David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .

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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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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Paul Graham and the folks over at YCombinator have done much to reenergize early-stage entrepreneurship and encourage the creation of many new and innovative startups including DropBox, Posterous, Loopt, Justin.TV, Scribd and many others. They also gave us Hacker News , which for me was a welcome addition for discovering tech stories.

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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. Have you ever recommended a restaurant to your friends or traveled to a city solely because your neighbor couldn’t stop talking about it? Take SoundCloud, for example. Soundcloud. Harley-Davidson.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

While email services haven't changed a lot over the past two decades, email apps keep getting better. Once niche (and expensive) features, like scheduling an email to send later or having a message reappear in your inbox in a few days, are now almost standard. Here's what I was looking for: The full email experience.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

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. It needs to convince the investor that they can make money with this.

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Y Combinator

MARCH 30, 2021

We’ve been talking about the unique challenges facing women founders for years, but the pandemic was particularly hard for women looking to start their own companies. According to recent data , funding to women-founded companies dropped from 2.8% in 2019 to 2.3% Here are her best pieces of wisdom for leveling the playing field. And he hung up.

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OnStartups

JULY 7, 2021

I'm a fan of the show, so it was a lot of fun to be on as a guest. One quick apology before we jump in: I try not to be too braggy -- but I balance that with transparency and openness. Sam and Shaan asked me several questions about what it's like to be a billionaire, and I answered them openly and truthfully. Frameworks To Become A Billionaire.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 10, 2010

I get these frequently via Twitter, Facebook or email. I provided my email address and he sent me a 688 word email (e.g. I felt I had committed so I read and responded to the email. SHORT : Whether you know the person or not – if you’re asking for help, a favor or an intro – keep your email VERY short.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 11, 2014

His early experience was at LogMeIn and then he went on to help Xobni, DropBox, LookOut and EventBrite to name a few companies I’m sure you’ve heard of. There’s an article making the rounds in tech circles titled “ Growth Hacking is Bull ” written by Muhammad Saleem. I’d strongly encourage you to read it.

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OkDork

MARCH 7, 2024

It can be as simple as a template, checklist, or piece of email copy. Some did okay. A handful propelled our business to new heights. Today, I’ll be revealing the 5 strategies that made us over $10M EACH. Let’s gooo! 1- Use Prefluencers When we started AppSumo, I paid Tim Ferriss $5,000 a month to sponsor his website. Ignore views.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

The famed accelerator, which has seeded the likes of Instacart, Coinbase, OpenSea and Dropbox, invites users to vote for newly launched startups “to help them climb up the leaderboard, try out product demos, and learn about the founding team.”. Y Combinator founders, meanwhile, can launch on any day at any time. RIP Y Combinator.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 12, 2021

Email isn’t optimal for this, as it’s too isolated, and it’s easy for members to be accidentally left off an update if they aren’t included on the latest message. From communicating with customers, collaborating internally or protecting their assets, entrepreneurs should know that there’s a digital platform or service for everything.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Hate every journaling app? Build your own The trouble is, keeping a journal isn't easy.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

I read Andy’s post with a knowing smile on my face. After all, I am no stranger to the publicly expressing the frustrations of dealing with the downside of this industry as I wrote about in 2006 when I was an entrepreneur. But VC is like congress. It’s easy to hate it en masse yet many people love their local congressman.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 18, 2025

Without a CRM platform to house all that information, your sales teams would have to perform an archaeological dig through email threads, Slack messages, and other apps every time they need more context on one person. Want to automatically upload files to the right Google Drive or Dropbox folder when a deal closes?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

When you automate your accounting workflows, you send data from one product to another, saving time and reducing the chance of error. Automation can handle many different accounting processes, from invoicing to expensing to internal communication. New to Zapier? It's workflow automation software that lets you focus on what matters.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 2, 2025

Whenever your team uploads a new file to Google Drive or Dropbox or receives an email in Gmail , Zapier can forward that content into CustomGPT. Even RSS feed updates, like blog posts or news items, can be automatically connected to CustomGPT's memory. New to Zapier? But knowledge gets stale quickly.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

When AI chatbots first came on the scene, and everyone was racing to release good-enough-first-version AI chatbots of their own, it was easy to draw comparisons between apps like Gemini vs. ChatGPT. But as Google and OpenAI continued to add new features, models, and ways to access their chatbots, the differences became less obvious. Deep research.

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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. And there's no shortage of Windows email clients that can boost your email productivity. Based on my testing, here are my six picks for the best Windows email app. iCloud, etc). Ease of use.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 1, 2020

For example, on Zoom, recorded files can be uploaded to a file storage service such as Google Drive or Dropbox, or a video streaming service such as YouTube or Vimeo. But how are your video conference skills? While many smart policies carry over from in-office to online meetings, there are distinct tips that apply only to the virtual realm.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Then, I explored the Cloudinary command-line-interface (CLI) for uploading images that I use in the blog. The last few weeks, I’ve been using Mutt as a terminal based email client, and vim to write blog posts and notes from meetings that end up in Obsidian. This is very much true on email. I’m not alone.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 17, 2018

Dropbox S-1 - There were many questions surrounding the Dropbox IPO. Box It is almost entirely enterprise while Dropbox serves predominantly the consumer market. Dropbox’s efficient customer acquisition is exceptional. The dynamics of retention meaningfully change the way the business ought to be managed.

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Tomasz Tunguz

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Other examples include Dropbox’s referral mechanism , Hubspot’s blog (the 490th most-trafficked site in the US), GitHub and Cyanogen Mod ’s community and GroupOn’s email list of 150M+ addresses. The point is a terrific one and I think it can be generalized. In either case, no competitor can touch it.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Dropbox, Google Drive) available for saving and directly exporting audio. Sound quality. Audio export options.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2016

As the human ear ages it loses its ability to hear high-pitched sound frequencies (above 15-16 kHz) through a condition known as presbycusis that starts at 18 years old. Thus begins Snapchat and why you don’t get it. That’s the point. Snapchat will be used for both like the Internet (and TV) are.

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