The Zapier Blog

JULY 18, 2025

In a perfect world, we'd have our documents all neatly organized in a centralized location. We have documents, PDF files, emails, forms, and more… all scattered across different apps. That's what document automation does: it moves information and files around for you, saving you time.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 30, 2025

Predictive Demographics — Target by demographic segments even without direct customer input, using internal modeling to predict gender and age. Developer Documentation — Utilize comprehensive technical resources designed for implementation and troubleshooting. Industry-Leading Deliverability — Maintain 99.99% uptime SLA and 1.9s

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 24, 2025

If you'd asked me a year ago whether I could turn my barely-there coding knowledge into fully functional apps, internal tools, and custom widgets without hiring a developer, I would've smiled politely and quietly choked on my LaCroix. But since early 2025, I've been vibe coding my way to actual tools.

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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. International fees may vary by both provider and location. You can only send up to three documents—which includes invoices, estimates, proposals, and contracts—per month. Should I use an invoice generator?

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. It uses sophisticated OCR technology combined with machine learning to swiftly and accurately extract data from any financial document. There's no one single best AP automation software.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

This document can look different depending on what it's used for. You can use a communication plan for both external and internal communication. On the other hand, public relations communication plans can be used internally and can also be shared with relevant third parties for outreach and marketing purposes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Contact Sales I work at Zapier, an enterprise that not only helps other businesses automate their workflows, but relies on automation to power our own internal operations. It spans everything from automating internal team tasks to orchestrating complex, cross-functional workflows.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Its built-in invoice processing automation features include document capture (email or mobile), automatic reconciliation against bank transactions, and multi-user approval workflows. When new invoices or receipts come as email attachments, Zapier can instantly upload these documents into tools like Lexware Office for bookkeeping purposes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Making sure that your internal and external systems are constantly secure (and every team has access to the tools they need to get their jobs done) can't be easy. Make sure your automation plans align with internal security policies and external regulations (like SOC 2 or GDPR). Who has access? How is data being handled?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Create crystal clear requirements documentation The antidote to scope creep is good documentation, established at the very beginning of the project lifecycle. This document serves as the definitive reference for all project participants. Take advantage of project management software to monitor scope and document changes.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

This can require pulling in more information using processes like retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) , or deploying other, more specialized AI models to process images, read PDFs and documents, generate content, and the like. If the server logs show an error or it receives a bug report from a customer or internal user, it takes action.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

Get started These Zaps help you create anything from an accounting assistant that can answer employee questions in a specific Slack channel to an analysis assistant that can analyze blog performance or KPIs. Or it can write and execute code and analyze structured data from a CSV—the possibilities are endless!

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

Read the documentation: Learn what the API can do and how to use it. If this sounds a little coding-heavy for your tastes, your best bet is to use an automation platform like Zapier for no-code API connections , so you can orchestrate all your workflows without ever reading a lick of API documentation. Follow the protocol listed (e.g.,

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Lennert and his cofounding business partner, Marcello Gortana , earned their teaching certificates with the International Surfing Association. Through a lot of work building this community and showcasing our waves, we gained international respect in the surfing world,” Lennert said. and more articles from the EO blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 7, 2011

Sometime around 2003/04 my technology team turned me on to “Spolsky on Software&# a periodic newsletter served up blog style from Joel Spolsky of FogCreek Software, a maker of bug-tracking software. Blogs weren’t popularized yet so it was an oddity for me to read the founder of a software company spewing out advice.

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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. One of the reasons that investors use Gust is that they know they can always find the most current information about a company simply by clicking on its Gust document vault.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

JUNE 20, 2020

We won’t know whether we’re making an impact and achieving any level of success in our efforts if we don’t first identify desired internal and external outcomes. It’s imperative that we occasionally slow down to ensure intentional documenting of processes, methodologies and results. Buddy Palmer. It is called mug.news.

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Haystack

NOVEMBER 25, 2018

As a little tradition on this blog, I’ve singled out companies starting in 2013 with Stripe ; there was Snap back in 2014; Slack in 2015; took a break in 2016, as I wasn’t inspired to select one then; and last year, 2017, was Coinbase.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 12, 2021

This is something I had to learn the hard way: What you hear in the media or read on a company blog post often simplifies the process, and sometimes fails to cover the trajectory that minority founders, in particular, must follow to secure funding. The need to diversify the VC industry internally.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Document Everything This can’t be stressed enough. A well-maintained knowledge base, where processes and workflows are documented, can be a lifesaver. Be it through insightful blogs, engaging webinars, or snappy infographics, there’s always a way to keep the conversation going. Their feedback is gold.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. Point Nine Capital uses 15Five for continuous employee feedback. 2) Market .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . Small investment firms often have interns and entrepreneurs in residence passing through, each of which is a security risk. See Bessemer Venture Partners’ A comprehensive guide to security for startups.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

Documenting them is critical to providing you with data for your cash flow analysis. For example, I invested most of my budget in creating long-form blog content that would take months to recoup costs. International trade may be lost if risks are avoided. Many entrepreneurs, including myself, scale too fast.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 3, 2022

The app allows you to effortlessly: Receive real-time information on exciting new investment opportunities Check the performance of your current portfolio Get the latest news on OurCrowd portfolio companies and the startup ecosystem Review and download key documents and reports Log in securely using our biometric recognition feature.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 14, 2021

Costantini: “We loved how international the GSEA competition is, with student competitors from 50 countries. We’re grateful to GSEA for providing this wonderful platform and letting us document it.”. The post Why Emmy Award-winning documentarians focused their lens on 5 GSEA student entrepreneurs appeared first on THE BLOG.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

We’re very excited for the impact they’ll have here at OpenAI,” OpenAI wrote in a brief post published to its official blog. Nguyen and Ryan Victory in a blog post. It’s not documented anywhere that ChatGPT has a character limit. The entire team has joined OpenAI to work on our core products including ChatGPT.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 2, 2020

Contributed by Madhavan Sivashankar , chief executive officer and founder, Gulf International Finance Limited. I own and run a regulated financial services firm based in the UAE’s Dubai International Financial Centre, a high-cost jurisdiction even by global standards. Sivashankar has been a member of EO UAE since October 2020. .

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2014

At least that’s where my internal compass lands. Case in point, “ Why Your Uber Driver Hates Uber ” is a blog post dressed up as journalism. They want us to store our documents. But let’s also put this into perspective. But let’s put this into perspective. Aren’t they screwing over drivers?

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. But you do need to be sure your company doesn’t just become the internal R&D department for a large corporation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

Diverse search results include stream updates, blog posts, news articles, photos, videos (versus Twitter/FaceBook1 only). Structured data asset creation works in on demand in real-time across multiple data sets Including web, e-mail, internal databases, documents, and media. -Real-time search engine.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. Initial traffic was driven by word-of-mouth, specifically blogs and a bit of luck. Why do you love speaking to students at universities? I totally agree.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 2, 2020

People launch podcasts for a variety of reasons—from wanting to document their stories and share their perspective on life to establishing themselves as thought leaders and marketing their organization. We’re looking at consolidating the podcasting work and other internal marketing work to a new hire in mid-2020.”.

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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. How much is it worth investing in international IP protection, if at all? Is there anything we can do about it? trade secret).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 19, 2021

WordPress.com launches new P2 to take on internal communication tools. A P2 post looks more or less like a blog post, with threaded discussions, the ability to follow replies and a Like button. Documentation is the order of the day, up to and including information that would be hidden at other companies.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you think a documented style guide sounds not-so-essential, I don't blame you. With a small team size, it's easy to work without tons of documentation. The former needs thorough documentation and effective document templates. The latter needs a breathing document that's frequently updated.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 4, 2023

“Baselit is [an] AI copilot for analytics,” co-founder Shubham Rana writes in the blog post announcing Baselit. Customers send Lasso descriptions or videos of the processes they’d like to automate and the company uses its internal tooling to build out those automations. ” without having to rely on their data team.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

After all, the resume is a document that primarily exists to tell employers about a person’s previous experience. appeared first on THE BLOG. If hiring managers really thought hiring based on experience was a bad idea, then it wouldn’t be standard operating procedure to require all new applicants to submit resumes.

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