"Lead stage" vs "lead status" - one has to go away

There is a new “lead stage” in hubspot which we are trying to use to mature leads (companies with their contacts) before they go (hopefully) into a deal stage.

So we build company lists and want to see the “lead stage” next to them - only to find out that the “old” Lead Status (a company property) is the only one which can be shown on the company lists. So basically we cannot show “target companies and lead stage” on the same page… That makes no sense at all.

so a few things:

1) we find “lead stage” and “lead status” to be highly confusing and doubt that no one really need to types of leads unless for academic discussions (we do sales - not academia…)

2) if someone has a need for both types of leads then we really need to be able to see them on the same lists in hubspot.

Recommend that HS kill one of the dublicate lead types.