The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

I've seen the spreadsheets that stretch to infinity and beyond, the email chains for a single approval that rival a Tolstoy novel, and the sheer dread of month-end close. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. It’s built for broad, intelligent spend control.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

This laser focus is what makes FUB a beloved tool among agents, earning high marks for its intuitive design and comprehensive integrations. You can do even more with Follow Up Boss when you integrate it with Zapier , so you can automatically add leads to your CRM or send information to the other apps you use most.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

But, most funds raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . In the private equity universe, most Partners have primary training as deal-makers, not as managers. She answered, ‘We see a lot of deals.’ I said we had a lot of deal flow.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 21, 2021

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. —– 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

With a portfolio that includes food, tech, and services, the fund is industry-agnostic and focused on the overlooked and underrepresented with high-margin business models. —– 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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StartupNation

JANUARY 18, 2022

Once you find your USP, include it in your messaging and share it in your marketing assets like your website, blog and marketing campaigns. Like Amazon, you can choose a symbol based on your brand’s vision, mission, and values. You can create content in different formats including blogs, infographics , podcasts, videos, etc.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Advertising can add value if it’s actually in relation to the content, if it’s not in the creepy factor that Google and things have. The unit of value that you’re subscribing to is the individual sort of creator, the culture creator. I get a lot of value out of his podcasts. We think it’s way too low.

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. For example, HOF Capital created a pipeline management tool that automatically adds deals along with relevant information (such as attachments received) to the funnel. See Where Are the Deals?!:

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Second, high-quality customer service. We’ve been impressed by the alacrity, communication skills, and high level of competence of the customer success team, who have to support a lot of custom functionality we’ve built. For example, we’ve created workflows for automatic cleaning and standardizing of certain data fields.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

Educational content like trend reports, industry benchmarks, how-to guides, and webinar recordings help prove your brand's value to a B2B subscriber. If you sent that same email to a buyer, who primarily deals with the purchasing and renewal of a product rather than its actual function, it would probably get sent straight to the trash.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Of the Inc. Example VC.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 19, 2021

The value ascribed by subsequent investors (in a secondary); buyers (acquisition); or the public markets (IPO). Inversely, if the company has slower than predicted growth, the effective cost of capital is automatically lowered. (co-written with Jamie Finney, Founding Partner at Greater Colorado Venture Fund. Composition of Returns.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

Sam: You're part of the deal too, Shaan. Shaan: Sure, but he doesn't have to deal with me on a day-to-day basis. So doing that deal and bringing these guys in, are there any interesting observations or any entertaining little stories about either pre-acquisition or post that had to do with Sam and The Hustle? Sam: Well you too.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 1, 2022

This heated competition among alternative social apps could explain why Poparazzi is taking to its blog today to share its metrics and confirm its financing after a year of silence. (Or The app blew up, primarily among high schoolers, who were testing the app via TestFlight. (Sensor Tower also sees 4.6 Image Credits: Poparazzi.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

This CRM is built to work right inside Gmail, Calendar, and Google Drive, so your team can manage deals without wasting time switching tabs. But even with Copper, you might still have to manually copy leads from forms, update contact records, or notify teammates when a deal's status changes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Table of contents : Turn sales calls into structured, searchable insights Make clean CRM data the default Scale personalized outreach with AI Pre-qualify leads without tying up your team Surface emotional objections before they stall deals 1. Those insights are then automatically pushed to their CRM." " Follow-up emails. "We

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site—we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. It's the real deal.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

You can automatically feed CustomGPT fresh data or trigger conversations when someone reaches out—and even kick off real work based on what the bot learns. Instead, keep CustomGPT fresh by automatically pushing your files and communications directly into its knowledge base. Zapier makes all of that automatic.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

Automatically updating records when key events occur. The interface is a visual environment for building out all sorts of logic, from guiding users through data entry with Screen Flows to automatically updating records when criteria are met using Record-Triggered Flows. Streamlining multi-step processes like approvals and onboarding.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

Web-based email is fine, but nothing quite comes close to the convenience of a native email client. We're never paid for placement in our articles from any app or for links to any site—we value the trust readers put in us to offer authentic evaluations of the categories and apps we review. month or $19.99/year month or $19.99/year

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