Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 3, 2009

People had been steadily blogging for 2-3 years and this crowd seemed to bifurcate. On the one hand were the blogs that “blew up&# and became real businesses like TechCrunch, GigaOm or TalkingPointsMemo. So Twitter was initially billed at a “micro-blogging&# platform. started blogging again outlined here.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Unfortunately, our current linear economy produces enormous amounts of waste—and electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing categories to address. This #EOImpact story is a true win-win-win! That’s why businesses and industries must embrace the circular economy—the economy of the future?where He joined EO in 2004.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I tell this story to give you a sense of the urgency addiction in action: procrastination meets deadlines meets embarrassment if you suck = creativity and peak performance. [As

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 30, 2011

I know that any time ads are mentioned it makes the blood boil on any self respecting technologist the same way it did when HotWire ran their first ad in 1994 and the way it made Google’s blood boil when Overture launched the sponsored search category. The big splashy image ads is part of their reading experience.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

That does not mean, however, that anyone else outside that category is unable to raise. This blog post is not about debating if "enough" diverse founders get funding--whatever that might mean. First off, the vast majority of venture dollars goes to white men. That is a fact. They'll do it and the VC will probably accept it.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

I recently read a blog post by Beezer Clarkson, Managing Director of Sapphire Ventures about why entrepreneurs should care about from whom their VC funds raise their capital. So you really want LPs who invest in the category in good markets and bad. Read the responses to this story on Medium.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 5, 2011

I’m an entrepreneur at heart so I’m always inspired when I hear stories about innovation. Who’s going to help you with improving your marketing / positioning to become a clear platform category leader like Twilio? I’m in Seattle this week. People keep asking me if I’ve “seen anything interesting.&#

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

We also discussed how to deal with pricing in angel rounds and a strategy I advocated in my “social proof&# blog post , which is to price your initial angel round really low and get in the best possible angels as a way to get momentum in the company. People also buy for defensive reasons or ego but that’s a different story.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

Take this story as an analogy for your goals for 2024: progress often won’t actually feel like progress until suddenly it does. There are few categories of things to put on your Stop Doing List. and more articles from the EO blog. The post How to Move Beyond Resolutions to Sustainable New Habits first appeared on The EO Blog.

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Revolution

OCTOBER 25, 2022

Last year, the White House published a blog post attributing half of the price increases at the grocery store to beef, pork, and poultry. Educating Consumers on the Health and Moral Imperative There is a significant opportunity to increase consumer education in this category.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. They tell you how to tell your story. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. Otherwise, “why I am so lucky?” They know how to build pitch decks.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

I've grouped them into categories to make things easier to scan, but keep in mind: the best ads don't always fit neatly into a box. Why this Facebook ad works : Relatable pain point : The customer in this testimonial shares a common pain point for HR teams, which makes it easier for prospects to see themselves in the same story.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 6, 2018

A huge mistake I see is that VC tells an entrepreneur no based on a set of reason that this VC felt weren’t right with the business (market size, traction to date, too many competitors, no big exits in the category or whatever easy excuses VCs have developed to politely say no) and the entrepreneur lets this get inside his or her head.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

Hiring your first employees into a startup is storytelling: You are spinning a story that contrasts their steady, reliable job at an established company, pitching it against taking a chance on your startup. Acquiring early customers fall in the same category: Why should they trust you over a larger, more established competitor?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 4, 2013

I eventually stumbled on to the best source of high-quality deal flow imaginable – blogging. They tell you how to tell your story. I asked for intro’s from entrepreneur friends. I attended events. I did speaking gigs. I hustled. ” Otherwise, “why I am so lucky?” They know how to build pitch decks.

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Hunter Walk

AUGUST 26, 2022

Her personal story and insights into tech are valuable and novel, hence why I asked her to share them with you, in Five Questions. But second, I realized I actually don’t know the story of how you first came across Box and why you decided to join. Every milestone was an opportunity to tell the biggest possible story.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 14, 2021

could it be a blog post, or a tweet? Valuable Pocket Litter In the Cold War days, spies would carry what they called “pocket litter” to corroborate their cover story in case of capture. This is where press releases can be valuable pocket litter to corroborate the story you told them about how amazing you are. Of course not.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 20, 2021

Demographics rarely tell the entire story. This is known as intent marketing, and it’s what we’ll be exploring in this article, along with the two categories of purchase intent and, of course, the reasons why intention is essential in marketing. You need to go beyond the profile of your prospects. Let’s get to it! Informational intent.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 20, 2021

Subramanian has credited reading blog posts by Joel Spolsky, founder of Trello, as an early inspiration to start his own venture. “He He was solving a very boring problem but in very interesting ways, and he used to share the story of how he is building a company,” he said in an earlier interview.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

He’s someone I really consider a ‘good egg’ as we’ve enjoyed the stories of his own entrepreneurial journeys and strongly held opinions on Chicago coffee. HW: But at the same time we’re seeing lots of stories about new segments of workers seeking to unionize ( such as Amazon ). What’s your take on the potential here?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Whether it's the names of individuals, categories of products, or song titles, as long as the information is organized within a framework, it's structured data. Descriptive text: Think names (of people, products, companies), categories, or titles of works. Use unstructured data when you need to.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Between breaking stories, industry updates, and the endless scroll of social media, staying informed can feel like a full-time job. This agent processes lists of news article links, summarizes each story, and categorizes them into an organized report—all automatically delivered to Google Docs. Summarize each article.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

To help you make a system out of your content schedule, FeedHive lets you create post categories. If you post how-tos on Monday, inspirational content on Wednesday, and a short-form video on Friday, you can lock in these categories on a weekly calendar. After that, you can create posts and assign them to these categories.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

So, if you're looking for an AI content generator that will help you write compelling copy, publish blog posts a lot quicker, and otherwise take some of the slow-paced typing out of writing, you've come to the right place. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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OkDork

JANUARY 2, 2023

2: Separate your goals into 5 categories. #3: Write Your Fantasy Story: In a story format, I write out what I want the end of the year to look like. Check out my past goal setting blog articles ( 2019 goals and 2020 goals ) where I dive even deeper into my process behind goal setting. 3: Get an accountability buddy.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 11, 2023

We spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. Some other categories of apps can also work perfectly well.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. One thing that helps me is using Google Web Stories. Web Stories, as the name suggests, is a feature of Google.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 15, 2022

The entrepreneur, whose fall from grace has attracted global interest, just found a ladder in the form of a check from storied venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Andreessen Horowitz declined to comment beyond the blog post , and Flow did not respond immediately to request for comment.)

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Unless explicitly stated, we spend dozens of hours researching and testing apps, using each app as it's intended to be used and evaluating it against the criteria we set for the category. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

This news creates the largest global cross-merchant network effect for e-commerce … Brands will now have control of the checkout experience and payment options they offer shoppers on third-party digital channels (such as social media, blogs, digital interfaces and QR codes). Check it out here. And while we’re on the topic of Klarna.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Customers: One of the biggest issues for any Web3 marketer is the lack of case studies and customer success stories. On-site SEO: Everyone has a website and a blog, yet not nearly enough Web3 marketers devote mind-share into making their websites and apps search friendly.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 5, 2022

But I can share with you a blog post that Affirm’s Levchin published on June 3 regarding his view at least on why his company is positioned to not only survive but also thrive in a downturn. I have always struggled to underscore what draws me to stories, because it feels so disparate.

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Impact Hub

APRIL 8, 2020

Together, they develop strategies and make presentations around the world with the intention of finding high-quality ventures that participate in the different categories of the award. There are currently no changes to the CEMEX-TEC Award and it is continuing as planned (at the posting of this blog).

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 29, 2025

The app isn't packed with the kinds of AI features that are now a major selling point of a lot of design tools in this category, so if that's a concern, give it a miss. Also, the only AI feature it has rolled out is one-click background removal. But if you're a more frequent printer, then VistaCreate is worth a look.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

When layoffs occur, we often get the employer’s side of the story — but not always that of the employees. It took us weeks to write, as we wanted to be careful to protect our sources but yet still tell their stories. Read more on the company’s blog post here. You can read his take here.

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OurCrowd

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

“There is a huge unmet need for this,” OncoHost CEO Ofer Sharon, a physician and entrepreneur with experience at global pharmaceutical companies like AstraZeneca and Merck, tells Sara Toth stub for our story in The Times of Israel. The post Newsletter: Investing in the healthcare revolution appeared first on OurCrowd Blog.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

Social networks, expert and consumer blogs, blogs of relevant influencers, test portals, and tools like Google Keyword Planner. The model is divided into three main categories: Performance, Must-Haves, and Delight. Research and technology portals, patent databases, open innovation platforms, competition, and tools like Statista.

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