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. Because Gust is so universally used, it can be a great source of competitive intelligence for you, during both the planning and execution phases of your business.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 29, 2023

The executive also told TechCrunch that Deel is profitable, having been EBITDA positive since September. Former Salesforce executive Craig Nile has taken a role as Modern Treasury’s new chief revenue officer to, in the company’s own words, “lead the company’s continuing push into enterprises.” Check it out here.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

DECEMBER 18, 2023

Launched in September, the MidAmerica Cup competition required each team to develop a business plan, marketing strategies, executive summaries, business models, budgets and timelines. Seven teams from three local high schools—Pryor High School, Adair High School, and Inola High School—participated in the MidAmerica Cup competition.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Versatile VC runs a no-cost community for founders in transition, “ Founders Next Move “ We have collected a wide range of resources for founders who may be considering launching a new company ; angel investing/becoming a VC ; buying a company ; joining boards ; consulting ; serving as an interim executive , or just getting a job.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2011

If you read this blog often you'll know that I'm a huge fan of First Round Capital. I think you'll enjoy hearing him, but if you're in a rush check out the summary notes below. These speakers help coach CEO’s on important executive decisions. He says many people often have similar plans but the best execution wins out.

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Forward Cities

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Project Summary Black Wall Street Forward (BWSF) is an action-based learning network with a goal of reimagining the vibrancy and economic impact of Black-centric business support networks across North Carolina. Write and edit engaging original content for digital and print platforms - social media, press releases, blogs, etc.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2017

I remember being on a plane with Zak, trying to get him to read a summary of the book. Going flat is the last executive order you make. The post Project Octane: Kicking Into Gear appeared first on THE BLOG. After he read it, we were both sold on the idea. If we were feeling that way, everyone else probably was, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 11, 2020

I went from having a solid strategy, a decent pipeline and a great team to execute on it to being forced to stay in my house with my wife and son, my team working remotely (with our new shiny office sitting empty), and every project we were working on being cancelled or postponed. The generosity of information and support has been huge.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JUNE 6, 2017

Reading a blog article here or in HBR article there, a business book or an academic paper only goes so far because these summaries of knowledge lack one key ingredient. Worklife is nuanced. Figuring out how to become an apprentice time and again is a key to developing great judgement.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

Remember, a pitch deck is a summary of a company story. Executive summary (not recommended). I never recommend adding one, but some decks include an executive summary right after the cover, which feels a lot like a spoiler to the rest story. It’s at that climax when the viewer is most vulnerable. Competitors.

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Gust

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

Rather than reinvent the wheel, I would point readers to Martin Kleppmann’s useful blog post with graphs illustrating the effects of a valuation cap on entrepreneurs, seed investors and later-round (typically VC) investors. (The cap is irrelevant if the next equity financing is at a valuation below the cap amount.)

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David Teten VC

SEPTEMBER 6, 2018

Over the past decade, I’ve (somewhat accidentally) put together on this blog a syllabus on how to launch, manage, and invest a VC fund. See my summary on how lead investors think about building out their syndicate. . Most of my research is also relevant to private equity. I break the process down into 10 steps: 1) Launch.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The summaries preceding the open roles were drafted by LinkedIn using survey responses from the honoree companies. Among the positions it’s hiring for are Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer and Enterprise Account Executive. For example, it’s looking for a Sales Executive. Read more on the company’s blog post here.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Many investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in our job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. I typically publish essays in a major media venue, and then cross-post it on my blog.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

Most investors including me spend most of our day doing the same things people have always done in the job: in my case, due diligence, deal execution, etc. Executives of large companies which may acquire or become clients of our portfolio companies. The mailings are just roundups of recent blog posts, so don’t require extra work.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Below is a summary of the most important findings of our tech stack survey, based on 137 responses from largely smaller VC funds (<$200m in fund size). cross-posted on Blue Future Partners’s blog.). We use technology to enhance every stage of the early-stage investment process, from sourcing to evaluation to value-add.”.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 22, 2010

It got me thinking, which for me is always the sign of a good blog post. But more broadly it got me thinking to one of the biggest mistakes tech executives get into in the first place. In my blog I just save that for the comments where people can say what their perspectives are. Also, remember that this is the era of the blog.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 31, 2012

Jeff (also an HBS alum) co-teaches the LTV course with Professor Eisenmann about a student of theirs who had written a blog post about sales taking on some of my previous assertions. The idea that the course asks students to write public blog posts is a testament to its more modern teaching style. In Summary.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 13, 2011

Or, as always, summary notes available below. Brad on blogging. How did you start blogging? “My I decided well if I am going to be investing in this stuff at least I need to understand what it’s like to have a blog, to be generating content, and it was quite interesting at the very, very beginning.“.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 23, 2015

I wrote this conundrum and the need to take charge of how the market define your skills in my much-read blog post on “ personal branding.” Being the CEO vs. a senior executive gives you a lot more control over exit timing. Nobody sees you as a CEO since you’ve never been one? the standard 4-6% for a hired-gun CEO).

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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. Summary Should entrepreneurs care that we have Sapphire as an LP? So we see them with the same long-term eye as we would our other sources of capital.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 30, 2010

Seth Levine of Foundry Group addresses this important topic this morning on his blog with a post, “ Has Convertible Debt Won ?&# If you’re the “first money in&# usually there is still product risk, market risk, financing risk and execution risk. Seth was basing this on a Tweet by Paul Graham that said&#.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 6, 2014

And while John & I have been through these phases ourselves (and have even written several blog posts on the topic like this one and John keeps a great blog with many similar concepts) we simply haven’t been running large sales teams for the past 8+ years. As your company grows it changes in obvious and predictable ways.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 7, 2023

Following is a summary of their discussion. This post originally appeared on the Business Success Consulting Group blog and is reposted here with permission. and more articles from the EO blog. Follow-up systems are vital for effective sales in any business. The post How to Build the Ultimate Follow-up System first appeared on.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 20, 2009

Plus, now they need to Tweet, use Facebook, attend conferences and keep a blog! You would never go see an important executive at a customer and then sit around and wait for them to realize how great you are. Did you mention an executive contact that they’d like to meet? Let’s be honest. Maybe it shouldn’t be?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 31, 2017

In the first part of this blog , William shared how to assess your needs for capital and explains potential sources for raising it. When executing an equity raise, the amount of capital raised is a percentage of the total value of the company. The post Raising Capital Part 2: Equity vs. Debt appeared first on THE BLOG.

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Tomasz Tunguz

APRIL 13, 2024

I fired up Gemini, asked it for a plot summary & a digest of the reviews before deciding to read it. I often publish tables within these blog posts. Or correct the grammar in a sentence or execute a quick search on a topic or summarize an email or format a list. I type comma+o & Gen formats the table in a few seconds.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 13, 2012

We had sat down with the entire executive team on 2 separate occasions a year before the journalist called and had a stated policy to be as “white hat” on this issue as the best in the industry. I had outlined a blog post in support of their efforts and was ready to publish it. Summary Lessons?

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 25, 2013

I’ve heard directly from top executives that Jeff Bezos (in my opinion the most talented person in the tech industry) has received his fair share of VC coaching in the early years. So are corporate executives. In Summary. Hard to imagine that Dick joined “organically” or that his becoming CEO also was organic.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 14, 2009

Existing tech or industry executives - Do you have strong relationships in your industry? Social Network s / Search / Blogs – Obvious, huh? Basic search engine research can give many clues and if people do keep a blog and you want to meet the person then many clues are obviously there. They might be as hard as raising VC.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

They just couldn't execute those tasks on their own. You need a quick summary of a website, so you ask AI (through Web Parser by Zapier ) to extract the page content and DM you the highlights on Slack. Just type your request, and watch Claude magically execute the action for you. Click Allow. You're all set!

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 20, 2025

" Report: "Executive Summary: [SUMMARY] Key Findings: [FINDINGS]." " Per Megan Skalbeck of (then) Verblio, at Denver Digital Summit 2024 , placeholders are a great way to proactively prevent hallucinations. Focus area: [specific role, subject, or skill] Please start by asking for my materials.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 23, 2025

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

With this coding language, developers can: Write triggers that execute custom logic before or after records are saved. Think Java, but purpose-built to live and operate within the Salesforce environment. If you need Salesforce to perform a very specific, highly customized dance, Apex is the choreographer.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

ChatGPT and Gemini can analyze data and provide summaries, feedback, and insights about it. ChatGPT Gemini Creators OpenAI Google Models GPT-4o mini (available for free); GPT-4o, o3, and o4-mini Gemini 2.5 Flash (available for free); Gemini 2.5 month; Google AI Ultra offers expanded access for $249.99/month; Data analysis. Web searches.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 17, 2013

If you haven’t already followed me on Twitter, that’s the fastest way to get blog updates. Frankly if you can’t sit with prospects and tease out pain points then you ought to be working in a different department than sales or executive leadership. This article initially appeared on Inc. Click here.

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