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From 4 hours to 15 minutes to build a client proposal. Too good to be true? Bonsai customers Switchboard did the math themselves. Every client proposal was costing them 4 hours. Adding up to hundreds of hours annually. Now with Bonsai it takes them 15 minutes. Same beautiful proposals, just 16 times faster. And their designers can focus on what they do best: client work. It’s just about using the right tools. With Bonsai you get → Ready-to-use templates → Built in service packages → Integrated client invoicing → Automated client reminders 👉 https://lnkd.in/ekf4SD3f

The #1 reason businesses switch to Bonsai? 20+ products, all-in-one. But more specifically: productivity. Working across multiple tools to manage clients, track projects, get paid just doesn’t work. It costs time. It doesn’t scale. That’s why Bonsai houses 20+ products for service businesses to do it all, under one roof. To increase productivity and grow revenue. And it works: “We deleted 3 tools—and got 10x more productive.” “Before we were spending 5x more time managing our operations.” “Having it all in one place makes everything much easier.” “Bonsai has so much more, all within one platform.” “We’re more efficient because everything is in one place.” “Everything is now in one place.” -> https://lnkd.in/egT6zQ8T

Today, I am thrilled to share that Bonsai has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Zoom. This moment marks a major milestone in a journey that began 10 years ago with a clear mission: empowering solopreneurs and small businesses to run and grow their businesses with confidence. Since then, we have built a loyal customer base - from designers and developers to architects, consultants, marketers, and beyond - that has helped shape Bonsai into an intuitive, powerful platform for client engagement and business management. Joining Zoom allows us to expand what’s possible for our users, combining Bonsai’s deep focus on client and business management with Zoom’s resources, technology and AI leadership. Bonsai will continue to operate as a standalone platform under its own brand, and over time, its capabilities will be integrated directly into Zoom. Our focus remains the same: building the most intuitive and efficient platform for solopreneurs and small businesses to manage and grow their businesses, soon augmented by Zoom’s AI-first Workplace products such as Meetings, Webinars, Team Chat, Zoom AI Companion and Docs. This milestone belongs to our customers, team, and partners who have supported Bonsai from day one. I’m especially grateful to Vi Chau, Abhisht Arora, and Rupesh T. for helping make this vision possible and to my co-founders Matt Brown and Matt Nish for their trust in leading Bonsai for the past 4 years. We are excited for what comes next, and for the opportunity to bring Bonsai's vision to millions of professionals globally, together with Zoom. For more on this announcement: http://zm.me/bonsai

We’re excited to share that Bonsai has entered into an agreement to be acquired by Zoom. This marks a major milestone in our mission to empower solopreneurs and small businesses worldwide. Joining Zoom allows us to expand what’s possible for our users, combining Bonsai’s deep focus on client and business management with Zoom’s technology and AI leadership. Together, we will be able to deliver smarter, more integrated tools to help professionals work efficiently, connect with clients, and grow their businesses. Learn more: http://zm.me/bonsai

One of the most sensitive things in the agency world is TIME.⌛ Tracking it. Making sure clients get the best use of it. And that we do too. We’ve been using Bonsai for a good while now and it’s been a massive learning curve, but a necessary one! At CreativeFolks, we now have one holy place for all our data, client info, projects, and all that lovely stuff. Much better than trying to read my scribbles of a client’s number and not being sure if it ends in a 5 or an 8. Six months in, here’s what we actually use it for: 💻 Keeping all client info, projects, tasks, and time tracking in one place 📊 Checking budgets, utilisation, and profitability without pulling our hair out 🧠 Actually understanding what’s going on at a glance So it’s a pretty neat little tool, especially when you want to spend less time hunting for info and more time actually delivering for clients.

Meeting customers in person always beats a Zoom call. Last month, Tyze W. and I got to visit venturethree in their beautiful offices in Chelsea, London. We'd onboarded their teams from Float to Bonsai back in March, working closely with Garry Lloyd, Alexa Hargreave and Linna Tu . Six months later, it was a pleasure to meet in person, hear their valuable feedback and see firsthand how Bonsai plays a key role in their daily agency operations. They shared how Bonsai has streamlined their project management, timesheets and made their revenue forecasting much more accurate. You can read more about their experience in our case study: https://lnkd.in/e6tKmg_v A big thank you to the entire team at venturethree for trusting Bonsai, and for the warm welcome in your offices — we can't wait to drop by again soon! 🍄