StartupNation

MAY 18, 2025

This approach is particularly dangerous for side hustlers, solo entrepreneurs, and family businesses where every dollar counts. Sign Up for The Start Newsletter * indicates required Email Address * /* real people should not fill this in and expect good things – do not remove this or risk form bot signups */ 1. The good news?

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StartupNation

JULY 21, 2025

Running a business, like waging a war, goes exactly as planned right until the moment you start. When I started my first business in my early twenties, for example, I hedged my bets by informing my boss at the time that I’d work part-time for him but do my own thing on my days off and the weekend. I mean that literally.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 17, 2025

Two of the most popular payment processors are Stripe and PayPal —but which is better for your business? Here's what you need to know to decide between using Stripe vs. PayPal for your sales needs. But what might be a pretty inconsequential difference to consumers like me will have a big impact on sellers.

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Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2024

Be careful about investor rights This important variation on money talks is an important consideration for entrepreneurs when seeking an investment from professionals such as VCs. Something like a marriage (and often lasting just as long statistically), your investment partner can be a great cheerleader, coach and resource.

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StartupNation

MAY 21, 2025

To help you avoid these pitfalls, we asked 17 business leaders to share the mistakes they made when selecting a CRM — and how they corrected them. This shortsighted decision became a barrier as we started scaling operations and needed seamless integration with ERP systems. Big mistake.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Get started Here, I'll explain what AI automation actually is, why it's useful, and how you can start using it to offload all the worst parts of your job, so you can focus on the human stuff. Increases organizational agility: AI automation helps your business keep up with zig-zagging market trends without missing a beat.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Do you want to learn how to diversify your revenue streams so you can take your business to the next level? Today, we’ll explore actionable strategies you can use to build multiple income streams and build a more resilient, profitable business. If so, you’ve made it to the right place!

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Do you want to learn how to diversify your revenue streams so you can take your business to the next level? Today, we’ll explore actionable strategies you can use to build multiple income streams and build a more resilient, profitable business. If so, you’ve made it to the right place!

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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. 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.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

Keep reading for my breakdown of Zendesk vs. Jira. Integrating Zendesk and Jira Zendesk vs. Jira Service Management FAQ Zendesk vs. Jira at a glance Both Zendesk and Jira offer ticket management solutions, but it's not really fair to compare the two platforms apples to apples. user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 17, 2025

You can use Zapier's pre-built simple CRM template or sales CRM template to optimize your sales process with an elegant and personalized CRM tool that fits your business needs. A CRM is a customer relationship management tool that helps businesses organize, track, and nurture their interactions with leads, customers, and other contacts.

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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. It offers business and productivity tools that run the gamut from sales and marketing to finance and legal to IT and analytics. What is Zoho used for?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

One of the first plugins I heard about when I started using WordPress was Yoast SEO. You only need to invest in the premium versions for specialized features, such as advanced schemas or link management. We independently review every app we recommend in our best apps lists. Learn more. The name stuck—it rhymes with toast. Ease of use.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

It's time-consuming, and it's definitely not why you got into your business in the first place. Streamline your invoicing workflows with automation Learn how And with so many great free invoicing tools out there, you can streamline the process without any upfront investment. Branding is what sets your business apart.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

But as your business grows, so does the complexity. And automation—the thing that was supposed to make life easier—starts to feel impossible to scale. Contact Sales I work at Zapier, an enterprise that not only helps other businesses automate their workflows, but relies on automation to power our own internal operations.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

How IT automation works IT automation vs IT orchestration Automate IT with Zapier What is IT automation? Define your automation goals Start with the "why." And when manual processes bog you down, it's even harder for you to focus on high-impact work. That's where IT automation comes in. The result?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

So let's take a look at how revenue forecasting works, why it matters, and the software you can use to help you get your business's version of a shiny new console. Believe it or not, revenue forecasting was a pretty central part of my childhood, and not in a high-stakes-lemonade-stand kind of way. I was great at saving my money.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

This has obviously occurred in battles with tech platforms like Yelp vs. Google or Zynga vs. Facebook). As always this battle is settled by the degree to which a consumer has a strong preference for a company’s product vs the substitute products it may choose instead.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2013

This followed an investment late last year by Time Warner in the company in a round totaling $36 million , led by Rachel Lam , head of their investment group. Dana Settle (Greycroft) & I had led the first round of investment in the company in 2010 and we were looking for smart media investors to join us as investors in the company.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

Open source computing, which reduced costs to start a company by 90%. This meant: Less capital to start a company thus the rise of “micro VCs” Younger, more technical founders (not as big of a leap to take a risk on a 24-year-old when it’s $250k and not $5 million. Indeed we have already seen the beginnings.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

I’ve always believed it’s been one of the most important attributes of business success yet something very few business leaders talk about. Almost all business success relies on creativity. So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A So no whinging about what a long post this is!

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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

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

If you’re funding the same stuff as everybody else and if you started your activities when the clues were obvious you’re much less likely to drive enormous returns. This was certainly the case when I invested in a small YouTube video production company called Maker Studios that recently sold to Disney for just shy of $1 billion.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

The idea actually came to him from the Yellow Pages business. He was a life-long entrepreneur and the first business he created out of college (actually, he founded it while he was at Caltech) was a company that manufactured high quality audio speakers. So the Yellow Page business was always “pay for placement.&#.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

If nothing else, the 2020 pandemic has shown everybody—particularly business owners and entrepreneurs—the value of being prepared and ready to pivot. Remove the “fat” from all aspects of my business. Ensuring that your cash position is not skinny going into a pandemic is the greatest business relief. Juggle fewer balls.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. I will start recruiting soon. Are you going to do all of this?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 18, 2013

I have started thinking about what the future might look like and I’ve started imagining what I call, “MMOV” or massive multiplayer online video. Global audiences of prosumer video producers will create content that is viewed by global audiences in numbers far in excess of traditional TV. Why would it? billion views.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

It is the second largest city in the country with (18 million inhabitants) (vs. When you’re one fund and have $600 million to invest it’s easier to take that kind of risk. Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. Los Angeles.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 15, 2010

So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. So when Google started pushing AdSense (ads for affiliate or 3rd party sites) they had a HUGE cost advantage. They were able to “buy&# the affiliate business because they had the Google.com cash cow.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

Revolution is a “stage agnostic&# fund (means they invest early or late) funded entirely by Steve Case , the founder of AOL and co-founded by two other individuals, Tige Savage (yes, pronounced like the golfer, minus the “r&# ) and Donn Davis. We are a venture capital growth equity fund in Washington DC with about $500m invested.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Contributed By Susan Michel, EO New Jersey member and founder and CEO of Glen Eagle Advisors , which provides investment management and financial planning advice. You want to be a responsible parent and raise financially literate children, but where do you start? Raising kids in an entrepreneurial family comes with challenges.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

It’s critical to business. “Without happy people, we don’t have happy clients, and without happy clients there is no revenue, and without revenue there is no company,” says Lee Deas, Founder of Obviouslee , a marketing and design agency. We build trust by transparency and bringing people along with us vs. dictating from above.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2014

When I meet other VCs I’m constantly asking how they decide which investments to make, when to pass, when to do follow-on rounds, when to sell a company vs. when to go long, etc. Because I’ve asked more than 100 VCs similar questions I start to notice patterns in thinking. What is a founder to do? Triangulate.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2018

If you don’t know, Ring offers home security products that started with a video doorbell, then video floodlights, outdoor stickup cams and now in-home security features that innovate in-home security alongside outside protection. Here are my views … 1. It was a novel concept well before the major players did this for you.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

AUGUST 3, 2020

A family owned and operated business is nothing new, but a family business managed by two parents and eight and children is pretty unique. The business started with making soap, as it is a low barrier (much less difficult than food products) and the whole family could easily be involved in making and selling it.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2010

Another topic we debated early in the program was “lean startup” vs. “ fat startup ” where we both took the obvious hedge and said “it depends.” DEAL OF THE WEEK: Gilt Groupe – We both admired this company. When the show has been processed it will be available here (estimated 8pm PDT). Greycroft is an early-stage VC.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 10, 2010

We have doubled our national investments per child in education (in real terms i.e. adjusted for inflation) and our scores have remained flat. It’s the story of what’s broken with the education system in the US. It’s a documentary including personal stories of people caught in the system. We already have a jobs gap.

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