Cinch+Strike

24/09/2026

We’re hosting our first BA5 , with Tauranga Business Chamber, and we’d love to see both familiar and new faces there!

If there’s a process at work that feels harder as it should, tell us about it through the link in the comments section. Yours could be the one we bring to life on the night 😀

Join Cinch+Strike at our next BA5 as they showcase how Slack and Slackbot are helping businesses reduce admin, streamline communication, and keep projects moving without the endless back-and-forth.

But this isn't just a presentation. Chamber members have the opportunity to shape the evening by submitting a real business scenario that could become the live demo on the night.
The business who's case is selected will also receive a Chuffed NZ Experience Gift!

You'll also hear from Tim Penton of Salesforce, sharing insights on the workplace technology trends helping businesses work smarter and save valuable time.

Practical ideas. Real-world examples. Business challenges brought to life.

Enjoy drinks, canapés, and an engaging evening with fellow Chamber members and guests.

Submit your case and register on our website event calendar!

17/09/2026

We were back at Dreamforce this year - taking in the latest developments shaping Salesforce , AI and the future of work.

We’re heading home with plenty to explore and fresh ideas to turn into practical value for our clients ✨✨

04/09/2026

04/09/2026

Something shifted in the past two years for the founders we work with.
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They’re not waiting for a dev team anymore. They have AI tools, they have energy, and they’re building. Fast.

The question is no longer whether they can ship something — it’s whether what they ship will hold up.

Earlier this year, we started working with Echo4ever Limited – a digital legacy platform built to preserve life’s most meaningful memories. Life stories. Family photographs. Voice and video recordings. Time capsules for future generations. Even post-death messages, delivered long after someone is gone.

In a product like this, a data breach or a poor architectural decision isn’t just a technical failure. It’s a human one.

One of Echo4ever’s founders, Jeff, had already turned an idea into a real product concept – a blueprint, a draft portal, a clear vision. The next challenge wasn’t building faster. It was making sure he was building on the right foundation.

Our first conversation with Jeff didn’t start with technology. It started with a question: what needed to be true from day one for people to trust this platform with their most personal data?

The answer shaped everything. Security couldn’t be a feature – it had to be the foundation. Infrastructure built for resilience, not convenience.

Once we knew what had to be true, we could design for it.

Here’s where it took an interesting turn. Rather than building the platform for Jeff, we designed something that let him build it himself , with AI, without losing architectural integrity.

Full story on our site 👉 https://www.cinch-strike.io/echo4ever

12/08/2026

Season 2 of the has officially kicked off 😃

We hear you — "CS what??" 🤣

Last year we started the C+S Recharge Series: our team-wide wellness challenge to build daily habits, rib each other a little, give each other a hard time (in a good way 😁 ) and compete with one another — all while being fully remote 💻

We just launched Season 2 this week, and the weekly leaderboard is already cooking!

It's a 3-month activity of the team logging points across exercise, healthy diet, mindfulness, hydration, team spirit and well-being : turning small daily habits into some friendly competition 😁

Shoutout to our resident game master, Neil , for leveling up our challenge & leaderboard portal 🫡

Weekly rankings. Twelve weeks of friendly and healthy (literally!) competition. One ultimate champ - crowned in Bangkok on 6 November 👑

Who's it going to be? 🤩

27/05/2026

Last week’s highlight - half of the crew attended the Partner Summit in Auckland.

For some, this may just be another event, but for a fully remote work setup like ours, it was something special ☺️

Stoked to hear exciting Salesforce + updates and even more stoked to see our logo as one of the Salesforce partners making a difference for the 🙏 Followed of course by a cozy team dinner somewhere 😀

Exciting times ahead! We can’t wait to tell you more about and 😀

21/05/2026

AI everywhere —> one front door to it all 😀

If you missed the Work Reimagined session with Salesforce + Slack , one thing really stood out to us: it’s having one workspace where your tools can actually work together 🎉

That’s where Slackbot started feeling like another app to juggle, but as the layer that helps brings the noise, updates and tools into one place.

• catch up on a 200-message channel in seconds, without feeling buried by notifications

•draft follow-ups faster

•pull answers from across your tools without leaving

•handle repetitive work like scheduling, approvals and status updates

•coordinate different AI agents behind the scenes so teams aren’t managing a dozen of separate bots

Interesting to watch how all the moving pieces are starting to connect 🎉

For businesses trying to navigate the AI wave, this is worth a serious look 😀