A lead is a prospective customer you’re working to qualify. Leads capture the person and their company, a source, a status and a rating, and serve as the entry point to your pipeline — once qualified, a lead is converted into a deal (and optionally a contact and account).
Leads can be viewed as a table (sortable, filterable, with customizable columns) or as a Kanban board grouped by status, so you can drag leads between stages.