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All flashes · Sun, October 18, 2026

The HRTech Wire

Spirence’s Laura Kunz on Life After Pitchfest, Selling a New Category, and a Fortune 50 Pilot Renewal

A year after finishing second at HR Tech's Pitchfest, Spirence co-founder and president Laura Kunz tells WorkTech the company has converted a stage connection into a paying customer, built a pipeline covering more than half a million lives, and secured a pilot renewal with a Fortune 50 employer — while navigating the slow enterprise sales cycles typical of a new benefits category.

Read the original at WorkTech (George LaRocque)
#employee benefits#HR tech startups#HR Tech Pitchfest#enterprise sales
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