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Public and Open Debate is the Highest Form of Democracy (and Blogging)

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And there is relationship between debating and blogging. I started blogging in 2005 and then re-started blogging about a year ago. The most important experience I have in blogging is the debate it encourages. So it goes with blogging. Life is complex. It proves that you really have freedom of speech.

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Understanding How The Innovator’s Dilemma Affects You

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This is important because the customers they serve (the red line) demand a product that meets their complex requirements. But while the price points are dramatically lower this often encourages more users, more innovation in the eco-system and therefore often a bigger market opportunity than even the incumbents perceived.

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Open Angel Forum San Fran – Team Calacanis Raises the Bar

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This showed me that the system worked well. For me the sooner we get this stuff out of Craigslist and into real systems the better. In a system that so clearly should be “pay for performance&# and is not – a tool like this could go a long way. Some people liked the others but there was much consensus quickly.

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A Guide to Using Authority & Social Proof in Fund Raising

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I recently read a book I’d highly recommend to every reader of this blog called “ Yes, 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive &# by Robert B. Angels are writing smaller checks so they typically don’t want the overhead of complex analysis in order to make their decision. So what are you waiting for?

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How Smith.ai saves 250+ hours weekly with one Zap

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Smith.ai’s high-touch, high-volume model meant they needed scalable, responsive systems to support both agent coaching and customer experience. Here’s how the Zap works: A Webhooks by Zapier trigger catches incoming feedback tagged red or yellow from Customer Thermometer. scaled, so did the complexity of its internal updates.

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Brevo vs. Mailchimp: Which is best? [2025]

The Zapier Blog

While Mailchimp has now discarded lists in favor of tags, Brevo sticks with a list-based approach. While it's nice to have these organizational options, it all feels a bit clunky to me in practice—in the age of AI, there are better ways to do this using dynamic tags and advanced segmentation.

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AI integration: How to bring AI into your workflows

The Zapier Blog

It means connecting AI tools—like ChatGPT , Claude , or custom models —to the apps and systems your team already uses, so they can help you automate repetitive tasks, surface better insights, and move faster. Or try this Zapier template to build a unified lead capture system with AI so no opportunity slips through the cracks.

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