StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Career reinvention is a powerful journey, and this article showcases real-world examples from successful entrepreneurs. Drawing on insights from experts across various fields, these stories highlight the diverse paths to professional transformation. A significant part of this reinvention has been about challenging ingrained patterns and mindsets.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

If these kinds of things feel relevant to you, you can get started easily with Zapier's official agent templates. But since early 2025, I've been vibe coding my way to actual tools. The code is minimal, the confidence is unearned, and the results are surprisingly functional. So step right up, and behold a series of curiosities.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

5 things you should automate today Start automating I've been using and writing about graphic design apps since Photoshop was available on physical disks, and while I enjoy Canva, it isn't my go-to tool in most situations. There are plenty of great Canva alternatives. There are plenty of great Canva alternatives. Let's dig in.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Get started AI buzzwords are everywhere, but knowing what they actually mean can help you use AI better. For a simple example, the idea is that your AI assistant agent would be able to book flights using a travel comparison website's AI agent. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. “In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy.” So pray for Harvard Business School if you wouldn’t mind.”

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

One of the books that first made me aware of the “creative brain&# was “ Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain &# by Betty Edwards. I’ve always believed it’s been one of the most important attributes of business success yet something very few business leaders talk about. Many people are visual thinkers.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Plum Print digitizes kids art and turns it into keepsakes and gifts. The more you scan, the less macaroni necklaces and hand turkeys you have cluttering up your house, and the more memorable the coffee table books become as they track your child's creative progression through the years. Obviously, the pivot worked out for them.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

Let me start with the obvious baseline that most people probably know instinctively: Los Angeles is the 3rd largest technology startup ecosystem in the US. An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch. “There’s something going on in LA.” So what is actually going on in LA? LA By The Numbers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Over the past three years, there has been a marked increase in the number of women pursuing entrepreneurship, with an estimated 40 percent of new businesses in the United States started by women. In Australia, we’ve seen similar growth, with the number of businesses owned by women increasing to over 35 percent in 2022.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Online courses are gaining immense popularity among aspiring entrepreneurs, students and professionals alike. Thus, launching an online course is a perfect business idea for anyone who has knowledge and expertise in a particular niche or subject. But, how do you do that? Let’s find out.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 5, 2021

The slate of nine films selected by Mailchimp and Oscilloscope – ranging from shorts to feature-length – uniquely capture the spirit of entrepreneurship and speak truthfully to the ups and downs of starting a business. Editor’s Note – Huge props to Mailchimp for always INNOVATING. Official Selection, Sundance 2021 ).

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 17, 2023

Incorporating coding training, book reading, and AR education technology, this innovative content is making a mark among learners in Asia, the Middle East, and beyond. That’s why we started developing our creator series. Empowering Individuals to Uncover their Creative Potential with the ‘Creator Series’ Q.

education

Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

Contributed to EO by Marina Byezhanova , an active member-leader within EO and a member of EO Canada Bridge chapter. An entrepreneur, global speaker and university instructor, she is on a mission to inspire entrepreneurs to stand out, speak up and be radically authentic. Entrepreneurship is a blend of many skills.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

And yet, managing your professional life as a model, actor, writer or designer remains a mish-mash of emails, manual booking processes and dreaded PDFs. Late last year the Contact platform launched, initially offering models a way to take bookings and manage some aspects of their work. Contact has now raised a $1.9 million (£1.4

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NZ Entrepreneur

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

We had to bear in mind that we started our company in turbulent political times in a country when most of our clients were overcome with a tidal wave of uncertainty and pending change. When I started EnQPractice rejection became an enormous part of my professional life again. Sound familiar?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

In his book YES IS THE ANSWER. All strong leaders have certain qualities such as perseverance and grit, but my rough start gave me an extra edge—a drive and determination to always advance and be better today than we were yesterday. You write that the title of the book, Yes Is the Answer: What Is the Question? ,

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

And when did you first think about starting a fund? During Covid-19, together with two partners, we started Capitale Ventures, being the investment arm to provide capital to emerging growth companies. Fong’s Capitale Ventures is an investment and advisory group with expertise in complex, cross-border transactions.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2022

Over the past couple of years, there’s been an overlap between tech and art, fueling a growing interest of movie, music and sports stars investing in tech startups. The main driver for me to go into music was reading a book called ‘Empire State of Mind’ about Jay-Z,” Mr. Eazi told TechCrunch on a call. “I Europe and globally. .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 19, 2023

I’m not going to make the case that Amazon reviews are a form of high art. Often, they’re found in the review sections for books and movies, where, in my anecdotal experience, Amazon reviewers tend to be more… verbose. Sounds like a useful feature, no? Perhaps for shoppers and sellers. But what about reviewers?

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2022

If your biggest competitor starts working from the office to boost productivity, you may feel tempted to as well; at the same time, if you’re a scrappy early-stage startup that is lucky enough to be hiring, you might still be able to get the upper edge on recruitment if you tell employees they can work from everywhere.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Online courses are gaining immense popularity among aspiring entrepreneurs, students and professionals alike. Thus, launching an online course is a perfect business idea for anyone who has knowledge and expertise in a particular niche or subject. But, how do you do that? Let’s find out.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 10, 2021

A combination of university talent pipelines, top-rated quality of life, growing startup ecosystem, and growing VC funding has Tree Town topping lists as one of the best places to start a tech company or find a top tech job. Small Ann Arbor startups to watch in 2022. DocNetwork. Applty now to Blueflite. Apply now to AdAdapted. Refraction AI.

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abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

(*) Benchmark is/was an investor in companies labeled with the asterisk. In 1776, Adam Smith released his magnum opus, An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations , in which he outlined his fundamental economic theories. In the end, everyone ends up in a better place.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

We started the research thinking it would help in team building, promote teamwork and identify leaders. By Les Pardew, founder of Mystery Escape Room. Many businesses are struggling to find the best way to move forward as some employees return to the workplace while others will continue to work at home or a combination of both. A Gartner Inc.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2023

The clear tension is what entices me: How do you automate a process such as writing checks, which requires human buy-in and the art of trust in a way that leaves both parties happy. The tool, started by pre-seed firm Afore Capital, is based on Common App, which sends one application to multiple colleges and universities.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 20, 2024

And meanwhile, I just watched social networking start to boom. So I first got interested in social networking, and then, through my experience at Quora, we started out with a product that was entirely human-driven. Find more content from our AI Revolution series on www.a16z.com/AIRevolution. The technology just wasn’t there.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Creative arts, such as music, photography, etc. Online courses are gaining immense popularity among aspiring entrepreneurs, students and professionals alike. Thus, launching an online course is a perfect business idea for anyone who has knowledge and expertise in a particular niche or subject. But, how do you do that? Let’s find out.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Almost half of all Americans play mobile games, so Alex reviewed Jam City’s investor deck, a transcript of the investor presentation call and a press release to see how it stacks up against Zynga, which “has done great in recent quarters, including posting record revenue and bookings in the first three months of 2021.”

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WSJ - The Accelerators

JUNE 24, 2015

Whether by design or circumstance, every startup will eventually get disrupted. You have the next big idea and have been tenacious enough to get funded. Your insights and drive have given you a huge lead on competitors who are too slow to realize how much the market is changing and how obsolete their products have become.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

How An Algorithm Transformed The Music Industry And Created The Mobile & Social Web As the music industry recently announced its first annual revenue growth after 15 years of uninterrupted contraction, I thought it was a good time to share some of the things I learnt from reading Stephen Witt’s book How Music Got Free.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 13, 2013

” We talked about my influences as a younger person and what got me started in technology and entrepreneurship. One of my favorite events last year was attending Startup Grind where I got to interview Clayton Christensen, author of The Innovator’s Dilemma. Last month they turned the tables on me. 00:00:52] MARK: Sure.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

I wrote a book called the Home Service Millionaire, and I have a podcast called the Home Service Expert. I wrote a book called the Home Service Millionaire, and I have a podcast called the Home Service Expert. And then, the garage door started pairing with all the smart home stuff, so you could open and close it from your cell phone.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 6, 2021

Ramon is a leading small business expert, a bestselling author, an in demand speaker, all while being a successful entrepreneur himself, having started four businesses and sold two of them. Three or more steps forward and 1 step backward. We forget it was many lonely nights of tears and misery until the breakthrough happened. Transcription).

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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

If you answer yes to any of these questions, you have experienced the buzz —hyping something so much that people start talking about it. . The concept of generating buzz to get consumers, marketers, and media to start discussing your offers is what spreads brand awareness for your new business. Let’s get started. Soundcloud.

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Guy Kawasaki

MARCH 23, 2015

Like external entrepreneurs, they dream of creating innovative products. They, too, must prototype, position, pitch, bootstrap, recruit, fund, partner, sell, and support. The purpose of this minichapter is to explain how to do all this when you’re employed by a large business. Guess again. Put the company first. Kill the cash cows. Find a godfather.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Michael Babineau is cofounder and CEO of Second Measure. Second Measure analyzes billions of credit card transactions to answer real-time questions on consumer behavior. They were in the Summer 2015 batch of YC and you can check them out at SecondMeasure.com. Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC. Before working at YC he cofounded Wufoo. Google Play.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Substack makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. Substack makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. We make it simple to start a paid newsletter and also you put audio in it now. Chris Best is the cofounder and CEO of Substack. They were in the Winter 2018 batch of YC. 00:00 – Intros.

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