TechCrunch

AUGUST 18, 2022

It informs how your employees think about problems and the types of solutions they offer. It’s the logo your company uses, it’s the design language you use, it’s the words you use to make the points you make. As a startup founder, you really need to understand how venture capital works. It sounds so simple.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 28, 2023

But the compulsively antisocial part of my psyche that makes me not want to make phone calls also appreciates these shifts to using AI in customer service. Freaky or not, artificial intelligence is becoming as common as it is rapidly changing—here's how companies like Blake's are putting it to use.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

AUGUST 29, 2018

To better understand the world of design, creative professionals and how creativity can be leveraged within your own business, check out Design Matters with Debbie Millman , a podcast that has more than 13 years’ worth of episodes. Sales and marketing can take years to learn and perfect. No problem. Wall and Christopher S.

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OnStartups

MARCH 24, 2021

Which, as it turns out is a highly underrated thing (more on that in another blog post). There was one simple requirement: You had to be able to afford the risk and that was simply measured by how much money you had -- or how much money you made. An Odd Start To My Angel Investing. I did not plan to do another startup.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

So I thought I’d write a post about how I drive my personal creativity. (A As a practitioner of creativity rather than as an instructor of it I’m certain that there are many ways to get the creative juices flowing and how to release more creativity. I use tools to invoke my creative self.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

A year ago I blogged about one of my most common mantras that applies to sales, biz dev & fund raising alike: “ Time is the Enemy of all Deals.&#. So how should you decide what to do? How long is the window open? How much capital do I need to run my business effectively right now? But this isn’t the norm.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

Focus on the meeting, not the scheduling Automate your booking The best booking apps offer the perfect mix of flexibility and ease of use. How we evaluate and test apps All of our best apps roundups are written by humans who've spent much of their careers using, testing, and writing about software.

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

You’ll find dozens of articles on keeping your deck to 10 slides or how you must have a board of advisers slide, but we base our thesis on some more tangible examples. We’re going to use that to distill the ideal set of slides for a pitch deck (and combine it with some storytelling ). It needs to do that in under 4 minutes.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites. But, most of use raise capital and source deals the same way people looked for dates 20 years ago: by networking at conferences (or bars). . Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. I’ve used Asana extensively to manage activities firm-wide. 1) Manage the firm .

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That’s why 40 million Americans use online dating sites. Most of us want one spouse and we’re done. I walk through below how progressive investors are using technology and analytics throughout all of their operations. I’ve used Asana extensively to manage activities firm-wide. 1) Manage the firm .

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 18, 2022

Use content to close the trust gap. You can also use this content to spark your own ideas and create your own original content as well. You can use Agora Pulse , Buffer, HootSuite, and other tools. Use these tools to schedule and/or drip out your social media shares. Listen to the accompanying PODCAST here.

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The Zapier Blog

MARCH 23, 2023

Get more ROI out of your URL shorteners with automation Learn how With over a decade of experience reviewing tech and web apps, I can tell you there's almost never one perfect solution to any given problem. Our tutorial shows you how to do this automatically, using Zapier. These are the best—and what makes them great.

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StartupNation

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Being a marketer in today’s digitally dependent world without using automation tools is just like starting a business without intending to scale it. Statistics show that half of the companies in the marketing field alone are now using marketing automation and 58% of the B2B companies are thinking of using it in today’s digital world.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 27, 2023

In other words, once you achieve product-market fit, you’ve answered the questions of who, what, and how: Who is your customer, and what is their problem? How do you solve that problem in a way that creates proven value for you and the customer? What is your solution to their problem? And still, 90% of startups fail.

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