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Paper Startup Ideas



1 year ago

A digital lender that allows small businesses to get loans in just a few minutes, with no paperwork.

781
2 years ago

SaaS business that helps small companies in India create paper-free operating procedures.

420
2 years ago

A startup that wants to help you save money on your toilet paper, but also wants to be the company to make the best toilet paper in the world.

298
2 years ago

This startup is building a platform to help people get money from friends and family. The company uses a paper check system that’s more commonly used in developing countries, and it plans to roll it out in the US, Canada, and Europe. They recently raised $1.5M in a seed round.

266
2 years ago

This startup wants to bring the benefits of paperless medical records to India. They’re currently looking to partner with hospitals in India to make it easier to transfer medical records.

263
1 year ago

 A startup that allows businesses to set up scheduled deliveries of materials like food, flowers, and paper.

262
2 years ago

A digital platform for those who operate small businesses (like restaurants, cafes, and beauty salons) to serve as a one-stop shop to track and manage their business. It’s a tool that aggregates all of the paper and online paperwork into a single platform.

248
3 years ago

“Best of Philly” Awards by the Philadelphia City Paper:

204
2 years ago

A Web3-enabled P2P marketplace to buy and sell electricity. The company has a white paper in development and a prototype.

194
2 years ago

This startup is looking to replace the whole process of writing a paper from a researcher to publishing it in peer reviewed journals, using artificial intelligence and machine learning.

191
3 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people get their paperwork organized for the US Citizenship and Immigration Services

185
4 months ago

 A startup that’s looking to replace the paper nurse call sheets and patient logs with a digital solution that can be accessed by employees at home or on the go via a smartphone app.

184
10 months ago

A million doctors in India still use paper medical records. Farmako aims

176
2 years ago

A startup for small suppliers of everyday office supplies (like computer cables or paper clips) and small businesses to buy and sell them.

174
1 year ago

A startup that will help large companies reduce the number of paper documents in their lives and make it easier to access data and information.

170
3 years ago

A startup that helps large companies switch to paperless invoicing and build a digital workflow to track their expenses and expenses of their vendors.

161
2 years ago

The startup holds a patent on a new type of printing process that uses a liquid to transfer the ink to the paper, eliminating many of the problems with traditional printing. The startup now wants to take that technology and apply it to the production of everything from paper to fabric.

158
1 year ago

A tool to help businesses in the UK and Canada hire more foreign workers. The app works to connect businesses with people who want to work, and helps employers get visas and other paperwork quickly.

156
3 years ago

 A company that helps employers and employees manage insurance plans. Their software allows the employer to manage a healthcare plan in a more centralized manner with less paperwork, and provides employees with a more affordable option to access healthcare.

155
3 years ago

A startup that sells laser-cut, customizable paper for planners, journals, planners, notebooks, and more

155
3 years ago

A paperless way to order and manage airline tickets.

153
2 years ago

A platform for people to sell their used cars online. When a buyer agrees to buy your car, the app will handle the paperwork and payment.

153
3 years ago

A software platform for publishing academic papers and hosting conferences, designed for scientists, researchers, and students.

152
3 years ago

A startup that provides a service to help people with their immigration paperwork (basically lawyer) A startup that provides an alternative to Airbnb for people to rent out their homes (which they are not living in)

151
2 years ago

A startup that converts a paper invoice into a digital one

144
2 years ago

Receipts are generally paper or emailed, with companies generally paying for their own processing. Payroll is one of the biggest costs for most companies.

144
3 years ago

A platform for small business owners to manage the paperwork needed to start a company.

142
1 year ago

A web-based, collaborative pencil and paper tool that lets you draw on a page and then have a colleague make edits.

140
2 years ago

This startup is building management software for apartment buildings, taking them from paper records to a digital management system.

137
3 months ago

A hardware company that creates paper-thin fingerprint sensors that can be used to unlock computers, phones, and other devices. A pilot program with the Indian government to use the sensors to improve its census program.

136
3 years ago

A startup that wants to take the friction out of the process of purchasing a home. Instead of going through a bank, you can do all the paperwork online.

135
3 years ago

A search engine for medical research papers, and a library of all the latest scientific research. The startup is also developing a library of all the latest medical research papers.

133
3 years ago

An online marketplace for home health-care services to cut down on paperwork and increase efficiency.

133
2 years ago

A startup that’s building a browser-based tool for anyone to create and manage their own virtual or online paperless bank account.

132
3 years ago

A platform that helps companies create a digital open-book management system. The startup wants to help companies automate their paperwork and cut down on costs.

130
2 years ago

A tool to help with contract and legal paperwork.

127
2 years ago

A startup that has built a platform that converts paper-based resumes into digital versions that can easily be shared via email.

127
3 years ago

A way for companies to take online surveys without the hassle of paper.

124
3 years ago

A startup that wants to help people in developing nations to access the global stock market in a way that helps them avoid high fees and complicated paperwork.

124
2 years ago

The startup wants to bring order to the insurance claims process by cutting out the paperwork and paying a claims adjuster to handle the paperwork for you.

124
3 years ago

A way to do peer review for scientific papers, allowing scientists to post their work directly as a paper on the internet and ask for feedback from the scientific community.

123
3 years ago

A startup that lets people order a custom-designed paper or canvas print of their daily life.

123
3 years ago

A company that creates software for individuals and small businesses that allows users to digitize and store paper documents in the cloud. The company was founded in 2014.

121
1 year ago

What sounds like a feedback app for designers, but it’s actually an app that helps people manage the paper work involved in starting a business.

121
3 years ago

building a tool to help small businesses manage their paper files, like sales invoices, in a way that’s really convenient for everyone. The startup’s CEO says that they’ve already sold their product to three big companies.

118
2 years ago

A startup that works with the insurance industry to help streamline claims procedures, saving companies from having to send thousands of paper denial letters every year.

117
3 months ago

A digital payment system that converts paper checks into digital cash, letting recipients deposit checks in real time and make purchases or transfer funds.

115
2 years ago

Built for the fashion industry, the startup is trying to help companies manage the extensive paperwork of their operations and inventory.

114
1 year ago

A company that helps startups go through the paperwork of setting up a business in New York.

114
3 years ago

Building a mortgage application and loan application that takes traditional paperwork out of the equation and runs it through an AI engine.

110
2 years ago

A company that helps hospitals and other medical facilities cut down on expensive paper records.

109
3 years ago

A tool to help businesses convert old school paper invoices and receipts into digital ones.

107
2 years ago

A startup that focuses on helping businesses organize their bills, invoices, and other financial paperwork.

107
2 years ago

A platform for sharing knowledge, with a particular focus on the medical profession. The startup wants to cut the time doctors spend on paperwork, allowing them to have more time for patient care.

104
1 year ago

A startup that’s building a new type of computer screen — one with a rollable touchscreen that can be rolled up like a piece of paper.

102
3 years ago

A startup that provides a service where people can buy single-use items like baby wipes and toilet paper for their next camping trip

100
3 years ago

The company sells a tool that allows you to take a photo of a paper receipt and get an instant quote for your repair job.

99
11 months ago

It’s a tool for companies to create white papers and other marketing materials on their own.

98
10 months ago

A startup building a software platform to manage the complex paperwork required to buy and then sell a home. It helps buyers and sellers avoid the hassle of multiple forms and documents when buying or selling a home.

97
2 years ago

A startup that’s looking to make a white paper for every financial transaction, enabling business and regulators to make sense of it all.

96
3 years ago

A startup for paperless invoices and accounting.

93
2 years ago

A B2B company that provides customers with a toner printer that prints directly onto their paper

91
7 months ago

This app is meant to help people track the things they own and where they are, as they are moving from one place to another. It’s a smartphone app, with a web app too, meant to replace the need to keep track of all of the various slips of paper used by people to track what they own and where.

90
2 years ago

A web-based platform for organizing your life, sharing with friends and family, and managing your daily activities. Notable for its “paperless” interface, which lets you create to-do lists and share them with others.

86
2 years ago

A solution for managing and storing information in the physical world, from paper records to files to folders.

84
11 months ago

A pitch for a “Google Docs for health care”, meant to make it easier for doctors to share and collaborate on medical paperwork.

84
7 months ago

A startup that creates a digital version of a newspaper for the over-55 demographic.

84
3 months ago

A technology that allows for all of the information on a piece of paper to be stored digitally, and for that paper to be ripped out and read on a smartphone. The company has $3.1 million in funding from investors like Y Combinator, Wellington, and others.

84
2 years ago

A software company that sells paperless medical records to hospitals

83
2 years ago

A company building a unified communications automation tool for companies to help streamline messaging and reduce paper. The product aims to make messaging easier and more effective.

82
1 year ago

A free online calendar that syncs across all devices. It’s a digital alternative to paper calendars, and uses a scoring system to keep track of upcoming events.

82
3 years ago

The startup’s cofounders say they want to be the company that takes “the unknown hassle out of hiring” by eliminating time-consuming steps like job applications and paperwork. It also wants to help small businesses scale by removing the need for a HR department.

81
10 months ago

A startup that makes digital versions of old-school paper journals

81
1 year ago

Making office supplies more environmentally friendly, allowing a company to buy paper cones and cups in bulk, rather than using them up and throwing them away.

80
1 year ago

 A way to get a loan in 1 hour with as little paperwork as possible.

80
11 months ago

A company that has built a suite of software tools to help people start their own businesses, including a loan and insurance product. The goal of the service is to help small businesses manage all the various paperwork that can come with running a business and to help people move from idea to product to business.

80
2 years ago

A startup that helps people navigate the legal process of divorce using a tool that makes it easier to write all the paperwork that comes along with it.

79
1 year ago

A CPA firm that helps small businesses go paperless by launching them into the cloud and offering them a low-cost, fully-hosted accounting package.

79
2 years ago

This startup’s product lets small businesses manage their employees’ paperwork. It was founded in 2014 by two former BBVA executives.

78
1 year ago

A real-time scheduling software for restaurants. It aims to replace the clunky, paper-based scheduling systems that exist today, and allow restaurants to manage wait staff, kitchen schedules and more.

77
2 years ago

A “mobile-first, paperless” way to handle banking

76
2 years ago

The company wants to create a crowdsourced set of office supplies, including note paper, highlighters, a notepad, a pens, a pen holder, a pencil sharpener, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a red pen, a whiteboard marker, a dry erase marker, a mini eraser, a phone stand, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business card holder, a clipboard, a sticky note pad, a notepad, a pen, a pencil, a highlighter, a pencil sharpener, a dry erase marker, a stapler, a paper clip, a paper clip holder, a USB, a business

76
2 years ago

A company that is building a tool that will help the banks eliminate the “bill of lading” (which is an important piece of paper in the way of trade), and make it easier to track shipments.

76
1 year ago

 A startup that makes a high-tech paper tablecloth that can be used to protect a dining room table and also to track how often a table is used.

76
3 years ago

Amply is looking to help customers streamline the paper-heavy process of hiring contractors. The company is building an “automated, algorithmic method” for matching contractors with customers.

75
5 months ago

A paperless billing and payment system for restaurants. The startup collects past-due bills and hangs them on a wall to shame customers.

75
2 years ago

A new way to pay bills that cuts the cost of paper and the need to use a credit card.

74
2 years ago

A platform that helps real estate agents standardize their paperwork, build their own marketing materials, and connect with buyers.

73
2 years ago

A platform that helps businesses like accounting, legal, and human resources departments manage the paperwork, invoicing, and payments for companies all in one place.

72
11 months ago

This company is building a knowledge database for hotel employees and managers, which replaces the need for a lot of paper-based information.

72
11 months ago

A one-stop-shop for small-business owners to use for paper-free shipping and other services.

72
2 years ago

A SaaS that helps companies with hiring and onboarding, namely with moving from a traditional hiring process that relies on paper forms to an online process that works better.

71
2 years ago

A digital agency that helps companies like Facebook, Google and Apple with communications needs in China. They launched around the same time as startups like Bird and Paper City.

71
2 years ago

A company that helps teachers get better at teaching. The startup is currently in a pilot with a few hundred teachers in Philadelphia and New York City, and has been in Y Combinator since November. It aims to take out the headache of grading papers and lesson plans.

70
1 year ago

 A startup that lets schools save time and money by using their own technologies to solve problems they’re having with paper.

69
1 year ago

A $2.5 billion a year market for the healthcare industry to move from paper to digital, but the current player, a paper based system, is not scalable. This startup is building a digital system that promises to get patients faster, cheaper, and more secure information for everything from appointments to lab results.

69
1 year ago

A startup that wants to build a company that will take care of the sales tax and paperwork for any item sold on Amazon.

69
11 months ago

A product that automatically converts spreadsheets into interactive white papers.

69
1 year ago

A startup that makes it easier for consumers to manage the paperwork required for car purchases from the dealership.

66
11 months ago

A “modern payroll software” that uses a combination of chatbots and artificial intelligence to replace the paperwork and back-and-forth interactions for payroll. The company says that after launching, it’s already implemented more than 3,000 new payroll processes with no human interaction.

66
2 years ago

A software company that helps employees manage their finances and track spending in a way that’s more effective than spreadsheets and paper.

65
1 year ago

A company that aims to make corporate communications more efficient and less paper-heavy, giving employees the ability to communicate with their teams in a visual, shareable manner in real time.

64
1 year ago

This startup is a “smarter way of sending money”, replacing paper checks with digital payments. The startup is essentially a digital alternative to pre-paid gift cards.

64
1 year ago

A startup that sends out handy reminders to people on their phone, like when they’re running low on milk or toilet paper.

64
1 year ago

A startup that wants to bring insurance to the world’s unbanked and underinsured populations. The company is building an app that allows people to get a variety of insurance policies from a variety of different providers without having to deal with the paperwork and documentation required to get a traditional policy.

64
1 year ago

A startup that helps whitepapers go viral by building a social network around them. WhiteHat Hacker has already had a 100,000 users sign up to its platform, and plans to release an app that lets a user make a white paper available to everyone they share a public email address with.

63
1 year ago

A set of online tools that help small businesses grow. The company has brought in more than $500,000 in funding. The startup helps its customers start a podcast, manage business paperwork, and pay their employees.

62
1 year ago

A startup that aims to make it easier for people to sell their homes to others. The company helps sellers navigate the paperwork, create a listing, and finalize their sale in as little as two weeks.

62
3 years ago

A startup that pays people to do research on topics they are interested in which is then written up into a paper and sold to students

60
2 years ago

This company is building a platform where small businesses can design custom retail experiences for their customers. The startup lets you design a retail experience from scratch and have it printed on a piece of paper.

60
1 year ago

These guys want to convince you to stop buying toilet paper and start buying their product instead.

60
1 year ago

The app takes standard paper forms and turns it into a digital document that can be shared with others. The platform allows participants to fill in the information they need and share it with others.

60
8 months ago

A company that sells a 3D scanner to help you create your own custom paper products like greeting cards.

60
1 year ago

A platform for sharing and protecting your research when you’re writing a paper.

59
1 year ago

A company that helps businesses with their search advertising. The company is built on a search engine called SmartyStreets, which is built on a sheet of paper and helps users find businesses that match their needs.

59
1 year ago

A medical billing and collection software that helps patients handle all their medical paperwork, including claims and billings.

58
1 year ago

An online subscription service for local newspapers and magazines.

58
1 year ago

A startup that is building a platform that allows users to draw on their phones, and then have a digital version of the drawing printed on paper.

58
1 year ago

A startup that helps manufacturers and retailers improve the quality of paper and cardboard products without compromising their cost-effectiveness or safety.

58
1 year ago

A digital appointment calendar within your phone, which they say is better than a paper or desktop calendar.

56
1 year ago

A startup that helps document custodians to find and organize paper records, enabling them to streamline their processes and make more money.

56
1 year ago

A startup that helps real estate agents manage their homes. The startup’s technology aims to eliminate the paper trail of homes, keeping them in one place so agents can easily track and make changes to the house.

55
1 year ago

This startup wants to be “the Uber of college admission”. It’s focusing on the US market, where there’s a lot of paperwork and bureaucracy to navigate, and even more pressure to get into the right school.

55
1 year ago

A tool that makes it easier for poll workers to navigate voting machines on Election Day. The startup is looking to replace the paper ballots used today with digital ones allowing for machine-based auditing.

55
1 year ago

A startup that helps large producers simplify the paperwork involved in manufacturing, packaging, and shipping.

55
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that aims to replace the ancient, insecure, and expensive fax machine with a paper-less, secure, and cheaper system. The startup is working with large corporations to do this, and has sold $100,000 in the last month, with a 2.5% take rate.

54
1 year ago

The startup provides white-label software for managing medical records, helping hospitals and clinics keep up with their paperwork.

54
1 year ago

A startup that works with banks to remove the need for a paperless checkout.

54
1 year ago

A startup that wants to translate financial services paperwork into natural language so it’s much easier to read and understand.

53
1 year ago

A software company that creates a computerized system for managing the daily paper purchasing and delivery process. This system will allow the company to automate much of the process, and make the company more efficient.

53
3 years ago

Idea: Improving the quality of a person’s handwriting by training them to write on a special kind of paper. The startup says they can help 80% of all adults improve their handwriting.

52
1 year ago

A startup that helps people manage their medical records digitally, allowing them to print out paperwork and keep them in one place, eliminating the need for paper.

52
1 year ago

A startup that allows employees to manage their income, expense and banking information. Small business owners that pay their employees in cash have to manage a number of paper documents to keep track of those payments. Hatipol, which was founded earlier this year, is building a system to do this more efficiently.

52
1 year ago

A company that helps small businesses replace their paper and cardboard filing cabinets with digital files. The company says it works with over 1,200 businesses and has signed up Wells Fargo as a customer.

52
1 year ago

An AI-powered assistant for hiring employees, sharing benefits and HR paperwork. It’s also a service for companies to manage their employee benefits.

52
1 year ago

A digital library of academic papers and textbooks that serves as a starting point for students to learn digital skills.

52
1 year ago

An open-source, community-driven distributed ledger system that’s designed to enable companies to cut down on large amounts of paperwork and paperwork fraud.

51
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps people find and fill out the paperwork needed to set up a business in the US. The startup says it’s already connecting people to over 50 different service providers and it plans to extend its services to other countries.

50
10 months ago

A software app that tracks and keeps records of the performances of academic research papers and their authors.

50
3 years ago

Idea: A tool for posting job openings in the local classifieds section of local newspapers. The startup has been used for over 1,200 job postings and says it has a retention rate of over 90%.

49
1 year ago

It’s an online account management tool that helps users manage their household’s paper bills. It’s only available in the UK as of right now.

48
1 year ago

Noting that 10% of the population are still working in paper, the startup wants to help companies digitize their processes in an effort to make it more efficient and cost-effective. A startup that’s building an app for managing customer service interactions using AI and natural language processing. It currently has $2.5M in funding.

47
1 year ago

A UK-based startup that provides an API to loan officers, allowing them to suggest a loan for a client, on the spot and with no paperwork.

47
5 months ago

The company built a tool that helps employees manage paperwork in a conflict-free way.

47
10 months ago

A company that helps companies in the B2B space manage their invoices, with a focus on automating paperwork and reducing errors.

46
1 year ago

A startup that helps you create and manage “Zines,” a new way to record and share your life. The startup’s founders say that you can write a Zine with just a smartphone and a little bit of paper.

44
1 year ago

A hardware company that wants to build a hardware-based receipt printer that can produce receipts on demand. The company wants to use the same materials as the paper industry, which is more sustainable than inkjet.

44
6 months ago

A company that helps small businesses get financing with less paperwork and a full reserve fund, and with the ability to back the loan with actual collateral.

44
1 year ago

A company that wants to ease the process of selling a house by providing a software platform that manages all the paperwork, finance, tax and real estate aspects of the sale.

43
3 years ago

A startup that helps people find and order moving supplies (like boxes, tape, paper, labels, etc)

42
8 months ago

A social network for people in government offices, who have to keep track of a lot of people and a lot of paper. The company wants to create a social network that will allow government workers to share information, request documents, and share feedback and ideas.

42
3 months ago

An automated marketing platform that helps small businesses find new customers by working with local newspapers.

41
1 year ago

A platform for creating and distributing “white papers” that summarize research, but aren’t bound by the limitations of traditional academic publishing.

36
3 months ago

Signing and sending contracts, invoices, and other financial paperwork is a time-consuming process. This startup is building a service that aims to make that process easier, quicker, and more efficient.

35
1 month ago

A startup that's selling a “paperless” wedding registry, to make people’s lives easier.

32
3 years ago

Idea: A startup that is making a new type of surface that feels a bit like paper but is actually a plastic material This material can then be molded to make all types of different things, like a fridge that can be rolled up The surface is also programmable, so it can be made to change color or texture when a button is pressed

31
7 months ago

A college student living in the US could apply for a scholarship, but they’d have to spend weeks getting their paperwork in order. Oren makes it easier, and has already helped students pay for college.

30
7 months ago

A platform for lending to small businesses, allowing them to crowdfund with less paperwork. They’re currently focused on business loans, but the team has experience in consumer lending as well.

28
5 months ago

 A newspaper app that allows users to search for local news and articles, and share them with friends.

28
1 month ago

A tool to help companies with their HR paperwork, and a way to help manage sick days.

26
7 months ago

A software product that allows retailers to quickly and easily order expensive and time-sensitive materials for fulfillment, such as paper and packaging materials.

25
4 months ago

A company that lets you pay bills online while still receiving paper statements, so you can be sure they’re not lying to you about the amount you owe.

24
2 months ago

A startup that allows customers to book auto repair in the US without having to deal with the hassle of filling out paperwork.

24
6 months ago

A tool for making custom paper mache jewelry. The startup has sold more than 50,000 paper mache pieces since launching a year ago.

21
2 months ago

A startup that helps handle and eliminate the paper associated with invoicing.

21
3 years ago

A startup that sells toilet paper made out of recycled paper

19
2 months ago

A modern, social, mobile-centric take on the traditional paper notebook. The company claims the notebooks are more durable, have more space, feel more natural to write in, and also have a quick-access “diary”, “brainstorm”, or “to-do” section to keep track of notes.

19
2 months ago

This is a tool for people looking to hire a contractor or an independent contractor. The company would provide the necessary paperwork, and then the contractor would receive a check for the work.

18
2 months ago

A content discovery platform that lets users find articles in a variety of formats, like text, audio, video, slideshows, and white papers.

16
2 months ago

The CEO of Vatika, a startup that helps people buy and sell their cars, says that the average person spends $1,000 to sell or buy a car and that a lot of car-sellers have no idea what they’re doing. Vatika wants to help them with that by building a platform that helps with everything from pricing and calculating taxes to paperwork and arranging title transfers.

14
1 month ago

A startup that makes beautiful wallpapers for your phone.

13
1 month ago

A new way to link your existing paper health records with your electronic health record. Instead of having to copy and paste info from your paper records into an EMR, each record is uploaded to the service as a .CSV file.

12
1 month ago

This company is working with a software engineering firm to make the transition from pen and paper to paperless.

12
1 month ago

A company that’s building a tool for those who can’t afford paper to create and print photos, maps, and more with their mobile phones.

11
19 days ago

Automating the review process for loan originations, or other loan documents to cut down on paperwork and make the process faster and more efficient.

11
1 month ago

A solution for eliminating the need for paper-based communications by providing a single digital platform that integrates all the various forms of communication that insurance companies and their agents use

9
11 days ago

A new financial services startup that wants to build a “smart” personal loan that reduces the cost of financing for young people. It wants to offer loans on a pay-as-you-go basis, with little to no paperwork.

4
3 years ago

A startup that sells an online service to help companies save money by reducing the amount of paper they use

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup aimed at helping people manage the paperwork associated with their caregiving responsibilities.

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3 years ago

Idea: SaaS for managing fleets of vans and trucks, aiming to reduce costs and administrative headaches by streamlining receipts, invoices, and other paperwork.

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3 years ago

Idea: A startup that helps companies deal with the paperwork around events. The company’s pitch is that there’s a lot of red tape to navigate for things like conferences, and they’re aiming to save companies time and money.

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