Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 27, 2011

By definition, you read blogs. If you care about accessing customers, reaching an audience, communicating your vision, influencing people in your industry, marketing your services or just plain engaging in a dialog with others in your industry a blog is a great way to achieve this. People often ask me why I started blogging.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Even beyond corporate use cases, Airtable users can also pick from a truly impressive range of templates for things like novel planners, digital art galleries, medical history records, competition brackets, and even bug trackers. Data entry assistance: AI-powered smart fill helps predict and complete data entries.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 12, 2011

Chris Dixon is one of my favorite people in tech and writes one of the few blogs I read religiously. He’s thoughtful about markets, investors, products and is always very well reasoned in his arguments. If you like the quick summary notes, please check out Adam’s blog on tech, entrepreneurship & VC as a thank you.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

I told him only 2 weeks ago when we were in London together that I wanted to write a blog post that has been in my head for 2 years. The Dave I know is very insightful about marketing, channel management and building developer ecosystems. My pal Dave occasionally presents “headline risks” for investors. I’ve been told so.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. And for my own good I vowed to have relationships in China and knowledge of the local markets. This company is back on the market raising money again.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Second, I didn't just read these apps' marketing materials and customer reviews. But I was also keen to review the competition and see what I was potentially missing out on. Privacy and IP controls.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

so compelling (other than the fact that the CEO Sean Rad is a great young technology leader and his advisers – Brian Norgard , Dan Gould and Evan Rifkin - are some of the guys I respect most in the LA tech market.). Then came blogs. We have it to filter blog comments. 30% is the market opportunity. is Sean Rad.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Professional online courses on e-commerce , marketing, accounting, programming, etc. Step 2: Determine market demand for your chosen topic. Once you have a list of potential topic ideas, it’s time to determine their market demand. Step 3: Conduct competitive research. Step 6: Start blogging about your niche topic.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 24, 2023

Contributed by Chris Kirksey, an EO member in Austin who is the founder and CEO of Direction , an SEO software and services company that helps entrepreneurs set their online strategy in the right direction to accelerate sales, grow the business, and dominate your market. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Do you pay attention to your competition? Because here’s the truth: while you might not pay attention to the competition, your prospective customers are. Business is All About Competition, Stop Saying Otherwise Business is competitive, and that’s what makes it hard. If not, you’re losing money. The result? Quicker growth.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Professional online courses on e-commerce , marketing, accounting, programming, etc. Step 2: Determine market demand for your chosen topic. Once you have a list of potential topic ideas, it’s time to determine their market demand. Step 3: Conduct competitive research. Step 6: Start blogging about your niche topic.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

This article originally appeared on the PixelEdge Blog. “[The It was clear that there was more opportunity for their research and data products, but they wanted to invest their resources in promising ideas for their target market. Identifies what your market needs. The ideas … have been very exciting to me and my team.”

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 29, 2021

for fake news analysis platform. ThetaRay wins startup competition in Abu Dhabi. Softbank has been investing ahead of major technology trends for over 40 years and we believe there is huge, embedded potential in the private markets ecosystem. for fake news analysis platform. ThetaRay wins startup competition in Abu Dhabi.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

This approach involves identifying key assumptions underlying our business model, product development, market entry, and other critical areas. This includes evaluating market uncertainties, competition, financial constraints, and operational challenges. This tactic had a significant impact on our success.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 5, 2020

Professional online courses on e-commerce , marketing, accounting, programming, etc. Step 2: Determine market demand for your chosen topic. Once you have a list of potential topic ideas, it’s time to determine their market demand. Step 3: Conduct competitive research. Step 6: Start blogging about your niche topic.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

From optimizing your sales funnel to getting a head start with sales/marketing copy, here are 9 answers to the question, “How can a startup (with limited capital and resources) utilize artificial intelligence in their business?” It can also be used to convert an outline for a blog or article into a functional draft.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

In liquid markets, most of the calories expended on technology and analytics are focused on trade selection, or “ origination ”. I use another live Google doc to maintain my database of companies I’m marketing to other VCs. 2) Market . Many tools designed for B2B marketing in general are also relevant to investors.

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Forward Cities

JULY 25, 2019

In my last blog, I talked about the definition and evaluation of two key elements of an entrepreneurial ecosystem – entrepreneurs and entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs). Some organizations provide direct services such as business management training, legal or financial consulting, or assistance with sales and marketing.

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OurCrowd

OCTOBER 22, 2021

OurCrowd is investing in Binah.ai, an Israeli startup that is disrupting the remote, real-time health data monitoring market with software that extracts vital signs in one minute using a medical selfie taken with a standard smartphone, tablet or laptop camera. The market is growing fast. The company is making waves in the industry.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

After spending 15 years working in the UK and Europe, I returned to India in 2013, where I’ve been dedicated to mentoring the product, operations, and marketing teams at Vantage Circle. It’s designed to help employees track their fitness goals, engage in healthy competitions, and access resources that promote overall well-being.

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OurCrowd

APRIL 30, 2021

The Materials Zone platform normalizes data, applies AI and ML algorithms, and allows customized analysis that significantly reduces time to market and R&D expenses. This breakthrough allows automation to be deployed at a more nimble scale, and will completely disrupt high-speed time-to-market manufacturing forever.”

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OurCrowd

APRIL 30, 2021

The Materials Zone platform normalizes data, applies AI and ML algorithms, and allows customized analysis that significantly reduces time to market and R&D expenses. This breakthrough allows automation to be deployed at a more nimble scale, and will completely disrupt high-speed time-to-market manufacturing forever.”

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

They were a little too fierce in their competitive practices against Lyft to sign up drivers. As somebody who has to rub shoulders with big tech companies often I can tell you that there is much blood spilled in the competitive trenches of Apple, Twitter, Facebook, Google and so on. Tech Market Analysis' Until then.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The framework of his book has profoundly altered how I think about the technology market and affects how I thought about building my businesses and how I think about investing in venture capital. Let’s start with the incumbents position in a market. They were serving a latent market need for mid-sized businesses to use CRM.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 11, 2010

I recently wrote a blog post about why I believe that startup teams in close proximity perform better. I don’t think having a few facilities in a city is competitive – hopefully we’ll find a way to make it collaborative. Do tell … Tags: Start-up Advice Tech Market Analysis.

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Y Combinator

MAY 29, 2019

19:00 – Data examples from their blog. 19:00 – Data examples from their blog. 43:45 – Using their product for competitive analysis. Michael Babineau [03:39] – Very unsophisticated sort of analysis. 11:30 – Their first customers. 16:45 – What questions are they trying to answer?

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Zoomcar raises $92M, targets new market expansion. Scopio’s breakthrough technology replaces the tedious and highly manual microscopy review with an end-to-end automated digital solution using high-resolution computational photography imaging and AI-based clinical grade cell morphology analysis. OurCrowd portfolio introductions.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 6, 2010

Since I answer this all the time anyway I thought it might make an interesting blog post. When I was running startups I felt like a horse with blinders on because I was super focused on the content management market and ignored many other markets. Writing this bl0g – This blog is a huge creative outlet for me.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 7, 2024

Plus, a good WFH policy is not a one-and-done deal, but rather something that adapts to new market trends, company goals, and employee feedback. Considering the clarity of WFH policies and employee agreement as key factors in investment decisions is part of a broader trend toward a more well-rounded approach to investment analysis.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. The goal of any cartel is to control production, distribution & marketing of a set of goods with the goal of maintaining high prices. The model I would look to?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2010

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. I suspect Mr. Wadhwa used hyperbole in his TechCrunch blog post to get more readers to look at his work. So it is with entrepreneurship.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In recent times, marketing tools are becoming increasingly popular amongst businesses and the reason is simple. It helps such businesses gain an upper hand over the competition. Therefore, if you run a business (or plan to start one), it is an excellent idea to look into effective marketing tools to boost your efforts.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 25, 2023

I’m also writing on my personal blog, if you’d like to follow along with the 1,835 other people who come to hang and be too wordy. We’re following up on past public market conversations with our latest episode of Equity, titled Scooters and social media companies are surprising IPO candidates.

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Andreessen Horowitz

JUNE 3, 2024

What gets less attention, but is equally (if not more) valuable, is the business-use side of GenAI content creation: marketing. Marketing is particularly well suited for adopting generative AI because it is an iterative, creative, and dynamic practice that relies on the types of media — texts, images, video — that have driven LLM development.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Grow your business with marketing automation Learn how But for this article, I'll focus on creating a content style guide: the editorial guidelines for tone, structure, voice, and values. You see it in the copywriting on your landing page, in your social media captions, and all over your content marketing. It depends.

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