The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 18, 2014

The frantic pace of technology cycles, the amount of tech news, the blogs, the conferences, the demo days, the announcements, the fundings, the IPOs. Any longtime readers of this blog will know that I often try to simplify complex ideas into a simple parable that is easier to remember to set the tone of one’s behaviors.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 6, 2013

We got along and shared stories about the startup market. We worked together just shy of a year and during that period of constantly seeing startups Aaron made the decision that he actually wanted to be an entrepreneur more than a VC. I said, “This category is going to be huge. I’ll leave the year out. And thank you.

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UBI Global

DECEMBER 3, 2020

The startup game-changing newsletter Our Corporate Matching article outlined the three categories of collaboration that UBI Global is opening for startups to meet corporate innovation seekers.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

This blog post originally appeared in serialized form here on TechCrunch. Suddenly we were all creating blogs on Blogger.com, Typepad & WordPress. We started uploading images of ourselves to our blogs. But the masses didn’t want to blog. But less considered is the fact that the success of the Web 2.0

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m inspired by the enthusiasm of the young, emerging startup ecosystem that is here. And I think about the “Seattle issue&# as a metaphor for startups and business in general. I was meeting with a first-time CEO of a very promising young startup recently and offering my advice on what his priorities should be.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Today, innovation has spurred a plethora of meat alternatives, but consumer skepticism and startup economics are still barriers to parity with real animal protein. Last year, the White House published a blog post attributing half of the price increases at the grocery store to beef, pork, and poultry.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

A writer who wants to blog about culture. But if I’m so optimistic about the world of Creators, what’s going on with the startups formed over the last few years to help this market succeed – why are so many struggling? A singer who wants to sing. An animator who wants to draw. Too Much Capital Too Fast.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

With that background, here are 30 tips to help you make the most of Gust: Subscribe to the Gust Blog , and go back and read the past posts. Browse through the many hundreds of video answers to startup questions that we’ve filmed from the world’s leading VCs and angels.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Many startups struggle with finding and retaining customers. Having a sustainable and systematic customer acquisition strategy is an essential component of success for any organization, especially as a startup. This may take the form of traditional PR, guest blog posting or podcast appearances, to name a few.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2021

Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Jamie Finney is a founding partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund , where he blogs about his work on VC and small communities. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability. Flexible VC: A new model for startups targeting profitability.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 8, 2020

According to Asparouhov, that background, and the time that Bruey spent running his own angel syndicate and working at Bank of America getting a grounding in finance and startups, made him an ideal candidate to run the next startup to be spun out of Founders Fund. Tolkien. .

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

I’m excited to shine the light on Logan and Frank, a software startup focused on worker empowerment. Hunter Walk: Frank , your current startup, is a platform for workers to organize in order to protect or advance their rights. I’m going to assume that your funding conversations here were a bit different than your last startup.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The Since the company wanted to reach low-hanging fruit, they weighed the feasibility category at 2. Kelly Minton , co-founder of Paul Silva’s last startup, who helped evolve this tool from its earlier iteration to something much more powerful.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 30, 2022

To conduct market research, the platform looks at billions of tweets, posts, discussion forum threads, reviews and blog posts over a two-year period and then filters for roughly 400,000 distinct concepts (e.g. Among other areas of focus in the near term will be growing the startup’s U.S. But can AI predict success? ”

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media , blog posts, etc. Dr. Joel Palathinkal , CEO of Sutton Capital , observes that scouts usually fall into one of three categories: . In the startup funding landscape, I would compare AngelList and Gust to dating sites. We list all of them below.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

The only thing that matters is getting to product-market fit Credits: Read on Since 2021, I have made it my goal to guide startups to a product market fit in a structured process. Experience with more than 12 startups is encouraging: the approach saves precious time, increases focus, and identifies problems with the market early.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

How to Leverage SEO to Drive Traffic to Your Startup’s Website In the ever-evolving landscape of digital marketing, leveraging SEO is crucial for driving traffic to a startup’s website. Dive into the collective wisdom of these professionals to boost your startup’s online presence.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media, blog posts, etc. Joel Palathinkal , CEO of Sutton Capital , observes that scouts usually fall into one of three categories: We’ve identified a number of VCs besides us that have publicly discussed their scout programs, and in some cases publicly shared their economics.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

It processes hundreds of billions of dollars each year for “every size of business — from startups to Fortune 500s.” But I can share with you a blog post that Affirm’s Levchin published on June 3 regarding his view at least on why his company is positioned to not only survive but also thrive in a downturn.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

But for some reason, when you’re talking about a company that had achieved the highest-ever valuation for a privately held startup, it sits differently. Also, I recently wrote about how new fintech startup Mayfair is paying Stripe a fee as part of its mission to offer businesses a higher yield on their cash. That’s up 417.5%

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

But the bet failed to pay off for most investors and by 2015, annual funding for cleantech startups had sunk below $1.5 What’s going to be important in food categories is taste and nutrition, Adam Lowry, co-chairman of OurCrowd portfolio company Ripple Foods , tells Simon Mainwaring in Forbes. “If billion in 2011. Watch here.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

How Web3 startups should deploy their limited marketing resources Photo: Burst Almost $2 trillion of market value has disappeared from the crypto industry in 2022, taking with it much of the buzz around Web3. With the crypto winter in full swing for several months now, marketers?—?and and their budgets?—?have have felt the freeze.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

Startup of the Week: VisIC, fueling the electric car revolution. Startup of the Week: Ripple’s plant-based alternative. Startup of the Week: Ripple Foods: Watch out Oatly. He is the Founding Managing Partner at Maven Ventures, a leading seed venture fund for emerging consumer software startups. How to grow a hectocorn.

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FundersClub

JUNE 12, 2017

It's like partnering with people who go on create categories or redefine them in business that move the world forward. Previous to that, he had started and sold a music startup. Obviously we also consider it necessary for a startup to be in a market that is big enough to justify a VC investment.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

We list here all of the active Flexible VCs we have identified, broken into these categories: revenue-based; compensation-based; and blended return streams. —– Greater Colorado Venture Fund (GCVF) is a $17M seed fund that invests in high growth startups in rural Colorado using equity and Flexible VC structuring.

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OurCrowd

MAY 23, 2021

Startup of the Week: BionicHIVE’s robot warehouse. Startup of the Week: BionicHIVE: Elon Musk hails “robot future”. The World Economic Forum says SqUID’s technological power and its ability to climb and work within existing infrastructures puts it in a unique category of its own: an “Autonomous Climbing Robot.” Introductions.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 4, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: SynergyMed, transforming surgery with 3D printing and visualization Women tech leaders in the spotlight at OurCrowd Summit OurCrowd in UAE: Why AI? Startup of the Week SynergyMed: Transforming surgery with 3D printing and visualization. Why Abu Dhabi? Bionaut Labs raises $43.2M

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OurCrowd

JULY 1, 2022

Startup of the Week: Ripple sends cows on vacation. The company’s net revenue grew in 2021 despite supply-chain disruptions during the Covid-19 pandemic, with sales growing several times faster than the industry average across all categories. L earn More. Search and filter through Portfolio Jobs to find your next challenge.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

He's helped scale companies like The Hustle and Gumroad, and now he has over 170,000 Twitter followers and tens of thousands of subscribers to his newsletter, which provides tactical growth advice for entrepreneurs and startups. You can expect copywriting lessons, swipe files, and notifications about popular blog posts each week.

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OurCrowd

JULY 11, 2021

Startup of the Week: Leading carmaker joins Foretellix round. TetaVi selected for Microsoft for Startups. Ro Health acquires at-home testing startup Kit. Startup of the Week: Foretellix: Leading European carmaker joins round. Top industry speakers highlight each trend with exclusive intel on the most innovative startups.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Startup of the Week: Bionaut micro-robot inside the brain. Startup of the Week: Bionaut: Micro-robot delivers drugs inside the brain. She included our culinary startup in her Favorite Things 2021 gift list. Israeli startup NetOp.cloud allows businesses to manage the new generation of networks in the cloud. Introductions.

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OurCrowd

MARCH 6, 2021

Tmura: Startup options help those in need. Musk’s startup, of course, was Tesla, and the dream was an all-electric car. Acquiring these licenses is another major step for the FinTech startup in its mission to provide secure and accessible financial services for migrant workers worldwide, Globes reports. Introductions.

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OurCrowd

DECEMBER 13, 2020

Startup of the week: OncoHost. Introductions: Can your contacts help our startups grow? Startup of the week: OncoHost. Rebel Fund is a Silicon Valley-based venture fund focused on the top seed-stage startups from Y Combinator, the world’s most successful tech incubator. Top investment opportunities. Job opportunities.

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OurCrowd

JULY 7, 2022

Top investment opportunities Startup of the Week: Dataloop, AI development data engine Will Biden trip bring Israel-Saudi breakthrough? Startup of the Week: Dataloop: AI development data engine. July 13th online: Labs/02 Startup Demo Day. Airobotics has raised $130M since it was founded in 2014. Learn More.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

His blog is even called SaaStr (a bit too close to Suster if you ask me ;-)). My partner Steven Dietz is an auto enthusiast and more than just an admirer of amazing cars he has worked around the auto industry for 20 years and backed a couple of billion-dollar startups in the category. True Ventures with hardware startups.

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