The Zapier Blog
JULY 7, 2025
A customer relationship management tool (or CRM) is a critical hub for sales and marketing teams—but it's not just a place to store contact details. When used effectively, your CRM becomes a central command center for tracking relationships, managing pipelines, and coordinating touchpoints across your entire customer journey. But here's the catch: most of that activity doesn't happen in your CRM.
StartupNation
JULY 5, 2025
Effectively communicating your startup’s impact metrics to investors can make or break your funding opportunities. This article presents key strategies, backed by expert insights, to help you showcase your startup’s value and growth potential. From telling compelling data-driven stories to aligning metrics with investor priorities, these approaches will equip you to present your startup’s impact in a clear and persuasive manner.
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American Entrepreneurship
JULY 1, 2025
The Michigan based startup empowers contractors, manufacturers, and energy producers to reduce costs, meet sustainability goals, and contribute to a cleaner energy grid through its AI platform that uses machine vision and data modeling to improve the quality and consistency of biomass. In a powerful move for the climate tech industry, Woodchuck, an AI-powered climate impact startup, announced the successful close of a $3.75 million seed funding round.
Founder Bounty
JULY 2, 2025
Having sold a SAAS business, which was bootstrapped and been part of techstars (which is one of the worlds best accelerators) and worked for top tier investment banks I know a thing or 2 about building a business or side hustle and i want to talk a little bit about the marketing side of it. What would I do if I had to start it all again and get my first customers?
Speaker: Lee Andrews, Founder at LJA New Media & Tony Karrer, Founder and CTO at Aggregage
This session will walk you through how one CEO used generative AI, workflow automation, and sales personalization to transform an entire security company—then built the Zero to Strategy framework that other mid-market leaders are now using to unlock 3.5x ROI. As a business executive, you’ll learn how to assess AI opportunities in your business, drive adoption across teams, and overcome internal resource constraints—without hiring a single data scientist.
Tomasz Tunguz
JULY 1, 2025
Yesterday, Figma filed its beautifully designed S-1. It reveals a product-led growth (PLG) business with a remarkable trajectory. Figma’s collaborative design tool platform disrupted the design market long-dominated by Adobe. Here’s how the two companies stack up on key metrics for their most recent fiscal year: Metric (2024) Figma Adobe Revenue (YoY Growth) $749M (48%) $21.5B (11%) Gross Margin 88.3% 89.0% Non-GAAP Op Margin 17.0% 44.5% Sales Efficiency 1.00 0.39 Adjusted FCF Margin
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American Entrepreneurship
JULY 2, 2025
The startup, f ounded in 2022, is led by the seasoned team of Alex Yakubovich and Stan Garber who quickly gained investor backing to make Levelpath the leader in enterprise procurement. Levelpath, a leading AI-native procurement platform, has raised over $55 million in Series B funding to accelerate its mission of transforming enterprise procurement through intelligent automation and autonomous AI agents.
Jason Malki
JULY 3, 2025
Suzanne Ley I had the pleasure of interviewing Suzanne Ley , a seasoned global financial services executive with over 20 years of experience driving company growth and financial performance. Suzanne is currently the CEO and CFO of Qrescendo , a next-generation investment neobank built to empower startups and middle-market companies with seamless access to capital, embedded financial tools, and a dynamic network of investors and advisors.
Innovation 2 Enterprise
JULY 7, 2025
i2E Names Darcy Wilborn as President, Continuing Commitment to Oklahoma Innovation i2E, Inc., a nonprofit focused on accelerating startup success and commercialization efforts across Oklahoma, proudly announces the appointment of Darcy Wilborn as its new President. Wilborn brings more than a decade of leadership and operational experience within i2E.
The Zapier Blog
JULY 1, 2025
Mind mapping is a creative way to brainstorm and find connections between different ideas. Done right, it's a great way to come up with new ideas and solutions to tricky problems, outline an article or presentation, and generally just get your thoughts in order. While it can be done as a group, it's often a solo practice. Use automation to support brainstorming, delegation, and communication Learn how I do most of my mind mapping digitally—and even when I don't, I often recreate a
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AI adoption is reshaping sales and marketing. But is it delivering real results? We surveyed 1,000+ GTM professionals to find out. The data is clear: AI users report 47% higher productivity and an average of 12 hours saved per week. But leaders say mainstream AI tools still fall short on accuracy and business impact. Download the full report today to see how AI is being used — and where go-to-market professionals think there are gaps and opportunities.
StartupNation
JULY 3, 2025
The Work From Home era is far from over. In fact, it’s only just started. As a large portion of the working world embarks on a remote future, it’s up to your startup to adapt ahead of time to see the best results. Approximately two in three workers are now fully remote. For business leaders at the beginning of their startup venture, offering WFH roles is extremely beneficial.
David Teten VC
JULY 7, 2025
Kudos to ffVC portfolio company Movable Ink and CEO Vivek Sharma! STG, a software-focused private equity firm, has announced they’re acquiring Movable Ink. My old firm, ffVC, invested when Movable Ink was a seed-stage company. Movable Ink has grown to 600 employees, and won more than 100 new enterprise customers in the last year across its products.
GCUC
JULY 7, 2025
The Multigenerational Coworking Revolution: What Every Space Owner Needs to Know What Do Boomers, Zoomers, and Everyone Between Want From Coworking? At GCUC, we’re always looking ahead. One of the biggest shifts happening right now.
Founder Bounty
JULY 4, 2025
There is an endless list of AI companions available for Android phones. Which one to choose depends on your unique goals and needs, but rest assure, there is something for everyone. The list wouldn't be complete without some already widely known apps, such as ChatGPT for Android and Google Assistant, however there are many more apps which can provide companionships, mental health advice, support you whilst learning different subjects, and help you improve your foreign languages skills.
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Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?
The Zapier Blog
JULY 3, 2025
As a kid, I was deeply traumatized by the Borg in Star Trek: Next Generation —so it's safe to say that I had some baggage to work through when I first started hearing the term "AI integration." But to my—and humanity's—intense relief, integrating AI into your business doesn't require assimilation by a terrifying cybernetic collective.
StartupNation
JULY 2, 2025
In a world where trust is currency and transparency is paramount, how people perceive your business can shape its entire trajectory. Whether launching your first product or expanding a growing team, you’ll find that your reputation leaves a lasting impression and that kindness plays a major role in shaping it. A strong company culture grows from genuine care, and when people feel supported, they naturally want to be part of it and share it with others.
OurCrowd
JULY 1, 2025
SEOUL, South Korea, July 01, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — MegazoneCloud (Chairman Joo-Wan Lee), an AWS Cloud MSP and leader in the Korean cloud market, and Classiq Technologies, the leading quantum software company, today announced that they signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) during Quantum Korea 2025 (June 24–26 at aT Center, Seoul).
The Seraf Compass
JULY 2, 2025
While being a great director is often about adding strategic business value, and it is safe to say that thriving companies give rise to less risk than failing ones, there are some legal requirements which come with the job. Most of them are rooted in common-sense, but it is important to understand that you are a legal fiduciary to the shareholders, and to understand what that means.
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Gearing up for 2025 annual planning? Our latest eBook from the Operators Guild is your ultimate guide. Discover real-world solutions and best practices shared by top CFOs, drawn directly from discussions within OG’s vibrant online community. Learn from senior executives at high-growth tech startups as they outline financial planning strategies, align CEO and board goals, and coordinate budgets across departments.
Founder Bounty
JULY 2, 2025
I will repeat that creating 10K/month only through content is in fact possible and has been done without spending one dime on marketing. The way it was done was through affiliate marketing, brand deals and other ways. A lot of people will in fact doubt that you can do it but im here to share that it is in fact possible to make this kind of money purly through content.
The Zapier Blog
JULY 7, 2025
As an IT professional, you're tasked with safeguarding your business from any tech disasters. That could include security breaches, fraud, or troubleshooting for your coworkers. Usually, your IT or security team will have an on-call schedule to deal with those requests, so there's always someone available to help. Those on-call shifts can sneak up on you though, especially if you're in the midst of projects.
StartupNation
JULY 7, 2025
In the business world, decisions are made every single day. Some are small, some are large, but all of them ideally should be grounded in solid information, not guesswork. This is exactly why you need solid market research. At its core, market research is all about gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data about a target market, competitors, and the industry as a whole.
OurCrowd
JULY 1, 2025
A large aerial drone flies over the charred remains of Canadian forests devastated by wildfires, bombarding the ground with seed capsules to accelerate reforestation. Read more here.
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Mark MacLeod
JULY 2, 2025
Andrew D’Souza, co-founder and former CEO of Clearco, built one of Canada’s most prominent fintech unicorns before stepping back to pursue his fascination with artificial intelligence. In this conversation, Andrew shares the complete Clearco story – from providing cash advances […] The post Clearco’s Andrew D’Souza on Building a Fintech Unicorn, His CEO Transition, and His New Venture Boardy appeared first on Mark MacLeod.
Berkonomics
JULY 3, 2025
Every business has bottlenecks At many board meetings, I can be counted upon to ask , “Where’s the bottleneck this month?” Senior management is usually prepared with an answer, and a good discussion of resource availability and application follows. Sometimes, the bottleneck is not so visible to the CEO. In those instances, I follow with: “Do you notice people waiting at your door, telling you that they were waiting for your response or decision, even if you were unaware of this?
The Zapier Blog
JULY 3, 2025
Long gone are the days of humans taking notes during meetings. If you use an AI transcription tool like Grain , you know it can transcribe, summarize, and pull insights from recordings automatically in the background of every meeting. But you still need to do something with those insights. When you connect Grain with Zapier, you can orchestrate entire systems with AI and automation to streamline the way you hold meetings (and everything that comes after).
StartupNation
JULY 1, 2025
Starting and growing a business is an exciting but challenging journey. While securing funding, building a strong customer base, and developing a competitive product or service are top priorities, one often overlooked aspect of startup success is managing financial risks in vendor and client relationships. In fact, 2024 research found that 41% of companies experienced seven or more fraud cases in just the first eight months of the year, showing how easily financial blind spots can derail even th
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Lack of digitalization decreases business competitiveness. To thrive, embracing modern solutions becomes essential. The approach to digitalization often aligns with a company's business model. This shift not only boosts productivity but also automates processes and improves security. The tech market offers a wealth of technologies tailored for management, planning, and forecasting, replacing outdated pen-and-paper methods.
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