Getting started

First steps after signing up

A 5-minute path from a fresh account to a usable workspace.

When you sign up, Compass walks you through a four-step setup wizard. None of it is permanent, you can come back and edit everything from Settings → Workspace.

1. Pick your industry

This sets the language Compass uses across the app. A photographer sees "shoot" where a copywriter sees "project". The dashboard widgets and Business Costs presets adapt to match.

2. Name your business

Two fields: your workspace name (mostly internal, visible at the top right) and an optional brand name (used on lead-form templates and shared links).

3. Tweak your vocabulary

Compass starts with sensible defaults, "lead", "client", "wedding" / "shoot" / "project" depending on your industry. Override anything that doesn't fit how you actually talk.

4. Set up your stages

The columns of your kanban. The headings are yours to rename; the underlying status (in grey) drives analytics so don't worry about getting the names "right", they're labels for you, not for the data.

What's next

You'll land on the Pipeline page. Add your first lead with the + button, or import a batch from CSV.