Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

As Madhavan Ramanujam tells it, Steve Jobs was both a product genius and pricing genius. As Madhavan Ramanujam tells it, Steve Jobs was both a product genius and pricing genius. There are exceptions: Oracle’s database, Tanium’s security product, Workday’s human capital management software.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Get your leads where you need them Automate Facebook Lead Ads Here, I've rounded up standout Facebook ad examples that do just that. Get your leads where you need them Automate Facebook Lead Ads Here, I've rounded up standout Facebook ad examples that do just that.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Under Zach’s leadership, Grapevine empowers organizations to streamline their operations by integrating communication and knowledge management in one seamless platform, driving better collaboration, productivity, and engagement across the board. What motivated you to launch your startup? First, I loved remote work.

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Paul G. Silva

APRIL 29, 2025

But how do these pieces fit together? After decades of rigorous research spanning multiple books, Collins distilled his findings into a comprehensive roadmapwhat he calls “The Map”that shows the journey from startup to enduring greatness. Is there a logical sequence or framework that connects them all?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me. Try Zapier's AI features Discover how AI gives you automation superpowers. How to kickstart your AI automation strategy Automate intelligently with Zapier What is AI automation? Now, I delegate to AI automation.

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StartupNation

MAY 22, 2025

With thoughtful planning and creative solutions, you can achieve being available at the most meaningful family moments while still managing to build a business of significance. This scheduling approach attempts to safeguard family time while still managing to get exceptional work done within available time frames.

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StartupNation

JULY 22, 2025

Discover how individuals from law, journalism, tech, and more have leveraged their unique experiences to forge new, thriving careers. Discover how individuals from law, journalism, tech, and more have leveraged their unique experiences to forge new, thriving careers. The impact of this continuous reinvention has been profound.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

And while you might feel very attached to the email account you opened when you were a pre-teen— dragonmaster93[at]gmail.com does have a nice ring to it—it's time to swap that out for one that ends with your business domain name. Plus, you don't want to open two entirely different platforms just to access your emails.

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Hunter Walk

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

To that end, backing Regal , now a leader in AI Powered Calls for your businesses’ sales, support and operations, was quick to mutual agreement. Hunter Walk: In a recent Five Questions the person I was interviewing said to think about your career as a story youre telling about yourself. billion in revenue at Angi.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Do more with TikTok's Lead Generation Automate lead tracking Whether you're a B2B marketer or content creator ready to turn TikTok into a revenue machine, you need to understand how to get the most out of your TikTok marketing strategy. So let's dive in. Reach Gen Z audiences. Capture search traffic.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

Let's talk about what it really means—and why your business desperately needs it. How AI orchestration works AI orchestration vs. related concepts What are the benefits of AI orchestration? My house has a graveyard. " This guide will teach you everything you need to know about AI orchestration.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Keep your customer support systems healthy Streamline support You may not be in the shoe biz, but the importance of quality customer service is pretty universal. If your company has an index card equivalent for organizing customer data and lending support, you're in need of help desk software. But which one should you go with?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing in a unified platform—where all your apps are connected via a shared system—can simplify data management, prevent silos, streamline communication, and reduce operating costs. Zoho has approximately one zillion apps that cover you across your organization, and here, I'll walk you through everything on offer.

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Red Rocket

JANUARY 2, 2025

The new product had a different musky scent, and worse yet, the gel did not come out of the can as a gel, it came out as a liquid that was hard to apply to your face. The Key Lessons from This Story How Much Revenues Are You Going to Lose from a Product Change. Yes, I see the desire to constantly be innovating.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 27, 2025

No idea what anything cost, no idea who to trust, and somehow, despite watching multiple YouTube videos, I still managed to burn $150 in about 12 minutes. If you've ever dipped a toe into Meta Ads Manager, you know exactly what I mean. How much do Instagram ads cost in 2025? The audacity.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Sell more and keep your customers happy Automate your eCommerce Wix and Squarespace are two of the most popular website-building apps. Sell more and keep your customers happy Automate your eCommerce Wix and Squarespace are two of the most popular website-building apps. Web design isn't what it used to be.

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

Announcing your funding without a larger PR plan is the equivilant to George Costanza saying "I love you" to his date and not getting it returned--"that''s a pretty big matzo ball" to leave hanging out there. First off, you need to have a clear sense of your goals. What makes a great employee? Are you looking to hire?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. Now, I’m pretty on the record that being an entrepreneur is about being great at The Do. I’ve talked in the past about how I manage my own creative process. I zone out and think about how things could be different.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2012

Today I’d like to talk about what startup communities outside of Silicon Valley look like, how they emerge and what makes them take hold. ” In that post I talked about how a few key people in any community can have an enormous impact on the fledgling success of the city or company. Here are mine: 1.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

No matter how bad things got, it didn’t seem to occur to anyone, not even to that one pair of outspoken investors, that perhaps the CEO should get tossed—or at least they weren’t willing to say it. The company’s bad behavior was nothing new. They got worse. Some people don’t like to take responsibility for their own s.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 1, 2014

The second is that the retailers were constrained by their high costs of local real estate and service staff relative to the costs of centralized warehouses where goods could be stacked high, sorted by robots, managed by RFIDs and then shipped via overnight to eager, cost-conscious customers across the US. And could we then compete?”

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. To be clear we will continue to see great infrastructure companies built and these will mostly come from Silicon Valley. Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

Essentially – it’s just the way your brain is wired. It’s both your curse and your secret sauce. Of course you should go on your own journey of discovery. And when you know this and when your ego boost hits you can develop coping mechanisms that make you perform better. Embrace it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

At stake is not just your own livelihood, but the livelihood of everyone who works for you. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture. Like the downturns in 2008 and 2001, this has been a very trying time for entrepreneurs running startups. Remember that you are not alone. Join a CEO peer group.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 20, 2013

So I thought I’d write a piece on how not to suck when you give a presentation. – No great presentation can be delivered like a conversation. Get out of your comfort zone. Project your voice. Use your hands. Go join your local Toastmasters. It’s how I did. Show some energy!

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day. Understanding how your company will change as you move through these phases is critical if you hope to scale to a large business one day. As an early-stage VC I love this phase.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 8, 2014

An abbreviated version of this post appeared yesterday on TechCrunch. If you want the full SlideShare deck with many slides not in either post it’s in this link –> The LA Tech Market. “There’s something going on in LA.” ” Or if you ask the venerable Greg Bettinelli, he’s #LongLA. LA By The Numbers.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 4, 2023

It’s a great way to personalize a pitch deck and share it with interested parties. Hopefully, your company isn’t one of them. And with lockdowns now a thing of the past, we predict travel to also increase from 2022 levels which is a great sign for the industry and for business. Here’s what they shared. Video pitching.

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Dream It

JANUARY 13, 2021

Learn how to pass a VC associate screen in under 10 minutes! Learn how to pass a VC associate screen in under 10 minutes! Do your research You should do your research before talking to an associate. We understand that as an entrepreneur you’ve got a lot on your plate. What does good prep look like?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Today we’re announcing that my partner Kara Nortman is becoming Co-Managing Partner at Upfront Ventures and I can’t tell you how thrilled I am to welcome her to her new role. I’ve become fond of saying “if I had a dollar for every person who told me just how much they loooooved Kara Nortman, I’d have a 10x fund.”

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Startup Grind

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Aneme Dlamini of Startup Grind chats to Simone Musgrave of Musgrave Gin about perseverance, building an actual business, and bringing your femininity as a force to be reckoned with in the business world. You mentioned in your SG talk that you actually started Musgrave as a side hustle. Aneme = A, Simone = S A : Welcome! S : Thanks.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 2, 2015

It’s such a tricky balance between being cost-focused & scrappy versus being impractical with how you spend your time. For a well-funded seed company I have controversially recommended hiring a great office manager that doubles as an administrative assistant. But alas I must scale with businesses and make money.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

So you tell me what the future of the Internet will be? You need to segment your audience and find a way to get your highest quality customers over to O&O (owned & operated) inventory where you can get higher CPMs, sell merchandise and capture more customer information. As humans we like story telling.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 22, 2014

Deals done in your industry? The last thing you want is a know-it-all telling you what to do when they are at 50,000 and haven’t had to deal with your exact circumstances. VCs should be more of a coach than proscriptively telling you what to do. Picking a VC is hard. Reputation of firm? Of partner? Past Success?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 6, 2020

When my brand is doing well, I feel great and want more! When my brand is doing well, I feel great and want more! At the start of 2020, Chelle Neff is wrapping up a decade of considerable success, growth and innovation. 5000 list twice! . You opened Urban Betty in 2005 and it’s been growing ever since. What drives you?

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 14, 2015

You can read it in VCs discussions about hedge fund managers, activist investors or the need to have dual-share voting structures. ” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? .” ” It goes like this: What is your net burn rate? What is your cash balance? So what can we learn from this?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2015

Try to imagine if you *didn’t* already know Amazon and the company walking into VC meetings telling people they were going to disrupt the selling of all goods starting with books but then extending into electronics, apparel, toys and so forth. It is a household name. ” Let’s start with some basics.

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