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+# Teamleader UI
+
+Teamleader UI is a set of [React](http://facebook.github.io/react/) components used in Teamleader.
+
+## Installation
+
+Teamleader UI can be installed as an [npm package](https://www.npmjs.com/package/teamleader-ui):
+
+```bash
+$ npm install --save teamleader-ui
+```
+
+## Basic usage
+
+In this minimal example, we import a `Button` with styles already bundled:
+
+```js
+import React from 'react';
+import { Button } from 'teamleader-ui';
+
+render(
+  <Button label="Hello World!" />
+);
+```
+
+## License
+
+This project is licensed under the terms of the [MIT license](https://github.com/teamleadercrm/teamleader-ui/blob/master/LICENSE).