3 Things This Montessori Furniture Manufacturer Can’t Live Without
Nikki Benbenek, co-founder and CEO of the Ashburn, Virginia-based kids’ furniture company Blueberry and Third, shares the three tools that help her stay on task while saving time.
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1. Talk-to-text desktop app for easy email drafting
“ is my number-one time-saver. It’s talk to text, and I use it on my desktop — for email, DMs, LinkedIn, anything. I basically just talk at my computer all day. It tells me how many hours I’ve saved. Right now, I’ve communicated nearly 20,000 words over the last three days, and have saved myself more than three hours of drafting time.”
2. A no-headaches e-comm platform
“For someone who is not technologically advanced, as an e-commerce platform is amazing. The fact that I’m able to code on it to make our website more tailored to our needs is great. It also captures payment and flags anything that seems at risk for fraud.”
3. An AI notetaker for easy meeting recall
“Because we’re a two-person team, leaning into AI is helpful. is a notetaker that records and summarizes meetings, which is really helpful for me, especially when I’m doing something that’s meeting-intensive like vetting manufacturers.”