Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

I’ve written a few posts about boards recently as part of a series on the subject. I should note that my friend Brad Feld has written a new book on the subject that I would recommend if you want the bible on the topic. In the Early Days. Offering a sparring-partner function on strategic decisions. Mentorship. As You Start to Mature.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 6, 2019

Plus, by utilizing virtual classroom software, employees from all parts of the world can attend the same courses, learn from the same material and gain the same valuable skills. Traditional education is falling out of fashion because both employers and employees are now seeking practical skills and applied knowledge.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 3, 2017

Since this skill is a large part of a lawyer’s job, AI can be a great weapon in a lawyer’s arsenal. If law firms do not invest in AI, the educated client will question why they are being charged so much for tasks that should be automated. By Brian Hall, a member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization in Austin, Texas.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 7, 2017

Brad Stevens is an EO Atlanta member, Chair of that chapter’s Accelerator program, and founder and CEO of Outsource Access , which helps companies grow by providing highly skilled virtual assistants. We asked Brad about his history as an entrepreneur, below. When did you first realize you were an entrepreneur?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 30, 2017

Employees can make timely and effective decisions when they have a panoramic view of the business they work for, not just their area or job—and this allows the business as a whole to remain nimble. Allowing employees to work in other businesses or markets to develop their knowledge and skills is another option.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 20, 2018

Joel Gandara is an EO member in South Florida and CEO of Morro Capital who is now focusing on a new venture, Freedom Experts, which helps fellow entrepreneurs optimize and automate business processes to reclaim the time and freedom entrepreneurship offers. We asked Joel (JG) about his entrepreneurial parenting technique. But even better?they

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Working at Zapier means I spend a lot of time thinking about how to make software do my job for me. Automation used to be the best way to do that. And while AI has since come on the scene, it hasn't replaced automation—it's made it better. Now, I delegate to AI automation.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

But ChatGPT works even better (and helps you carry out tasks at scale) when you pair it with automation. With Zapier's ChatGPT integration , you automate everything from intelligent sales outreach, content marketing generation, or even image creation. Table of contents Which model should you use with our ChatGPT integration?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

I wrote a blog post a week or so before my GSEA about impostor syndrome. His company, SourceAcademy , partners with talented students who freelance to create affordable websites for small businesses. Today, Dave Calnan (pictured at left) is home in Cork, Ireland, working hard to continue growing and managing his business. It was unreal.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 24, 2017

Establishing an effective hiring process includes ensuring your business is compliant with all local, state and federal hiring laws—from the job description you post to the final hiring steps. Testing someone on their skills counts as placing them under consideration as an applicant. Job posting information.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 12, 2021

Per the Mi blog: CyberDog is Xiaomi’s first foray into quadruped robotics for the open source community and developers worldwide. Now that the news has been out for a few days, the company’s heard all of your bad Black Mirror jokes, don’t worry. And, honestly, the Chinese hardware maker didn’t do itself any favors with the design here.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

We’ve been impressed by the alacrity, communication skills, and high level of competence of the customer success team, who have to support a lot of custom functionality we’ve built. I’m very interested in the tech stack of private equity/VC firms , both to improve the efficiency of Versatile VC and also as a focus area for our investing.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

I used to work at a children's shoe store, and we kept all our customer information on index cards (.yeah). So when a customer came into the store asking about their previous shoe size, naturally, we had lost their information and couldn't help them. user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month* user/month* Premium: $57.50/user/month*

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

From writing your resume for you to automating networking emails, there are tons of ways AI can help streamline your job search. But there are also a lot of bad ways to use AI for job searching, so I scoured the trove of AI job search tools, use cases, and how-tos out there to find the best options.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

Power up your Google apps with automation Learn how That has the potential to make my job a lot easier. I'm a writer, so I spend a big chunk of my time doing research. That's why I was so excited to get my hands on Google's new AI chatbot, Google Bard. But obviously, it's not quite that simple. What is Google Bard?

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann. There’s a lot of fintech news out there and it’s my job to stay on top of it — and make sense of it — so you can stay in the know. — Mary Ann.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

And although "Figma wizard" was nowhere to be found in my job description, I quickly realized that learning how to use it would make me better at my job. This could be anything from taking in-depth online courses and attending training sessions to simply learning on the job. What I did is called, in a word, upskilling.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 23, 2023

That’s why David Laderberg , the Vice President of Smart Charge America, relies on automation to scale the company. Automated quote forms keep the company ahead of the growth curve Every Smart Charge America project starts with a custom quote for each unique job. How much time do you need to save the world?

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Brett McKay, from the Art of Manliness Blog, adapted a great object lesson from Stephen Covey’s book, “First Things First.” You’ve plunged into starting a solo business venture from home. Being a solopreneur is a fantastic experience for motivated individuals, but it can easily become stagnant if you aren’t careful.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 25, 2023

From coffee chats to job pitches to meeting action items, productivity expert Jocelyn K. Glei shares nine ways to make email requests that actually get a response. The following post is an excerpt from the book Unsubscribe: How to Kill Email Anxiety, Avoid Distraction, and Get Real Work Done , by Jocelyn K.

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OkDork

JANUARY 27, 2023

Basically, to be a content remixer, you turn long-form content like YouTube videos and podcasts into blog posts, tweet threads, LinkedIn posts, Instagram Reels, and TikTok videos. Starting a business during a recession might seem like the WORST possible idea. But that's exactly how everyone else feels. Sign up at Monthly1k.com.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

Since AI is supposedly trying to take my job, I'm somewhat professionally interested in the whole situation. Left to its own devices, it tends to produce fairly generic and frequently incorrect content, even if it can pass for something a human wrote. That's what us humans are for. (In Let's dig in.

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OurCrowd

AUGUST 31, 2020

For the first time, they went beyond an income-based or wealth-based definition to include expertise, skills and financial licensing, among other criteria, to enable an estimated million or more US households to join the ranks of the accredited investors. UAE-Israel Deal is Good for the Region – and the World. Top Tech News.

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Campaign Monitor

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Email can be a valuable distribution channel for B2B announcements in the same way as posting on job boards or Linkedin. . Email can be a valuable distribution channel for B2B announcements in the same way as posting on job boards or Linkedin. . Email newsletters are a win-win, benefiting companies and consumers alike. Source: Ahrefs.

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Jason Malki

SEPTEMBER 13, 2022

Responses to those questions automate risks, growth opportunities, and playbooks that companies can take action on to deliver more value to their customers. If “10” leaders are still unwilling to join, you may benefit from building out your own experience, skills, network, and personal brand before starting a company. #2

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OurCrowd

JANUARY 31, 2021

Tasks such as hovering a drone at low altitude or holding and carrying a piece of fruit while flying in mid-air are highly skilled operations, but Tevel uses AI with computer vision, advanced robotics, aeronautical engineering, state-of-the-art flight control and data fusion and perception to realize efficient harvesting.”.

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

One key moment for me was when I realized that many of my colleagues and friends in the corporate world were struggling to maintain a balanced lifestyle due to the demands of their jobs. This interview is with Anjan Pathak , Co-founder at Vantage Fit. As a wellness enthusiast, I actively participate in marathons and triathlons.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 1, 2019

At Entrepreneurs’ Organization (EO), we help entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey achieve new levels of leadership by providing the knowledge, skills and resources to grow and scale their operations. We asked four EO members for their tips and insights on scaling successfully. Otherwise, don’t do it at all. Not a label.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 3, 2025

In fact, when he first joined Zonos —a SaaS company that offers technology to simplify the complexities of international commerce—he’d never worked a desk job, didn’t know what an API was, and had zero automation experience. But Connor’s story shows what’s possible when an EA is empowered with automation.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 17, 2016

At a time when certain job professions are withering away at the hands of technology and automation, there’s one skill set that continues to be more in demand than ever before: coding. This article was originally published on Inc.com. It has been reprinted here with permission. By Samuel Edwards. Control structures.

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Y Combinator

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

If you’re looking for your next job, visit YC’s Work at a Startup to find engineering roles at over 500 funded YC startups. In the early days, I started by working on improving our engineering rigor and automating our deployment process. What was it like being so early on there? And you know, do things that don’t scale.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

If it's your job to schedule and manage shifts, you know what a headache it can be. Streamline your business operations Automate your workflows There are dozens of tools out there to make your job easier. Streamline your business operations Automate your workflows There are dozens of tools out there to make your job easier.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

MAY 3, 2022

Are you running in circles trying to field phone calls, read emails, send your texts in time, and record videos for your podcast all while answering the call of a crying toddler hitting the moon because their applesauce isn’t the right color? It’s time for a virtual assistant! What is a virtual assistant? But it can go beyond this.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

We asked Kevin and Martin about key learnings from turning around and scaling companies at pace in high-pressure environments to achieve 10x outcomes: Most picture hyper-turnaround and hyper-scale as polar opposites, thinking that leaders need skills in driving only one of those to succeed. That could not be farther from reality. .

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 9, 2018

Peninsula Luxury Retreats founder Peter Noble had carved his path as an entrepreneur by launching and running Citrus, a marketing automation business, for almost 20 years. I made a promise to each one of them that they would have a new job within those four weeks. Written by Claire Algarme, EO Melbourne administrator. First launch.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

Today you can make calls using FaceTime, Messenger, WhatsApp, or dozens of other call apps, and virtual phone systems do the same for your office number. Instead of deploying yards of copper wires spooled out to attached office phones to make and receive calls, virtual calls are made using a broadband internet connection. No long-term contracts.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 24, 2023

It's a common misconception that there's a cutoff age for learning new skills. For example, at the ripe age of 30-something, I learned a new language, learned how to knit, and even became skilled at writing with my non-dominant hand—all equally important life skills.

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