Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. awards dinner on Thursday night I started reflected on what it would take to “change the trajectory&# for Seattle or for any regional market, really. Of course I have.

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American Entrepreneurship

MARCH 7, 2025

These agents can work independently or collaboratively with human users, performing customer service, marketing, finance, and operations management functions. Cost Savings Hiring a full-time employee to manage customer support, marketing, or data analysis can be expensive.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 16, 2010

I tend not to go into heat when I hear the latest buzz on the tech blogs about the latest gadgets. I actually wrote a long blog post about this but I’m trying to get TechCrunch to publish it before putting it on my blog. It was a simple plan – you measure what you eat and how much you exercise.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 4, 2011

You Manage What you Measure. One of the things I discuss the most with the portfolio companies I’m involved with is that “you manage what you measure.”. It’s a very important concept for me because in a startup you are constantly under pressure and have way too many distractions. You already know it from your personal lives. That’s not acceptable.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 15, 2023

You need a solid business plan, traction to demonstrate market fit, and the skills to pitch effectively. Raising funding is no easy feat, especially for first-time founders. Yet founders often trip up when it comes to investor relations — the ongoing communication and relationship building after that first check clears.

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Gust

JANUARY 4, 2012

Many thanks to David Rose , Ilana Grossman , Justin Stanwix , and the whole Gust team for making the Gust Blog such a valuable platform and resource for entrepreneurs and angel investors. I’m proud to contribute to the effort and always enjoy reading what the other authors have to say. Barriers to entry ?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Zapier Interfaces gives you the ability to create custom web pages and apps that can also pull in the power of GPT-4 via a chatbot component. In this blog post, I'll walk you through exactly how to create your own chatbot using Interfaces—and offer a few ideas on specific use cases. One of my favorite things they created recently?

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StartupNation

MAY 19, 2021

Developing a course and marketing it are two completely different skills sets, and while I’ve seen many successful launches, I’ve seen many dismal ones, as well. . Planning your online course launch. There are a number of components that go into a successful online course launch. Time management. Freedom and flexibility.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

A good project management framework run by a strong project manager feels like that happy medium—a sweet spot between structure and freedom, planning and flexibility. A good project management framework run by a strong project manager feels like that happy medium—a sweet spot between structure and freedom, planning and flexibility.

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NZ Entrepreneur

AUGUST 12, 2020

As soon as you have a business or product idea and you’ve spent some time planning what this may look like in reality, start looking into intellectual property protection. This article is the third of a three-part series by Baldwins Intellectual Property that focuses on the importance of intellectual property for startup companies.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Benefits of AI automation Key components and technologies that AI automation uses How to implement AI automation AI automation use cases Examples of AI automation processes What's the difference between AI automation and RPA? Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Today the company announced it was acquiring Chartio to add a new data analysis and visualization component to the Atlassian family of products. The company plans to incorporate Chartio technology across the platform, starting with Jira. The Atlassian platform is chock full of data about how a company operates and communicates.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 26, 2018

Fact: The most effective way to accomplish global philanthropy is through a “plan globally, act locally” framework. We also ask that employees share who they want to help—only if they want to—as a way to embrace social vulnerability (that key component in building a high-performing team). Definitely. interview with EO.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

With AI integrated into your editorial workflow, you can automatically generate SEO briefs, draft outlines, or repurpose blog posts into LinkedIn updates—all using structured prompts and a few clicks inside the apps your team already uses, like Google Docs or Notion. Table of contents: What is AI integration?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Also: I didn't just read these apps' marketing materials and customer reviews. Since I started using WordPress almost a decade ago, I've used various plugins to create forms.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 7, 2018

Sometimes it’s best if you pace yourself—especially if you don’t have the components for long-term success. There’s a reason the term “growing pains” is one that entrepreneurs know well. Business growth isn’t easy, change is uncomfortable, and the future is hard to predict. . And it’s only natural that they do. Experience.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 6, 2023

The 15 Best Strategies for Developing New Business in a Crowded Market In the quest to uncover effective strategies for developing new businesses in a crowded market, we turned to fifteen Founders and CEOs for their tried-and-true tactics. Some years ago, a crowded market was encountered for a client who was a fitness wholesaler.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

The best vibe coding tools Lovable for ease of use Bolt for flexibility Cursor for debugging vibed code v0 for a clear view of the building process Tempo Labs for free error fixing Replit for planning before building Base44 for easy security controls Memex for vibe coding everything What makes the best AI vibe coding tool?

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Hunter Walk

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Eat the leftovers, read the blog posts. Petersen has become famous for making beautiful bikes, using materials and components that his industry has mostly abandoned, and for promoting a vision of cycling that is low-key, functional, anti-car, and anti-corporate. Oh and follow me on Bluesky. Time for a Code-Yellow?:

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 29, 2017

The trend stems partly from savvy business owners who do their homework before putting their product or service on the market. If you offer a service that includes an online component, you need solid support. By Doug Bonderud, writer and regular contributor for OnDeck. So how do you start making money when you don’t have any to spare?

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Andreessen Horowitz

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This blog post will explore what a soft launch is and why it can be beneficial for game studios. Beta is later and is used to test the meta gameplay loop, marketing acquisition, server scalability, and monetization. And if you do soft launch, how can you tell if your game will be successful? What’s a Soft Launch?

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

In the startup world, it’s pitch decks, not business plans that get companies funded. A deck is often the first impression an investor will get at the company, so it needs to look stunning. Making a pitch deck is an art, a science, but most importantly, a story. The deck should achieve three things: It needs to tell your company story.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We found these by looking through firms’ websites, social media, blog posts, etc. Share on Twitter. David Teten is founder of Versatile VC and writes periodically at teten.com and @dteten. More posts by this contributor. What are the ‘jobs to be done’ of an investment manager? Akshat Dixit. Contributor. But how do you do that?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

As a content marketer who's dabbled in building my own tools, I've learned to pick my battles carefully. It comes with generous free tier limits, unlimited projects, and mature real-time capabilities that handle any type of data changes without upfront database planning. Do more with your data. Automate your database.

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OurCrowd

MAY 7, 2021

BlueNalu brings cell-based seafood to Asian market. This breakthrough allows automation to be deployed at a more nimble scale, and will completely disrupt high-speed time-to-market manufacturing forever. Top investment opportunities. Startup of the Week: Treedom cuts carbon emissions. A chance to talk to legendary investor Bill Gross.

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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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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

This is ORIX’s first collaboration with Israel’s startup sector, with OurCrowd planning to provide the diversified financial services giant access to a wide variety of innovative technologies and companies. Our Japanese and global business will be immeasurably strengthened by close cooperation with this amazing company. Read more here.

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OurCrowd

JULY 25, 2021

The total addressable market of small startup businesses is estimated at nearly $125B. Startup of the Week: GoDaddy bets on Tailor Brands. Wall Street Journal: Gallium nitride is “the future”. The Startup Nation’s startup government. Entangled Networks: Quantum computing for all? BlueGreen named Breakthrough Technology Company of the Year.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. But how do you do that? . How to win consulting, board, operating, and investment roles with private equity and venture capital funds (video). How to find a job as a VC scout. How to get a job in venture capital.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MARCH 24, 2021

They have been doing a bit of everything, trying to juggle doing the invoices, sales, bookkeeping, and marketing, among other roles. They have been doing a bit of everything, trying to juggle doing the invoices, sales, bookkeeping, and marketing, among other roles. Letting go of different aspects of your business is not easy.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2021

I have neither worked at Netflix, nor written for the blog myself. As of December 31, 2020, 526 of Netflix’s engineers have written 407 blog posts at the TechBlog. As of December 31, 2020, 526 of Netflix’s engineers have written 407 blog posts at the TechBlog. Netflix had just started their first streaming-only plans.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 24, 2022

Apex’s two co-founders, Ian Cinnamon and Maximilian Benassi, said in a blog post that they independently observed core changes to the industry that convinced them that a new satellite bus manufacturing solution was needed. Apex Space , a startup that aims to transform satellite bus manufacturing, emerged from stealth Monday with a $7.5

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OurCrowd

JUNE 26, 2021

In addition to expanding its product range to additional types of dairy, such as ice cream and cheese, the company is planning to provide its high-quality neutral-tasting protein as an ingredient for other foods, such as plant-based meat products. Startup of the Week: VisIC, fueling the electric car revolution. How to grow a hectocorn.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 3, 2023

From content marketing being the ‘buy-in’ to many startups failing due to lacking in this area, here are 19 answers to the question, “Why is content marketing crucial for startups?” Matthew Ramirez , CEO, Rephrasely You Stand Out Amongst Competitors A brand blog is essential in content marketing.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

JANUARY 3, 2024

This leap in revenue is indicative of your company’s ability to adapt, evolve, and expand in a competitive market. It’s a pivotal component of your growth trajectory. Pricing adjustments help to reposition your product in the market. It’s crucial to take a hard look at your marketing strategies.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Tim encouraged us to set up a blog and start talking openly about what we were doing as a company and inviting comments. But I had been reading Munjal Shah’s blog about his experiences at Riya (later renamed Like.com) and this openess had an appeal to me. Turn Your Organization Inside Out. Tim started to change our processes.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Agentic AI Agentic AI refers to autonomous AI systems that can set their own goals, plan, and execute sequences of actions—often coordinating tools or other agents—to achieve real-world objectives. Agentic AI systems use an observe → plan → act → observe loop to handle open-ended objectives.

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