Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I was reading Chris Dixon’s blog tonight. I came across this blog post about getting a computer science degree as the best degree for getting into venture capital or working at a VC-backed start up. Tags: Start-up Advice. This is part of my ongoing series called “ Start-up Lessons.&#. MBA fine, but not required.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Automation keeps everyone in the loop by routing leads, tagging ownership, and tracking progress across stages. You can also use CRM features like tags to identify the original form source.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Even Microsoft publicly said that there were security flaws with 5.5 Tags: Startup Advice. If you never read it, please do. we would support 6.0

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

It’s one of my favorite blog posts. I had planned to blog about it at the time but I waited 2 days and the whole world blogged about it so I didn’t pile on. Even Microsoft publicly said that there were security flaws with 5.5 Tags: Start-up Advice Startup Advice. If you never read it, please do.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Instead of creating a social media strategy that drives users off the app and onto your website (which most platforms penalize brands for), TikTok lets brands upload their product catalog and tag products in their posts. Creators can upload their own videos, tag your products, and earn commission when they make a TikTok sale.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 3, 2010

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. Competitors: VivaKi (Publicis Groupe) , FatTail , AdMeld , Rapt (part of Microsoft Publishing). Tags: Start-up Advice. They sponsor TWiVC.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 29, 2010

Justyn Howard, founder of Sprout Social has a blog post that he’s written about his experiences of migrating from scrappy tools to more efficient ones (i.e. Tags: Startup Advice. Using Balsamiq instead of SnagIt, Website Optimizer over just Google Analytics and FTP). Thank you, Justyn, for bringing up this important topic.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. But tagging contacts and segmenting them manually can be a real drain on team resources, especially as your audience grows.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 7, 2025

You should also add their Slack IDs so the agent knows who to tag and notify in Slack. This step sends a daily message to the selected teammate, tagging them in a Slack channel and letting them know they're on call. Then, click Save. Next, let's customize your Slack action.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 18, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. That should be reason enough to give Microsoft's full-fat email client a go, since it works with Microsoft accounts, Gmail, iCloud, and Yahoo! You can even create Microsoft 365 groups right in Outlook.

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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. There’s a lot of value in pulling in all of our correspondents into a CRM, but only if most of them are tagged as “acquaintances” so they don’t make the database unwieldy.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

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. When a new user signed up, they were tagged by language in ActiveCampaign.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 14, 2010

So they create a task list of all the marketing activities an organization can do: press releases, web site updates, customer case studies, blog posts, daily Tweets, Facebook fan page, attending conferences, etc. Tags: Start-up Advice. They’re tasked with doing … marketing. Similar with product features.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 16, 2025

These Zaps let you create, update, or tag contacts and Keap based on webhook data. For example, a registrant choosing "advanced user" could be tagged with a different sequence than someone choosing "just getting started." Pro tip: No matter where they're coming from, form entries can be messy.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

All your notes, tags, and links are still there in text files. Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Notion, on the other hand, stores content in its proprietary database. If Notion shuts down, it won't be as easy.

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OurCrowd

MAY 26, 2022

The company’s machine-learning platform understands how consumers see webpages and improves its automatic-tagging abilities over time while automatically adapting to website changes. Microsoft picks Maolac and Trellis for AI program. Microsoft for Startups has supported more than 1,000 companies so far.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 19, 2009

On December 2nd, 2006 I wrote the blog post published later in this post when I was CEO of startup Koral about my experiences in pitching VCs. After my company was acquired by Salesforce.com I was asked to stop blogging and they took over my blog as an asset in the sale of the company. My blog was wiped out.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Google Sheets basically translated the time-tested spreadsheet format popularized by Microsoft Excel into a web app. You can set up records as project management elements like tasks, contacts, projects, pipelines, and goals, and then assign priorities, statuses, deadlines, tags, and assignees.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Then I get people sending me Twitter comments, blog comments and tons & tons of email intros. “Last time we spoke you had some insights on how we could partner with Microsoft to power their Zune. Any readers of this blog will know that I have ADHD and therefore sitting through presentations is like water torture to me.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 24, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. You can tag specific people in Slack or send a channel message—whatever makes the most sense for your operations.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 23, 2025

What you can do with Looping by Zapier How to get started with Looping by Zapier Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. Each record in the table contains a team name and keyword tags representing the topics the team cares about.

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Derek Sivers

MARCH 1, 2022

Will Microsoft Word? I’ve written four books and four hundred blog posts in plain text. Maybe in each diary entry, the first two lines are like: date: 2022-02-28 tags: where-to-live, kids, dog, anxious. Every device, including ones long gone, and ones not invented yet, can read and edit plain text. But plain text? Everywhere.

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JUNE 15, 2025

" Director of Exceed Plumbing and Air Con , Caleb John, on the other hand, uses location-tag macros to automatically allocate jobs: "Every urgent ticket tagged with 'gas,' 'leak,' or 'urgent' and a postcode gets routed directly to the technician on-call for that zone."

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. If you want to notify someone specific in the channel, you can link to their Slack username so they'll be tagged in the message. Next, click Test step to test the Zap.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 8, 2025

Try the Jira ticket agent Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. " You can customize this message, add additional users to tag, or modify the tone to fit your company style.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 11, 2010

Each week there are so many great events, blog posts, videos, etc. Let’s bring our $5 footlongs to one of the many open spaces that companies and institutions like Sun, Aol, CRESA, NYU/Poly, and Microsoft have been donating to the community for free. Tags: Venture Capital & Technology nextNY. Expensive venues? Expensive venues?

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 27, 2023

You can also create a custom audience if a new customer is tagged in ConvertKit. For example, if you have two or more different subscriber lists, you can add newly tagged subscribers to a specific Facebook Custom Audience. Learn more. The 4 types of Facebook Custom Audiences Not all Custom Audiences are created equal.

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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. Tags: Entrepreneur Advice Start-up Advice Startup Advice. Unfortunately I was wrong.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

All saved posts end up in Collabwriting's Inbox, which you can organize further using themed boards and tags like "AI positioning" or "Thought leadership." You can also add notes to LinkedIn profiles and perform bulk actions like tagging or unfollowing to keep your lead data organized.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 10, 2025

"Tag suburbs and talk to people like they're neighbors—not customers," says Caleb. "The Zapier is the most connected AI orchestration platform—integrating with thousands of apps from partners like Google, Salesforce, and Microsoft. "The more you sound like the guy next door, the more they share your stuff."

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 13, 2023

For more details on our process, read the full rundown of how we select apps to feature on the Zapier blog. You can tag your work periods by what you're doing, and the analytics track when you're most productive. Of course, something this silly obviously comes with a silly price tag. month or Pro Yearly at $39.99/year.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Give them the iPod not Microsoft Office products. You, the king of the overly long blog posts? I think my blog posts would be far better if I made them 50% of the length. I made a decision in blogging that I wanted to opt for frequency and depth of thought. Tags: Startup Advice. Less is more.

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