A small professional services business is evaluating Airtable to replace a manual spreadsheet process for client, service, and payment management, with a strong emphasis on granular employee...

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        "excerpt": "That sounds like nice and not overly complex custom build. Drop me PM if you are open to exploring this option.",
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        "excerpt": "have you tried existing solutions like oodo, zoho see if that works for otherwise if you are looking for custom solution we can help you with that. You can dm me if you like to discuss.",
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        "excerpt": "You can actually do everything that you are requesting with goodbinder.com. Sign up for a demo and see for yourself.",
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