The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Successfully running a company requires clear communication across the board: with employees, customers, investors, and any other stakeholders. on an ironing board, not a body. Who's telling the board that a customer ironed their shirt while wearing it? Let's take Apple as an example.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 5, 2022

The first two MyEO DealExchange conferences in 2018 and 2019 made a significant impact on the members who attended—including a 7-figure investment in Scott Mesh (EO New York)’s company. Each person gets 90 seconds to share the details of the investment opportunity or the “deal need” they’re presenting or seeking.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 21, 2017

Board meetings at @amplehills are dangerous. What we found is that while most of the people turned down the invite, most of the people who showed up invested. Would we pitch Series A players? They may want a lower valuation as a kind of risk premium for investing in you. Did that seed make this round our Series A?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

This is the second article in a series on what it takes to be a great angel investor (and why this should matter to entrepreneurs). And we all know that Ron Conway is considered the savviest of angel investors and yet by definition not all of his investments succeed. Who ultimately invested in FourSquare? Connections.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

Lay the groundwork before the event and apply to become a speaker or invest in a tradeshow booth. Get involved with non-profits where CEOs serve on the board, attend their galas and events, and get to know the leadership. and more articles from the EO blog. In addition to high-level conferences, where else can you meet CEOs?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 20, 2023

by Erick Slabaugh, a long-standing EO member in Seattle and former director on the EO Global Board “If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.” The Origins David Galbenski and I served on the EO Global Board together in 2007. The world needs us.

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Dream It

JANUARY 8, 2020

In the episode, Steve asked Ron about his “five slide pitch deck.” Ron says, “The number one thing I am evaluating as a seed investor is: Will institutional investors be beating down our door to invest in this company at a higher price before these funds run out?” Read Ron’s article on his five slide pitch deck here.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We had email, instant messaging, group calendars, discussion boards, etc. But AOL brought online services, email, chat and discussion boards to the masses and thus educated a generation that paved the way for others. 18 months ago 25% of all pitches to me were ideas for how to build products around Twitter’s API.

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TechCrunch

MAY 11, 2021

As the company’s CEO and co-founder Shail Mehta explained in a TC Early Stage pitch-off earlier this year, The Last Gameboard is a 16-inch square touchscreen device with a custom OS and a sophisticated method of tracking game pieces and hand movements. If the pitch sounds familiar… it’s been attempted once or twice before.

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Feedough

JANUARY 20, 2021

Startup aid usually comes in the form of funding and capital investment. And the first investment that’s required to plant the startup seed is seed funding. Seed funding, also called seed money or seed capital, is the initial investment a startup requires to start its operations or to launch itself as a full-fledged business.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

However, in private markets, there is more room to optimize across all 11 steps of the investing process: firm management , marketing, fundraising , origination , manage relationships, due diligence, negotiation, monitoring, portfolio acceleration , reporting, and. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 1) Manage the firm .

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. A VC shares 5 things no one told you about pitching VCs. How to establish a health tech startup advisory board. Most startups could use an advisory board, but in health tech, it’s a core requirement. On Wednesday, August 24 at 3 p.m. Walter Thompson.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 7, 2015

” I found myself nodding through all of it with quotes like, “Seed investing is the status symbol of Silicon Valley,” said Sam Altman. I save room in literally every deal to invite angels (or seed funds) to co-invest with me. Another founder … “When I pitched the idea to Adam, he was super on board,” Mr. Sloyan said.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

This validation often requires the startup to pitch in some money. Bringing key stakeholders on board like the chief technical officer, chief financial offer, etc. Institutional investors like accelerators, angel capitalists, venture capitalists may invest during seed round. Some are discarded during the course and some fail.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

I didn’t invest in any of their fine competitors either like Lyft, Sidecar, Hailo, etc. I was at an alumni dinner at UCSD (I am on the alumni board) and a group of people were talking about how their kids use UberX to get rides home from parties at night. This article had much resonance with me. I’m not so sure.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2023

As this TechCrunch article points out, what drives the mental health epidemic among entrepreneurs is their propensity to accept risk. Ameya Upadhyay : I would say that raising capital, managing boards and managing employees are probably the three most stressful things in the life of a CEO.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 22, 2023

“After investing so much time and effort, giving up seemed a great loss.” ” Getting artists back on board with NFTs The first challenge for the startup was bringing musicians onboard to the Remix NFT model. This article is part of a partnership with Cherubic Ventures. Music was the answer.”

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Transportation editor Kirsten Korosec reached out to 10 investors to learn more “about the state of mobility, which trends they’re most excited about and what they’re looking for in their next investments.” Shawn Carolan, partner, Menlo Ventures. Fifteen U.S.-based

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

If demonstrating an employer-employee relationship, that usually involves showing that your startup’s board of directors oversees your work and can fire you. Were you invited to judge a pitch competition, speak on a panel or mentor others based on your background, experience or skill set? Have you received any significant awards?

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 21, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. If you believe VR and immersive computing is the future — whether for consumer or business use cases — Activision helps Microsoft build a flywheel of content and technology that gets more users on board to this future.”. 500 Global’s Christine Tsai shares her 2022 VC predictions.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Investing in companies that have astronomical valuations based on expected growth can work out really well. The public is increasingly able to invest in higher-risk tech companies, and as multiples rise, the amount of air that tech valuations sit upon is expanding,” he writes.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

This essay is part of a series on alternative VC: I: Revenue-Based Investing: a new option for founders who care about control. II: Who are the major Revenue-Based Investing VCs? III: Why are Revenue-Based VCs investing in so many women and underrepresented founders? IV: Should your new VC fund use Revenue-Based Investing?

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 1, 2022

This annual flagship event, in which hundreds of founders have pitched their startups on our stage, is back in person. The respective boards at JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines approved a merger agreement at a diluted equity valuation of $3.8 Listen up founders! So, here is a chance to participate. — Rebecca Bellan.

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Angel Capital Association

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

At the end of this article is a chart, provided by the SEC in the press release announcing in amendments, that summarizes the keys terms of each exemption once the amendments are enacted.= Although the exemptions remain complex, the changes provide incremental improvement to the existing framework.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

” Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. In addition to their work with individual companies, they also run founder workshops, a job board and a marketer-led syndicate. If Duolingo poses a strong debut, consumer edtech startups will be able to add a golden data point to their pitch decks,” they write. “A

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Jeff Pomeranz, Partner at Right Side Capital , said, “The biggest investment of resources with our tech platform relates to the capturing and maintenance of data on our huge portfolio of 1100+ evolving tech companies. First Round Capital has built an entire function just focused on helping companies refine their pitch and fundraise.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

Second, because the tails of the solutions tend to be so long—think something like self-driving where there are so many exceptions that could possibly happen—the amount of investment to stay ahead increases and the value decreases. I think I saw an article yesterday that NVIDIA is going to build another 1.5M H100s next year.

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Reforge

JULY 20, 2022

In this article, you’ll learn Tom’s tips for setting up fast, aligned teams to drive growth at your company. A free worksheet to apply everything that you’ve learned in this article so far. Anyone could pitch an idea to the executive team. The key is to invest the time to get alignment before setting up teams.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

I know that I have not yet earned these kudos based on investment returns (although my partners have. They did it by creating a blog, discussion board and hub for eCommerce advice and information. So my biggest recommendation of “what&# to blog is a series of articles that will be helpful to your community. accessibility.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. I covered one demo day in person, spending most of my time backstage where founder teams practiced their pitches. Deep tech founders face special challenges when pitching investors: they usually don’t have a product, customers or revenue.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 9, 2021

Over the last few days, we’ve published several articles recapping panels from last week’s TechCrunch Early Stage virtual conference. As ever, full articles are available for Extra Crunch members. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Setting up a management board for success with Dave Easton.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

Kevin Hale [00:43] – Our basic our idea at the time was really to use credit card data to help investors make better investment decisions. I don’t come from an investing background or I don’t come from finance at all. Our very first customer was a VC who also ended up investing in us. This is 2015.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2024

In her 20-year leadership tenure with the organization, Winnie has held volunteer positions ranging from Communications Chair to Global Board Director, and has been instrumental in EO’s progress. She currently serves as EO’s Senior Global Board Advisor for Leadership Communications and Brand. and more articles from the EO blog.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 14, 2021

If you want outside capital, VCs will chase after you to invest. . At my prior firm, ff Venture Capital, we invested in a company co-founded by Nate Jenkins , who had a successful exit, but not quite enough to buy a private plane. Angel Investing, Venture Capital, and Mentoring. I suggest you have 6 main options: . Consulting.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. trillion. .

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

I see a clear cultural change happening in the investing universe, as more people pay attention to ESG objectives and apply an ESG filter to their investments. Bank of America has predicted $20T to flow in ESG investing strategies in the next two decades. I quickly recruited a board of experienced hands. trillion. .

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