5 Startups Shaping the Future of Work
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For years businesses gradually shifted to more remote work settings. Then the pandemic accelerated the pace of change to a sprint, and now companies of all sizes and types—from healthcare and consumer goods to tech companies with increasingly global workforces—are adjusting to new office norms.
Increasingly, the motivations for work are changing. People are looking to their careers to provide social connection and a sense of higher purpose. As a result, beliefs about what makes a “good job” are changing.
Experts point to three major trends and opportunity areas for companies to shape the future of work: Remote work and virtual meetings are now a normal part of business. Although most expect “Zoom fatigue” to be less of an issue as things get more balanced, there are ample ways to improve on how people interact with each other virtually. Online transactions shot up massively across the globe and in every industry from e-commerce and telemedicine to online banking and media streaming. How people pay and get paid remains a large and growing space. Automation and AI adoption is expanding rapidly, especially in bustling work areas with lots of people in one space. IBM saw a surge in new customers for its AI Watson Assistant to deploy chatbots and other customer services. Companies like Amazon, Calendly, Remotion, and Notion are helping to pave the way for the future of work.
If you’re interested in improving the future of work and making work meaningful for future generations, check out our list of the top companies shaping the future of work hiring now.
A virtual office that makes room for casual conversations with coworking and shared music11-50 Employees- B2B
- Early StageStartup in initial stages
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Website
- https://remotion.com
- Employees
- 11-50
- About
We believe people thrive when they can live and work on their own terms, and we're on a mission to help teams embrace distributed work. Our team brings together 13 unique perspectives from 8 cities and 4 continents. We're building Remotion, a video workspace that helps teams talk like they’re in person. Remotion is core to how we build a team culture that feels fast, connected, and human.
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CalendlyCalendly helps you schedule meetings without the back-and-forth emails501-1000 EmployeesActively Hiring- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://calendly.com
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- Atlanta
- About
Calendly is the fastest growing company in scheduling automation, connecting over a million people. We provide a simple, yet powerful scheduling software that allows business professionals to easily meet with customers, prospects, partners and candidates.
Our users range from individuals to mid-sized businesses, and even large enterprises like Zillow, Marketo, Uber and Zendesk. Regardless of size or industry, our customers benefit from increased productivity and time to accomplish their top priorities.
Calendly works with Google, iCloud, Office 365 and Outlook calendars and apps like Salesforce, Stripe, PayPal, Google Analytics, GoToMeeting and Zapier for a seamless user experience.
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Staff Product Manager, EngagementFull-time3 weeks ago$237k – $300kIn office • San Francisco10 years of exp- Locations
- About
Tulip, the Frontline Operations Platform, is empowering the world’s leading manufacturers to improve the productivity of their teams, the quality of their output, and the efficiency of their operations.
With Tulip’s no-code platform, manufacturers can empower those closest to operations to digitally transform their facilities and gain real-time visibility into the people, machines and processes involved in production—all in a matter of days.
Manufacturers of all sizes, across industries including consumer electronics, aerospace and defense, contract manufacturing, automotive, apparel, medical devices and more, have implemented Tulip’s intuitive platform to solve some of the most pressing challenges in manufacturing: error-proofing processes with guided workflows, integrating industrial IoT (IIoT) technologies with legacy factory machines, and capturing and analyzing real-time production floor data.
- B2B
- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- Website
- https://www.notion.so/
- Employees
- 501-1000
- Locations
- New York City, San Francisco, Tokyo, Dublin, Hyderabad, Seoul
- About
We humans are toolmakers by nature, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use every day — arguably our most powerful tool. Here at Notion, we're on a mission to make it possible for everyone to shape the tools that shape their lives.
Notion blends your everyday work tools into one. Product roadmap? Company wiki? Meeting notes? With Notion, they're all in one place, and totally customizable to meet the needs of any workflow — from teams of 1 to over 1,000. Notion is the all-in-one workspace for you, your team, and your whole company.
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- Scale StageRapidly increasing operations
- Top InvestorsThis company has received a significant amount of investment from top investors
- YC FundedStartup funded by Y Combinator
- Valuation $1B+This company has a valuation of $1B or more
- 5.0Highly ratedFront is highly rated on Glassdoor, with 5.0 out of 5 stars
- 4.6Work / Life BalanceEmployees rate Front 4.6/5 on Glassdoor for work / life balance
- 4.9Strong LeadershipEmployees rate Front 4.9/5 on Glassdoor for faith in leadership
- Website
- http://front.com
- Employees
- 201-500
- Locations
- San Francisco, Paris
- About
Most businesses want to deliver the extraordinary service that makes their customers feel like the only one. But as a company grows, it becomes incredibly difficult to deliver this kind of service to hundreds, thousands, or millions of customers. Most businesses choose scale and efficiency over quality — and customer experience suffers.
At Front, we equip companies to have it all — scale, efficiency, and quality, human-to-human interactions that lead to extraordinary customer experiences. And along the way, we make sure teams are working happier too.
How? Front is a hub for customer communication that allows companies to offer tailor-made service at scale.
Front looks and feels like your email inbox with a few very important differences: teammates collaborate in the same place where external messages are sent and received, and behind the scenes, robust workflows and integrations power the efficiency and insights typically found in a CRM.
More than 6,500 businesses use Front to work together to send out the best replies faster, keep messages organized across channels, and always maintain a personal touch. The result is premier, personalized service that scales with your business — and a team that works together as one.
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