# lifecycle stage

**URL:** <https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage/20365>\
**Category:** CRM\
**Tags:** contacts\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage/20365 "2020-04-24T23:39:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![novoideass](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/novoideass/32/93635_2.png) [@novoideass](https://community.hubspot.com/u/novoideass)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 11:39pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage/20365/1 "2020-04-24T23:39:55Z")

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Hi

I’d like to know the differeces of every lifecycle stages and lead status to better categorized my contacts 😉

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**Author:** ![Phil\_Vallender](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/phil_vallender/32/48924_2.png) [@Phil\_Vallender](https://community.hubspot.com/u/Phil_Vallender)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2020, 8:15am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/lifecycle-stage/20365/2 "2020-04-25T08:15:59Z")

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Hi @novoideass

For lifecycle stages, you might find my article useful: [HubSpot’s lifecycle stages explained](https://www.blendb2b.com/blog/hubspots-lifecycle-stages-explained)

Lead status is entirely customisable, so you can make the values mean anything you like. All I would say is that I think most CRM vendors intend this property to be used between the passing of a lead from marketing to sales, and the creation of an opportunity.

Hope this helps.