The Zapier Blog

JUNE 15, 2025

Investing in a unified platform—where all your apps are connected via a shared system—can simplify data management, prevent silos, streamline communication, and reduce operating costs. Zoho has approximately one zillion apps that cover you across your organization, and here, I'll walk you through everything on offer.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Do you want to learn how to diversify your revenue streams so you can take your business to the next level? Spreading your income across multiple sources not only cushions you against market fluctuations but also opens up exciting new avenues for yourself and your team.

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StartupNation

JUNE 11, 2025

Do you want to learn how to diversify your revenue streams so you can take your business to the next level? Spreading your income across multiple sources not only cushions you against market fluctuations but also opens up exciting new avenues for yourself and your team.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

you're managing a handful of vendors, the next, your finance team is playing Whac-A-Mole with overdue notices, drowning in an inbox full of emails with the subject line "bumping this." For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. One minute.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 16, 2025

With Zapier's automated workflows (called Zaps), you can connect Grok with the rest of your work tools. From enriching leads with online info to creating images from briefs, you can make Grok a hands-on collaborator inside the rest of your tech stack. Automation can change that. Here are five ways to get started. Learn more.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Invoices come in from all over: think your email, cloud folders, and payment processors. Someone has to process them and make sure it all ends up in your accounting system. In this guide, we'll look at how it works and the benefits it brings to your accounts payable workflow. Learn more. How does invoice automation work?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Your team needs to move fast. But as your business grows, so does the complexity. 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. Think of it like a nervous system for your business.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 21, 2025

So let's take a look at how revenue forecasting works, why it matters, and the software you can use to help you get your business's version of a shiny new console. Automate your forecasting with Zapier What is revenue forecasting? Table of contents: What is revenue forecasting? That's it.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Connect your project management software to your other apps Make your job easier Even if the most meticulously laid plans are at the mercy of a capricious host with a skinny microphone, starting with a project plan template lays a foundation of order and direction in a world where the rules are made up and the points don't matter.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Automatically extract data from your apps with Zapier Learn how And again, like oil, not all data comes out of the ground with the same properties. Here, I'll walk you through key differences and use cases and share some examples so you can understand how to use both to power your business. What is unstructured data?

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This is going to be BIG.

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

These companies didn''t announce their financings right away, and for good reason. They''re building up their PR plans to make the financing announcements part of a larger story arc. First off, you need to have a clear sense of your goals. One way to do that is to talk about something else that isn''t you or your product.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 17, 2020

Starting a business is an exciting adventure. After all, who could be a better partner than your best friend? You might be surprised by the obstacles you could face as friends in business together, though. Here are just seven reasons to think again before you launch a business with your buddy.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 6, 2015

He found me through my blog and I didn''t think he was real. Hunter Walk can''t be any blog commenters real name, can it? I wasn''t sure whether his answers would wind up here or vice versa, but when I thought about it, it turned out I was pretty adamant that my blog is for my voice. I''ve known Hunter Walk for almost a decade.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Modern note-taking platforms go beyond documenting your thoughts. They offer powerful workplaces to manage your knowledge, no matter where it comes from. While Notion operates as a broader productivity tool to manage your projects, knowledge, and files, Obsidian works more as a highly flexible writing app.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JUNE 19, 2024

Starting a business is often romanticized as a journey filled with exciting milestones and instant success stories. Yet, as most seasoned entrepreneurs will attest, the reality is far more complex and challenging, particularly when you decide to bootstrap your business. I also did not have a business partner.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 6, 2020

Contributed by Rizwan Virk , author of S tartup Myths and Models: What You Won’t Learn in Business School. At stake is not just your own livelihood, but the livelihood of everyone who works for you. It’s important to enlist the ideas of others that are invested in your venture. Manage your own expectations.

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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. Business experience, on the other hand, is better learned hands-on. I had to laugh a bit reading it.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Make your Google Sheets work for you Automate Google Sheets Here, I'll dive deep into Google Sheets' capabilities and limitations, exploring whether this kind of space is actually useful for your data projects or if it's a sign you might need to look beyond spreadsheets altogether. How many rows can Google Sheets handle?

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 31, 2020

When you are able to understand, evaluate, and apply key financial principles to your particular circumstances, it can, for example, be the difference between you choosing to pursue a new career path or feeling stuck in your current role. What is the role that ThrivingDollars plays within your community?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 19, 2024

The excitement of building your own business can quickly fade when faced with the reality of resource constraints. By embracing strategic thinking and the lean startup philosophy, you can overcome entrepreneurial challenges and bring your vision to life. You can, too! This definition acts as the cornerstone of future decisions.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 15, 2020

In recent months, small business leaders around the world have faced the toughest decisions of their careers. Nearly 40 percent of respondents in a National Small Business Association poll said they were worried about staying afloat much longer after losing income and customers due to COVID-19. Are your investments smart decisions?

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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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StartupNation

JANUARY 7, 2022

Blogging can be a profitable side business. Startup costs are low and the nature of the business is flexible. You can monetize your blog through affiliate marketing, sponsored posts, display ads, and selling digital and physical products. million per year from their blogs. What is a blog?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2014

The basic components are obvious: talented founders, great engineers, angel money, venture capital, access to larger corporates (for business, funding & talent), great education / research (for IP breakthroughs) and a sufficient ecosystem of mentors, advisors, executive coaches and mavens. Venture Capital.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Let’s focus on the traits shared by most entrepreneurs—and how you can tap into these characteristics to jumpstart your own success. . Whether it’s securing investment capital, marketing a concept, recruiting new talent or leaning on peers for support and advice, having a solid network can seriously work to your benefit.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MAY 17, 2024

The following battle-tested steps can help you launch your first product on a budget, from identifying a Minimum Viable Product and bootstrapping development to finding affordable manufacturing options and mastering guerrilla promotion. These strategies will help your product reach the market successfully, even when funds are limited.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Finally, a lot of people asking me about typos on my blog. This is interesting because just 2 years ago many of these businesses were shut down by the SEC. What interests me is that with the credit crunch we know that credit has tightened significantly for businesses and consumers. In business you spend your life in email.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 2, 2021

Here are four action steps you can take now to teach your children about money: Demonstrate and demystify the relationship between work and money: You can do this by including kids in family budget discussions. They can look up airline flights, car rental rates, hotel options and local activities that fit within your vacation budget.

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Source Link

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

Today marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week, an annual initiative that shines a light not only on the value entrepreneurs bring to our communities and global economy, but also the importance of building infrastructures that make it easier for them to start and scale their businesses. SourceLink? Orange County Mayor Jerry L.

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This is going to be BIG.

DECEMBER 26, 2011

PS.there are various companies in this article I have or have had business involvements with. 2004 gave us widespread blogging and Meetups, and 2008 showed how the web could be a community organizing and fundraising tool. What's the business model? Reader beware.). Open Government. What will Facebook do to things?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

By Andrew Armstrong, an Octane blog contributor. You will get to decide what your worth is. Know your expertise and clearly state it so your target market knows why they should hire you. Take a class through the Small Business Administration or a business incubator at your local university.

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Founder Bounty

APRIL 2, 2023

One of the best ways to stay up-to-date with the latest trends and best practices is to follow entrepreneurship blogs. In this blog post, we'll look at the top entrepreneurship blogs in 2023. Founderbounty : is a leading blog and podcast on how to build a business from some expericned YC and techstars founders.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. People rightly recognize that comments on blogs are just a form of a stream and thus the growth of open commenting platforms like Disqus and IntenseDebate. Then came blogs.

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Gust

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014

To begin with, it is important to understand some basic facts about the world of entrepreneurial finance: There are many more entrepreneurs than there are investors, with the result that only one company out of every 400 that seeks venture funding actually receives it.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 13, 2019

In the third and final article in her series on personal health and finances, Megan Hottman shares a tool that helps her stay on course for financial success. Review the first article, “Are You in Over Your Head in Overhead,” and the second article, “Investing In You.” Watch your energy levels soar.

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