The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Benefits of AI automation You're probably already envisioning all the ways AI automation could make your life easier. Improves customer satisfaction: The more streamlined and intelligent your process of delivering your products or services, the happier your customers will be. Here are some key reasons to implement it.

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Startup Grind

AUGUST 20, 2018

Happiness sells, but not every product delivers on the promise. Experiences create happiness -- products don’t. If your aim to sell happiness is genuine, you’ve got to focus on selling the experience rather than the product. The downside is that many clients never do the work and become addicted to the cycle of inspiration.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Strategy 1: Zero-In on Product-Market Fit Product-market fit. At its core, product-market fit refers to the sweet spot where your product meets the exact needs of your target market. Next, iterate your product based on this feedback. However, remember, product-market fit isn’t a one-time achievement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 27, 2011

Because market is such a broad topic, I’m restricting these lessons to PR marketing (as opposed SEO, SEM, product marketing, etc.). My general rule is that it’s good to be stealth in the early days while you’re building your product and testing your market. It’s a buggy product but pretty damn cool.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 1, 2020

You argue that the key to success is to develop your authority, warmth and energy. It applies to entrepreneurs especially since it’s so vital to attract a good staff and to retain and develop them—while also attracting customers. That should be fairly obvious to the person based on where the business is in its life cycle.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The world’s population is constantly on the rise, and every year, more and more raw materials are extracted to make products for consumption. Adopting a Circular Economy model would allow us to extract less raw materials, add more value to our products, and ‘close the loop’, leaving our environment unharmed. .

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OurCrowd

APRIL 8, 2022

By connecting the batteries together, Connected Energy has created a super low-cost and innovative product that has already secured contracts with six major automotive partners and attracted interest from marquee investors. The company has its eye on producing its first product, cultured scallops. How do they do it?

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 30, 2024

km of swimming, 90 km of cycling, and 21 km of running within 8.5 In 2015, I spearheaded the development of ‘Vantage Fit,’ a platform designed to promote holistic employee wellness on a global scale. These experiences reinforced my belief that physical well-being is crucial to overall happiness and productivity.

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OurCrowd

JUNE 24, 2022

Software product development needs considerable time and resources for testing, which requires complex workflows built and maintained by expensive DevOps engineers. Clients such as Align Technologies shortened these release cycles from months to weeks using Kaholo. for AI-powered coding tech BioLumic wraps $13.5M

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Knowing when to be in growth mode and when to hold back is a skill you develop as you become a seasoned entrepreneur. Businesses often grow on an S-curve and there are three general stages of development—startup, midsize and full grown. Improve your processes to shorten the cycle of your business so that you can make cash faster.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 17, 2017

We pull all-nighters and push ourselves to the limit trying to maximize our output—but really, it’s zapping crucial energy that we need to be productive. I never thought I’d be that guy, but I’m more energized and productive than I’ve ever been before. I have—and it messed up my natural sleep cycle.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 26, 2016

Perhaps the most misused terms I see these days from entrepreneurs involve CAC (customer acquisition costs) and LTV (life time value) and a lack of understanding these critical components is driving many companies to premature failure. If you can’t raise — you’re dead. End of story. No matter what you were taught about this f **g ratio.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

OCTOBER 8, 2020

This could mean your health, education, well-being or relationships—anything that can fine-tune and improve your life will bring the highest return on investment because the cost is often very small. Look toward creating new sales and marketing structures that perpetuate your sales cycle. Invest in Life Insurance.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 2, 2016

If you're a little further out, closer to a residential hub, you'll likely need to fill it with onesies and twosies--video editors, iPhone developers, smaller agencies. Media production, like livestreaming or podcasting, could be a brilliant addition to a space. Everyone loves free high quality production self-promotion.

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Berkonomics

MAY 9, 2024

Where in industry life cycle? If your vision is for a product or service that fills a need in a mature industry, you may be flying against the prevailing winds as a market shrinks over time, taking your business with it. Is it the advantage of time – years of development ahead of any competitor? Are margins high enough?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 21, 2018

Entrepreneurship is difficult in any part of the world, but entrepreneurs in developing nations face an especially steep uphill climb. EO supports the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals, tapping the genius and problem-solving abilities of its more than 13,500 entrepreneurs to help solve the world’s ongoing challenges.

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OurCrowd

MAY 20, 2022

A major field trial with one of Europe’s largest distributors confirmed that Sufresca ’s coatings applied to fresh produce extend shelf life, significantly reduce weight loss between harvest and store, and allow crops to be picked at a more advanced ripening stage. The results exceeded Sufresca’s own expectations. Learn More. Learn More.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 2, 2025

I've personally used it to replace sprawling networks of old Workflow Rules , build custom approval paths that once needed a developer, and create smart decision trees for routing work. This is where you (or, more commonly, your Salesforce developer) will turn to Apex.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

The Pomodoro Technique is one of the most deceptively simple and effective productivity tools I've ever used. That's one full Pomodoro cycle. Francesco Cirillo developed the Pomodoro Technique in the 1980s when he was in college in Italy and struggling to study. Start another Pomodoro cycle.

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Y Combinator

MAY 15, 2019

Jonathan Gill [01:03] – From the current state of the podcasting market, ad-supported sponsorship is one way forward when people are used to free products versus television and cable where they’re used to different tiers. If you think of how much of your life. Craig Cannon [01:01] – What’s your take, Jonathan?

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

AUGUST 6, 2022

Housing and autos are two examples of the life-critical assets that must be financed by American households. They believe the Fed erred by not printing money and supporting asset prices and staving off the deflationary impulses of the various developed economics in the 1930’s. Recent indicators of spending and production have softened.

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