David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

Marketing/social media : Hootsuite (social media management), Mailchimp (email list and audience management), and Google Suite. . One of the first decisions we had to make in setting up our new VC fund, Versatile Venture Capital , was our CRM and marketing technology infrastructure. . I run PEVCTech , a community focused on this area.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 20, 2023

Most of the apps on this list are also powered by OpenAI's GPT models. Some apps on this list use non-GPT models, which are proprietary to the company that built the app.) (Some apps on this list use non-GPT models, which are proprietary to the company that built the app.) But there were some duds.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 12, 2010

Unfortunately my wife reads my blog and she’d log in and add comments to dispel this rumor (she keeps me honest. When added to my volume of Facebook messages, LinkedIn requests, blog comments and Tweets my head is definitely below water. I would love to say that I’m the productivity guru.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 16, 2023

The good news: Gmail has mass delete features that allow you to do a clean sweep of everything instead of essentially cleaning up spilled rice grain by grain. Here's how to delete all of your emails in Gmail. Log in to your Gmail account. Check the box at the top of your inbox, to the left of the refresh button.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 2, 2023

Zapier integrates with over 5,000 apps, including popular ones like Gmail, Slack, Trello, and Salesforce. With the power of AI, having transcripts of your calls opens up a world of possibilities—think: automatically creating meeting summaries and action items. Now, it's my go-to app whenever I want to turn speech into text.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 22, 2009

It led to the creation of Google Maps, Gmail and many other projects that without ad dollars wouldn’t exist. I would argue that they already do. But people complained as loudly about HotWired when they started with banners (they were the first website to do so in the 90’s). Some goes with Google.

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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. These vectors work for a lot of celebrities, and for some businesspeople and politicians, but I’m uncomfortable with them and it will impede my ability to do the rest of my job.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 25, 2010

Chris Dixon wrote a blog post last week titled, “ Techies and Normals &# in which he defined “Techies&# as people who are not just “early adopters&# but also have more of a geeky, technical, product bent. Anyway, Chris’s blog got me thinking about Techies and Normals. He is both.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 29, 2009

So what do we mean by in-stream advertising? Turns out everybody likes to produce content and take part in the “conversation.&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. .&# Massive uptake of user-generated content including blogs (e.g. OK, many of you will know this but just to base line.

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Campaign Monitor

MAY 17, 2023

Keep in mind that mobile apps like Gmail will generally cut off anything after 40 characters unless the reader drags the notification down to expand the info. Segment your audience: Do not send the same generic subject line to your entire list. It’s true — marketers don’t think about email open rates as much as they used to.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 27, 2011

In case you missed all the kerfuffle this weekend, I posted this blog post originally on TechCrunch. This is a blog post I really didn’t want to write. I didn’t want to write it because the bloggosphere doesn’t always do nuance well. So why I am writing it then? So I feel the need to speak up.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 27, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. How well do you know them? What do you want to measure? With that, here are the 10 best CRMs I found based on all my testing. Click on any app to learn more about why I chose it, or keep reading for more context on CRMs.

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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. These vectors work for a lot of celebrities, and for some businesspeople and politicians, but I’m uncomfortable with them and it will impede my ability to do the rest of my job.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 5, 2010

Also, the angels (some of whom are listed here) were very knowledgeable and insightful. They’ve done some clever things to improve the trust factor like doing background checks and other verification techniques to improve the trust people have in working with service providers. This showed me that the system worked well.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 29, 2023

Do more with OpenAI Discover more ways to add AI to your workflows. Explore now And even on days when I do know what subject to draw (hello, plant illustrations!) Explore now And even on days when I do know what subject to draw (hello, plant illustrations!), New to Zapier? Sign up for free.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 3, 2023

Our boards don't hover, our pets can't talk, and when I need to do something on the computer—like update my to-do list or change my Slack status—I have to physically touch the mouse and keyboard, sometimes several times a day. New to Zapier? Sign up for free. But it requires a little bit more time to set up.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 17, 2023

I personally have five Gmail accounts, LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and my iPhone. Some accounts (like Gmail and Google Calendar) will stay in constant sync with the personal CRM. But beyond establishing your contacts, there are a few features that really let a CRM do the heavy lifting for you. What is a personal CRM?

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

It sounds simple; however, very few asset managers actually do it.” (To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 30, 2023

It's a great lead management tool , and there are plenty of apps that allow you to do this at scale. For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. 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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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

(To see the video above, please click the image, and then click on the Play button.). Private equity and venture capital investors are copying our sisters in the hedge fund world: we’re trying to automate more of our job. . When I was single, I registered for (a lot of) dating websites. The 11 Steps of Investing in Private Companies. 2) Market .

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 21, 2023

Or at least some computers that can somewhat, kind of, in limited ways, do things by themselves in ways that they weren't directly programmed to are here. Do more with OpenAI Discover more ways to add AI to your workflows. The robots are here! It's complicated. And with it comes plenty of thorny ethical issues.

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Y Combinator

MAY 8, 2019

How does he do both? How do you mesh those two things together? Craig Cannon [01:07] – What practices do you put into place? Kevin Hale is a Partner at YC and cofounder of Wufoo. Brian is on Twitter @bhalligan and Kevin is @ilikevests. 00:00 – Brian’s an introvert that likes to work from home. Google Play.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

37:35 – Debdut Mukherjee asks – Do podcasts actually work? If so, how do startups calculate the ROI & the CAC? Chris, what do you do? Chris Best is the cofounder and CEO of Substack. Substack makes it simple for a writer to start a paid newsletter. They were in the Winter 2018 batch of YC.

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Campaign Monitor

MARCH 15, 2022

But how many of those do you actually open? …But But how many of those do you actually open? So why is this happening, and what can you do to bridge that gap? Just like with your other email campaigns, you want to invoke some type of emotion in your subscribers when they see that Gmail notification.

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