The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. I wanted to see them in action, imagine myself actually using them day-to-day, and pinpoint what really made the AP process smoother.

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Hunter Walk

APRIL 17, 2025

These events are organized as a conference format, so the discussions are casual and mixed with networking, planned appointments and good content. The point here is to build a partnership with the companies whose products are also used by your customers. Facebook is a great model to use for learning from the past.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Whatever your use case, we'll show you different ways to pull in the power of ChatGPT into Zaps—Zapier's automated workflows. Table of contents Which model should you use with our ChatGPT integration? Which model should you use with our ChatGPT integration? You can use AI and automation to bridge that gap.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

I would know: I've been writing about them for the past few years, and it feels like every time I publish an article, another new model drops. That means you can also use them to develop your own AI-powered tools and connect them to thousands of other apps using Zapier. If you aren't sure which model to use, GPT-4.1

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 14, 2014

Last week, there was a Business Insider article measuring the percent of female founded companies that NYC seed funds invest in. Take the most widely used number--that way fewer women are getting venture funding than guys. Why so many mixed teams? Brooklyn Bridge Ventures came in first, with a whopping 61%.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

I'll dig deep into their differences later in this article and my experience with them, but here's a quick breakdown of how their features compare. As opposed to Notion's "blocks," Obsidian uses Markdown , a lightweight formatting language, but you don't have to learn it to customize your text.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

I use some of these apps daily as a prompt to make my writing more concise and, hopefully, more enjoyable. How we evaluate and test apps Our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software. Style and tone suggestions. Privacy and IP controls.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. With the release of iCloud, that's less of an advantage now than it used to be. Reader beware.).

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

I know that advertising is important to inform consumers of offers – the same reason many tech companies use SEM. At the time Google said it was against sponsored links because it confused the person searching for content – one of the main arguments people are again using about in-stream advertising.

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Dream It

AUGUST 6, 2020

The investment will be used for platform R&D to further enhance patient triage and symptom checking features as well as clinical decision support analysis – including intake collection, differential diagnostics and lab test interpretation – and to expand operations in Germany and the US, where Infermedica currently has one office.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 20, 2014

I was an early and tireless advocate for the growth of the Internet video ecosystem and as virtually every article I wrote made clear I believe the 800-pound-gorilla is YouTube and will remain so for the foreseeable future. MiTú will use its $10 million to build out new production facilities in LA and Mexico.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

In in the early 90′s I was in my early 20′s and I programmed on mainframe computers using COBOL, CICS and DB2. By the mid-nineties we had the World Wide Web, which gave us a standard way to publish web pages using HTML. There were chat rooms, discussion groups, dating, classified ads – you name it.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 31, 2020

But, speaking as someone who’s worked at several startups, Extra Crunch stories contain actionable information you can use to build a company and/or look smart in meetings — and that’s worth something. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Thanks for reading, and I hope you have a very happy new year.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. Previous companies using the IdeaPAD scaled their product by 10x or became leaders in their space. Paul Silva then facilitated the discussion.

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TechCrunch

MAY 25, 2022

A mix of old and new investors also participated, including King River Capital, G1 Ventures, Main Street Investment, Three Point Capital, Shorooq Partners, VaynerFund, Blizzard the Avalanche Fund, and AngelList Quant Fund, the company says. “That turns out to be extremely useful for an individual when you do accounting and tax.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

The podcast interview revealed how they used Facebook groups to grow their business from $80K to $500K in monthly revenue. Use this story, and the many others out there, to inspire you to build an engaged and active community of your own. Increase organic traffic using Pinterest. Using apps like Vyper.ai

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 19, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. RBI structures have been used for many years in natural resource exploration, entertainment, real estate, and pharmaceuticals.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

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. The author followed an Uber driver around and used it as evidence of why Uber drivers hate the service. I know that.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Today, a company that believes it can improve how agents work within them using AI is announcing a big round of funding. could bring into that mix a sweetener for would-be customers, in the form of intelligence that can be applied to voice-only interactions and those taking place over chat. Observe.AI

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

Whether creating a marketing plan for an established business or as an evaluation of a potential acquisition, market research can be used to confirm a favorable trend for products and services. A company can establish its strategy using G oogle Trends. These research tools can be used across channels.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

and yes, I’m intentionally not throwing DAOs or web3 in the mix here as just doesn’t yet deserve implied parity). Lot of people I’ve known for many years certainly aren’t returning emails the way they used to. Building tools for unions is certainly not a category or product that most VCs want to exist, let alone see grow.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2022

Warm introductions are not factored in, and anyone can apply to be evaluated, screened and accepted or rejected on equal terms, in part using the data science that Sequoia’s product team (led by Lee) has built internally to evaluate potential investments. However, it seems there will still be some lines drawn in that process.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 9, 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic ushered in a new chapter for virtual learning, giving a boost of attention to existing tools and spurring the creation of new services and use cases as students of all ages were ordered to stay home and stay out of classrooms. It is also notable for being Atom’s first outside funding.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 2, 2024

This article is by Josh Kimmes, the CEO of Bear North Digital. Use tools like Google Analytics, social media insights, and customer surveys to gather data. Start a blog on your website and publish articles, guides, and case studies that address your audience’s pain points. Analytics and Optimization 1.

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Angel Capital Association

JUNE 14, 2023

For investors themselves, angel investing is a mix of exhilaration and caution. The legal structures have gotten so much better, and the costs have come down to assemble investors using instruments like the SPV [special purpose vehicle] to invest together. If we get the money, how will we use it? What are our sales channels?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 12, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. But the fact that its valuation sits at roughly 15x ARR could be mixed news for startups looking for an exit, wrote Alex Wilhelm in The Exchange.

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David Teten VC

AUGUST 20, 2019

A new wave of Revenue-Based Investors are emerging who are using creative investing structures with some of the upside of traditional VC, but some of the downside protection of debt. Revenue-Based Investing (“RBI”) is a new form of VC financing, distinct from the preferred equity structure most VCs use.

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Feedough

MARCH 22, 2021

Influencer : These individuals use their media presence across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, Youtube, etc. Poor financial management : They often mix personal and business finances (money used for the business) and budget poorly. Go On, Tell Us What You Think! to provide an offering to their followers. .

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

These articles are only available to members, but you can use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one or two-year subscription. “It’s been written over several years, and I’m hoping to use this to inspire a generation of entrepreneurs.” Details here. “It was an impressive comeback.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MARCH 14, 2022

I’m here to talk about challenger brands and how they continue to grow, outpace competitors and build growth via the entrepreneurial spirit in all of us. I chose to write this article because I want to spotlight the opportunities created by the COVID pandemic. This is not a listicle article. Well, now you do.] Commerce ??

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2021

In consumer goods, where product features and benefits like brand, reputation, and service are often intangible, the conjoint analysis is a marketing research approach used to measure the differentiation value. Yet, most companies use cost-plus pricing. How Monica and Joe priced their new enterprise product?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. SEIF Awards Tech for Impact.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 11, 2024

Whether creating a marketing plan for an established business or as an evaluation of a potential acquisition, market research can be used to confirm a favorable trend for products and services. A company can establish its strategy using G oogle Trends. These research tools can be used across channels.

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Unvalidated Learnings

JUNE 8, 2017

While the former owns an older motorcycle which he is usually able to diagnose and repair himself through the use of rational problem-solving skills, the latter simply hopes for the best for his bike and focuses on being “In the moment”, and not on rational analysis. As Witt puts it: “The studio engineers hated the mp3.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 2, 2019

Our program mixes the best of both Washington and Silicon Valley, bringing together stakeholders in policy and technology to train the next generation of policy entrepreneurs. Aspen Tech Policy Hub. The Aspen Tech Policy Hub is a West Coast policy incubator, training a new generation of tech policy entrepreneurs. SEIF Awards Tech for Impact.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 6, 2021

” In a related article, Gregg Adkin, VP and managing director at Dell Technologies Capital, shared the framework he’s developed for helping founders set up their board. Full Extra Crunch articles are only available to members. Use discount code ECFriday to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 1, 2022

Full TechCrunch+ articles are only available to members. Use discount code TCPLUSROUNDUP to save 20% off a one- or two-year subscription. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. Why I’m using a credit facility to grow my startup. Thanks very much for reading TechCrunch+ this week! Walter Thompson.

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