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Introducing Magic Minutes Timeline: A new chapter in meeting intelligence.

Introducing Out of Roam (OOR) - Just in time for Summer...!

Imagine a world where companies paid No Rent and meetings were just 8 minutes long...

Introducing Magic Minutes: Always On. Once enabled, Magic Minutes will automatically summarize all meetings in your Roam. You can now rewind any meeting you've ever had.

Cost of Ineffective & Unproductive Meetings: $37B annually 📈 Cost of Loneliness in the Workplace: $154B annually 📈 ↓ 7 Stats That Explain Whats Going On ↓ 1️⃣ Americans are spending 3x more time in meetings since 2020. This is one of the largest and most underrated impacts of COVID on how we work. 2️⃣ 83% of employees spend up to 1/3 of their week in meetings, and 68% report not having enough uninterrupted time to do real work. 3️⃣ Unproductive meetings amount to approx 24B hours/year and are costing us $37B/year. 4️⃣ Today 58% of working adults identify as 'lonely' compared to 46% in 2018. 5️⃣ 40% of people who identify as 'lonely' spend 50%+ of their time in meetings. 6️⃣ More than 40% of fully remote workers polled in a 2023 survey of working parents said they go days without leaving the house. 7️⃣ Loneliness leads to higher turnover, the quality of work diminishes and absenteeism increases. Absenteeism alone costs the US economy $154B/year. ----- Calendar bloat and loneliness are clearly business problems. They are also underrated in terms of their impact on efficiency and productivity, but in a world where we need to optimize for efficiency, we can't ignore them. A quarterly calendar purge and virtual offices like Roam (this isn't a sponsored post but I'm a happy customer 😁) are examples of solutions worth considering. I am hopeful that in 2024 and 2025, more solutions will become apparent. Would love ideas / thoughts on how companies can address these problems so please share them in the comments and I'll amplify them through the Topline podcast and newsletter. -----

👋 Hey Founders. If you're attending SaaStr Europa, be sure to stop by the Roam Founders Lounge for food, drink, and awesome vibes. (Conveniently located directly across from the VC Lounge 😉 )

Introducing Lobby! Lobby provides full scheduling functionality (like Calendly) but also allows "Drop-ins". People can either book time with you or just pop-in right now, if you're available. Open up your office to prospects and customers in real-time, and show them around!

Introducing ChatGPT 4o-powered Magic Minutes and Apple CarPlay integration. Magic Minutes summaries are now scary good. Also, Roam now integrates with Apple CarPlay. Roaming with Roam has never been easier.

Oh what a night! The Chicago Tech scene was out in force at G2's Headquarters for last night's "Office of Tomorrow" world tour event. Big thanks to co-hosts Godard Abel, Nick Cromydas, George Bousis, special guest Steven Galanis, and the 125+ VIP Founders, Investors, Journalists, and Pioneers for a truly magical evening. Next stop is London on June 4th: ro.am/tour/london

🎶 Your Whole Company Working In Harmony 🎶 !ntroducing Music on the Map. Now you can see what Spotify and Apple Music songs people are jamming to... right on the Roam map.