Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

About how dismissive traditional print was about blogs or the airlines views the “peanut serving&# Southwest Airlines. About how Microsoft viewed Google Apps. earned handsomely from Google’s success. Tags: Tech Market Analysis. Sony, the iPod.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 14, 2009

I wanted to also post the series here to have it as a resource on my blog for future entrepreneurs who stop by. The world is filled with doubters who say that things can’t be done and then pronounce after the fact that they “knew it all along.&# Look at Google. If you haven’t spent time over there you should.

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APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. Blogging has gone through many iterations. I use Wordpress for this blog and it’s great. Instead of publishing into the ether where 98% of blogs must get less than 10 page views / month, in Tumblr you have followers as you would in a social network.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

but if Google can’t find your webpages, it is all for naught. Websites and pages don’t automatically join Google’s search. Google deploys digital spiders to crawl the web looking for new pages and content, and then the search engine indexes those new pages, or adds them to it search capabilities.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 18, 2010

I made the point (not widely publicized) that OS4 is currently “breaking&# many applications that use ad networks that are not Apples (most notably AdMob, owned by Google). I sure hope that Apple is working with Google to make this work. Thus we see lots of movement from Google, Verizon, HTC, Dell, HP and others.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2010

This includes seed funding Automattic (who produce WordPress, the blog I use for this website) and investing in formspring.me, stickybits, Thing Labs (producer of Brizzly), KissMetrics and many others including Quantcast. Competitors: Google. Example of publishers include: moviefone, Fandango, Jingle, SayNow, and voice blogs.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2010

If you worked for firms like McKinsey, Bain, BCG, Goldman Sachs, Google and the like you’re probably more likely to rise to the top of the stack. I’m already 2 weeks late in writing this blog post as my partners keep reminding me. Tags: VC Industry. Are we elitist? Plus, show my you can write! Yesterday.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Instead of heading to Google, lots of people start their searches on TikTok. Instead of creating a social media strategy that drives users off the app and onto your website (which most platforms penalize brands for), TikTok lets brands upload their product catalog and tag products in their posts.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Tags: Raising Venture Capital Startup Advice. Cialdini who is also author of a very well received book called “ Influence &# (which I plan to read). You should, too.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization. You want that key marketing resource from Google but he’s on a fat salary that you can’t match. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Inspiration goes a long way in business.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

I CERTAINLY opened myself up to attack by writing my original blog post about job hoppers with some incendiary language and tone. But the comments on my own blog were so much more balanced with people taking both sides of the debate. For anyone who attacked me on my blog but used their actual names I left their comments.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Automation keeps everyone in the loop by routing leads, tagging ownership, and tracking progress across stages. You can also use CRM features like tags to identify the original form source.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Event planning Dropshipping Handmade crafts selling Pet sitting Social media management Repair service Blogging/vlogging Alternatively, consider more revolutionary business ideas like AI automation consulting or podcast-editing services. 8 Ways to Make Money on Social Media Arm yourself with a toolset (free!) Lessons Learned: Lesson #1.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

StackOverflow is a free Q&A site for software developers, blending functionality from wikis, blogs, forums, and social voting (similar to Digg/Reddit); 7.1mm unique visitors per month; new funds will be used to build out engineering team and build out product. I first discovered it from Dharmesh Shah’s blog OnStartups.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 5, 2010

I commented briefly on his blog and made a mental note to write a blog post. Recently — in the name of censoring pornography — China blocked access to Google and demanded that computers sold in China come supplied with an Internet nanny filter called Green Dam Youth Escort, starting July 1. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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This is going to be BIG.

JANUARY 11, 2010

This includes user research and testing, Drupal-based surveys, collaborative design tools using Google docs and a Drupal-based site called Good Ideas that supports collaboration around internal bottom-up (grass-roots) innovation. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. RSVP: [link] 6:30PM Health 2.0 RSVP: [link].

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Tags: Start-up Advice. This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. MBA fine, but not required.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

Clearly these advertisements make some impact but often the effects aren’t measurable (and even when you do see something it is often subconscious and may manifest itself later as a search query in Google and therefore harder to attribute to the banner). Tags: Tech Market Analysis. More on that another day.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

Argument two says, “big companies can’t innovate anymore so Google, Apple, Microsoft, etc. Remember it was only 2008 where Microsoft and even Google were laying off employees. I am avoiding “frenzied&# deals for all of the reasons Roger Ehrenberg talks about in his excellent blog post.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Web-based client for user stream data including Twitter (original focus), FaceBook, MySpace, Google Buzz, FourSquare and many others. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. Competitors: SmashWords , Google Books.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! It’s one of my favorite blog posts. Tags: Startup Advice. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. I will embrace my losses. Losing sucks.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

There are other great VC’s in SoCal and there is always the allure of the NorCal guys flying down and talking about how they invested in Google, Facebook, Yahoo! It’s one of my favorite blog posts. Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. I know I won’t win every deal I want to in VC. I will embrace my losses.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2010

Let’s face it, if people want to blog as a career they have to be able to make money. This would be no different that Google’s having quality scoring. Tags: Start-up Advice. Furthermore, when Twitter publishers make money from their work in supporting the Twitter platform this is good news for all involved.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 15, 2010

If you enjoy this blog I think you’ll enjoy watching the first 14 minutes of this video (just click on the image of me below). I give a sneak peek at a blog post I’m writing on the topic next week. Google’s investment in Zynga. Tags: This Week in Venture Capital. Finally we covered this weeks deals.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 1, 2010

If your first resort when you have trouble raising money is to complain about New York on a tech blog, you’re really doing yourself a disservice in the relationship building area. On top of that, tech blogs like TechCrunch, Mashable, GigaOM, and Venturebeat all cover NYC tech startups. > You don’t need a car here.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 4, 2025

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. These plugins check for on-page SEO factors like meta tags, schema markup, keyword density, and readability to ensure your content is in good shape. You'll also want a plugin that helps optimize your content. Extra features.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Table of contents How to set up an on-call agent Set up your agent's instructions Configure your action apps Test and turn on your agent Before you begin Make sure your team's on-call rotation schedule is clearly set up in your Google Calendar. To set up a new calendar, open your Google Calendar.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. A few weeks ago I sat through two very contrasting presentations and wrote this blog post right afterward. But we talked much more broadly about Google, Twitter and Facebook. He had spent many years at Yahoo!

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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. We are seeing the emergence of the “digital living room&# and yet Netflix, Apple & Google all seem to be better positioned to have a seat at our couches.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

Here’s how the Zap works: A Webhooks by Zapier trigger catches incoming feedback tagged red or yellow from Customer Thermometer. Dashboard requests are routed directly to Google Sheets to populate a tracking spreadsheet. For Smith.ai, every call summary email includes a customer satisfaction survey powered by Customer Thermometer.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2009

Yesterday I wrote a blog post ( here ) in which I urged people to not have too many founders. Real world story – a friend of mine used to work at Google. Tags: Start-up Advice. This is part of my ongoing series, “ Startup Lessons.&#. Best case scenario in my mind is just 1, but at most I recommend 2.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 21, 2010

I recently read a post over on VentureHacks titled, “ Top Ten Reasons Entrepreneurs Hate Lawyers &# written by Scott Walker (who blogs on legal issues for entrepreneurs ). But I’m sure he’ll never remember your company when Google buys you for $500 million and he’s still eating Ramen – right?

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2009

This is part of my blog series “ Pitching a VC.&#. It’s OK to say things like, “I could see why you might think that Google would go into our market. Here’s why I think Google won’t initially be a threat to us and how we would respond if they entered our market …&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. Using Balsamiq instead of SnagIt, Website Optimizer over just Google Analytics and FTP). Tags: Startup Advice. Thank you, Justyn, for bringing up this important topic.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. But tagging contacts and segmenting them manually can be a real drain on team resources, especially as your audience grows.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you keep all your relationships in one place, then you’ll need to use tags or another identifier to isolate the folks that really matter to you. Marketing/social media : Hootsuite (social media management), Mailchimp (email list and audience management), and Google Suite. . We tag each email appropriately: NNTR=No Need to Respond.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 26, 2021

While SEO is often implemented keeping the search engine (let’s consider Google) in mind, its true power lies in people. Google loves websites that its users love. When searching for something online, users are most likely to interact with the top 10 Google results. Importance of branding. Rankings and visibility.

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