daily‑habit use cases. For marketplace builders, the lesson is to master hyperlocal supply, predictable quality, and frequency before chasing broader demand.
