Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 14, 2024

As a new mother, I’ve learned how to balance career and family, and it’s given me a unique perspective on managing time, setting boundaries, and cultivating creativity—all of which are crucial when helping startups in industries that touch on both professional and personal growth, such as health, wellness, and family-focused businesses.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 8, 2010

I’m going to save that for a future blog post. I also really Brooke Hammerling from Brew PR who gave tips on how to effectively manage public relations – and she should know having been Larry Ellison’s personal publicist and representing people like Zynga when they were a tiny company. And market your brand, not your personality.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Trilegiant Corporation , (who is owned by Avis Budget Group (yes, that Avis & Budget), in turn owned by the private equity group Apollo Management ) does business as PrivacyGuard and has engaged in the most unethical of business practices I have come across in years. Tags: Start-up Advice. Hiding from something? … $$$?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. They had agreed!

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 11, 2010

I haven’t written a blog post in a week. And for the last few evenings I decided to get through email rather than blog. It was interesting for me to read Fred Wilson’s email bankruptcy blog post this morning. Blog comments. Why don’t you just blog less or not respond to everyone’s comments?

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s the one thing I miss having switched from player to manager – I love the joy of winning and of competing. They had a prominent NorCal investor already so I thought a SoCal lead would make sense – that I could help them in a more hands-on way. It’s one of my favorite blog posts. They had agreed!

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 19, 2009

Some readers of this blog also pointed out that “pivoting&# can be disruptive on the employees of an organization. Often entrepreneurs show me their management team slides with the names of the people who are going to join him once they’re funded. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Do more with TikTok's Lead Generation Automate lead tracking Whether you're a B2B marketer or content creator ready to turn TikTok into a revenue machine, you need to understand how to get the most out of your TikTok marketing strategy. Tagging your location helps boost the chances of your videos appearing in local searches.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 1, 2009

If you’ve read my blog for a while you’ll know that I’m a fan of starting businesses in a non-traditional way. You might be great at networking and leading but bad at planning and managing. Are you a shaper vs. a completer-finisher? - Are you a leader vs. a manager? - Are you technically inclined? -

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

Current round: $3mm in Series B by betaworks (lead)(largest investor in company), Ron Conway, Danny Rimer, Accelerator Group, Roger Ehrenberg, Howard Lindzon. I don’t do advertising on my blog, but I thought it was worth mentioning Ryan in particular because he has an alternate model for doing a startup. They sponsor TWiVC.

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StartupNation

MAY 23, 2025

Event planning Dropshipping Handmade crafts selling Pet sitting Social media management Repair service Blogging/vlogging Alternatively, consider more revolutionary business ideas like AI automation consulting or podcast-editing services. Today, Tori Dunlap is a successful female entrepreneur leading the financial feminist movement.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 25, 2010

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. Anything requiring lead generation and/or customer acquisition I call Matt Coffin. John gave me the book after I spoke at his entrepreneurship class at UCSB.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2010

That would mean that the increased number of new business startups will lead to a “funding gap&# of deals that can’t get financed. The problem is that this is longer than the average economic cycle , which means you need to be able to manage in good times and bad. It was an investment management class.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 18, 2010

I know that would be surprising to many readers since keeping a blog somehow convinces people that I’m a time management or productivity ninja. I have my “hacks&# for delivering outputs that are meaningful while managing the daily life more chaotically than you might imagine. Tags: Startup Advice.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 9, 2009

I recently wrote a blog post here in which I argued that the best VC meetings are discussions and not sales pitches. A few weeks ago I sat through two very contrasting presentations and wrote this blog post right afterward. Let me state me bias – there is NEVER a scenario where you should lead with a 5-minute video.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Email marketing automation is the use of software, predefined rules, and automated workflows to send messages based on specific actions your leads, subscribers, or customers take. It involves managing each and every touchpoint across the entire customer journey, from first capturing leads to nurturing them and capturing feedback.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 27, 2025

Their team of receptionists and AI agents serves businesses like law firms and home service providers by answering questions, booking appointments, and qualifying leads, all in real time. Here’s how the Zap works: A Webhooks by Zapier trigger catches incoming feedback tagged red or yellow from Customer Thermometer.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

Or, let's say you're managing a content team. With AI integrated into your editorial workflow, you can automatically generate SEO briefs, draft outlines, or repurpose blog posts into LinkedIn updates—all using structured prompts and a few clicks inside the apps your team already uses, like Google Docs or Notion.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 8, 2010

I have made many of my arguments in a blog post I wrote on The Innovator’s Dilemma , a concept that is critical for both innovators & incumbents to understand. This kind of viewing, called “over the top,&# is what is leading many households to cancel their expensive cable packages. Tags: Tech Market Analysis.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 31, 2010

TechCrunch ran my article yesterday as a guest post but I wanted to have a copy here for anybody who missed it and for future readers of this blog. Our existing investors supported us and a new lead came in. We hired a new executive management team that had to be stormed, normed and performed. At least not externally.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 25, 2010

When I first read Paul Graham’s blog post on “High Resolution&# Financing I read it as a treatise arguing that convertible notes are better than equity. This leads to the problem of “herding cats&# for entrepreneurs raising angel money. Photo credit: D. Blanchard/O’Reilly Media. Perhaps it shouldn’t.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

You can manage all the conversations directly within Brevo to handle any questions easily and quickly, and built-in chatbot and automation features can reduce your customer service load. Plus, Brevo now includes meeting scheduling and phone features, so you can manage all your sales communication in one place.

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David Teten VC

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

If you keep all your relationships in one place, then you’ll need to use tags or another identifier to isolate the folks that really matter to you. Marketing/social media : Hootsuite (social media management), Mailchimp (email list and audience management), and Google Suite. . I’ve been my own Salesforce admin for over a decade.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 8, 2021

In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the best tools you can use to achieve productive marketing, how to apply them and how much they cost. Marketing tools that help automate processes such as customer follow-ups, up-sells, and down-sells can lead to a boost in the lifetime value of your customers. Audio file management.

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

If Instagram’s photo tagging feature was spun out into its own app, you’d have the viral sensation Poparazzi , now the No. ” People’s real lives are made up of many unperfect moments that are worthy of being captured and shared, too, a company blog post explains. ” That could lead to trouble.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

For example, maybe you want to trigger onboarding workflows for new hires, or sync lead data across marketing and sales tools. Marketing might use automation to route inbound leads or personalize campaign outreach. You might even build an automated system for orchestrating approvals across departments.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

. “With Hopper, we have found a partner who can not only match that pace, but help us continue to challenge the status quo and take a differentiated approach to building a world-class travel brand,” Capital One managing VP Matt Knise said in statement.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

MAY 17, 2021

Unless you find an alternative business model to monetize a totally free SaaS product, you’ll have to attach a price tag to it. In this blog post, we’re not going to talk about different business models, seat-based VS usage volume pricing, or subscription VS pay-as-you-go. The only way to find out is to segment!

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2021

Build a content website or add a blog. Your prize must be highly relevant to your brand and niche to target your specific market and ensure high-quality leads. Create and add products to a Facebook shop first, connect your Instagram Business account and start tagging! Using apps like Vyper.ai Image source: Instagram ).

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 10, 2023

For example, you might set up an automation that tags email contacts with any new information you receive about them, like demographic details and job characteristics. Leading your campaign empathetically will help you connect with your targets. Which subject lines do you open, and which do you send straight to the trash?

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

For example, your online banking system uses it to quickly pull up your transaction history, and a customer relationship management (CRM) system can filter contacts based on specific criteria because the data is neatly organized. Structured data is particularly handy when you need clear, quantitative insights. What is unstructured data?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. I looked at the SEO tools each website builder offers, such as the ability to adjust page titles and meta descriptions, add alt tags, and upload a site map. You can edit meta and alt tags and optimize for mobile.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

But for Simple.Biz , who manages ad campaigns for law firms and other service-driven clients, this meant juggling outdated CRMs, disconnected data, and a serious lack of attribution visibility. Zapier lets us put a name tag on every lead. "We couldn’t track conversions from lead to signed case," Thomas shared. "Everything

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StartupNation

APRIL 27, 2021

Look at products on Amazon, conduct a Google search, review websites and blogs related to the topic and see what they’re promoting and how they’re doing it. When I launched it as a general career advice blog, I didn’t gain any traction. Many business managers have budgets set and money that’s tagged for spending.

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David Teten VC

APRIL 1, 2021

Once you have assembled the right core team, I recommend prioritizing as follows: First, meet with your portfolio company management. I have developed a founder curriculum on my blog. Welsh, Carson, Anderson, and Stowe advertises that “60% of WCAS XII portfolio companies benefit from repeat management.” AskAnything.VC

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 27, 2023

Therefore, it’s necessary to check the status of your website and reduce elements that lead to slow loading time. It can easily lead to duplicate content problems, as other sites may use the same description your supplier gave. To fix this, it is essential to rewrite each product description and make sure all pieces are unique.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 22, 2024

We gathered 30 invaluable strategies from SEO Analysts, Founders, and other experts, ranging from optimizing content with targeted keywords to crafting blog posts that answer key questions. The advantage of Web Stories is that you can condense existing blog content or other content for easy sharing on various social media platforms.

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