The Zapier Blog

JUNE 12, 2025

If you want support for rapid prototyping, chat applications, and projects with unpredictable or evolving data structures, Firebase is probably the best pick for you. All you need to know is that data is organized in collections and documents (similar to folders and files) and it offers a flexible schema that evolves with your application.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Collaboration: This defines not only how your team meets and communicates, but also how they document processes and decisions to keep stakeholders in the loop and transfer knowledge between team members. If you've ever used Trello , you've used a Kanban board for project management. Scrumban solves that issue.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

These apps offer the AI, automation, documentation, and reporting features that you need to keep the lead pipes (the ones pronounced leed , not led ) flowing smoothly. That means both out-of-the-box functionality for fast onboarding, and a simple user experience once you've boarded on.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

I once viewed "process documentation" as corporate torture. Trying to hold a complex, multi-stage process with various dependencies entirely in your head or decipher it from a dense document is like trying to assemble a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle in the dark. It becomes a living tool, not a static document.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 3, 2025

With Zapier's automated workflows—called Zaps—you can share important Grain meetings across channels, distill conversations into insights, and direct customer feedback into product boards. Connect Grain with product and support tools Integrating customer feedback into new product updates can be tedious for product teams.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Use automation to support brainstorming, delegation, and communication Learn how I do most of my mind mapping digitally—and even when I don't, I often recreate a paper mind map online so that I can have it safely stored and easily searched. month for MindNode Plus with image support, tasks, themes, and styling options.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 13, 2025

Reviewers consistently mention that Stampli's interface is intuitive and easy to learn, which is a big plus for getting teams on board quickly. It uses sophisticated OCR technology combined with machine learning to swiftly and accurately extract data from any financial document. DOKKA's core strength bypasses this.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Successfully running a company requires clear communication across the board: with employees, customers, investors, and any other stakeholders. This document can look different depending on what it's used for. on an ironing board, not a body. Let's take Apple as an example.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 6, 2020

You need to: study the rules, make sure that you don’t violate the “affiliate rule” (more later), consult with your Company Counsel, consult with your board and investors and then make your own determination. If the US Government didn’t want to support VC-backed businesses they easily could have excluded them and they knowingly did not.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Most users won't even come close to touching that limit, but if you've got the hardware to support that kind of data, then millions of cells could be a plus for you. But if you'd like to do a bit more than just manipulate data, you can change up the layout with views like lists, Gantt charts, forms, and Kanban boards.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

You can work as a consultant, an interim executive, a board member, a deal executive partnering to buy a company, an executive in residence, or as an entrepreneur in residence. . As a next step, we recommend that you register at the major expert network websites, as well as LinkedIn and job boards, if you haven’t already.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 26, 2023

On the other hand, Appruve, which provides an API that verifies user identity, fraud detection and digital documentation, primarily focuses on new datasets that enable or complement traditional government data such as international passports and national IDs.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

Investors: TomorrowVentures (Eric Schmidt’s investment vehicle; Court Coursey joining board), CompuCredit Holdings, with existing investors Accel Partners, Benchmark Capital, DAG Ventures, Meritech Capital Partners, Omidyar Network, QED Investors, Volition Capital. Online peer-to-peer lending. 14.7mm in Series D. Enter Xobni.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

DECEMBER 12, 2023

In a recent board meeting, Ben Franklin Technology Partners of Central and Northern PA (Ben Franklin CNP) proudly unveiled its latest investments in six exceptional tech enterprises situated in central and northern Pennsylvania, totaling $725,000. Gig and Take, Inc.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 27, 2021

A typical enterprise grapples with hundreds or thousands of agreements, contracts and other legal documents every year, and it usually engages costly legal counsel either inside or outside the company to assess those documents on their behalf. They are focusing on larger M&A transactions and supporting the company.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

For businesses that are ready to revamp their employee equity plan, here are a few key lessons we figured out along the way: Get buy-in from your board of directors. The first step should be a discussion with your board, likely during the next board meeting. Get outside support from legal experts.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2021

Andy Stinnes , general partner at Cloud Apps Capital Partners , leads early-stage investments in cloud businesses and serves as active board member and adviser, offering operational support for portfolio companies based on his 20+ years in executive roles in business software. Share on Twitter. More posts by this contributor.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

How they managed to rally other ecosystem stakeholders into supporting these efforts. Alexis Ehrhardt, President & CEO at Danville Pittsylvania County Chamber of Commerce, explains “For two years, Danville Regional Foundation provided a fellow to support the development of the ecosystem. Engaging stakeholders in a shared vision.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

One source estimates that document disorganization costs businesses $3,900 per employee each year in productivity losses, making Mem an attractive proposition if the tech works as advertised. We combine knowledge sources across the individual, team and organizational levels, leading to significantly better performance across the board.”

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

How do you assess and find what resources are available, then organize it all, document it, and publish it to make it available? You basically want to unearth any resource, program, organization, or person that supports and helps entrepreneurs, whether that’s their sole mission or ancillary. Planning for the Project.

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David Teten VC

MAY 19, 2021

We support that with an active Slack community and a venture scout program.” Convenience , e.g., mobile access; same platform for all documents. This is a pool of senior executives who can be tapped as board members, interim execs, etc., Direct and preferably public interaction with deal sponsor/issuer.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

As Latin America bathes the startup spotlight, players there need to consider how its startup growth can translate to self-sustaining economic and social development across the board. However, most AI programs and documents are written in English, in which Latin America has a 56% proficiency rate.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 9, 2022

The KSGC program, launched in 2016, supports international startups that want to enter the Korean market and further explore the Asian region. The program supports startups financially and gives them multiple opportunities to network with top tech companies, VCs, mentors, etc. Besides the 3.5-month ” Srun said.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 3, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . These typically have a larger support ecosystem and greater assurance of long-term stability than the custom vendors. Some VCs are using Act-On , Ebsta , or Hubspot to support their CRMs.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 24, 2021

However, having an experienced technical advisor from the very beginning who has already been on a startup journey, can provide an invaluable sounding board for an early-stage startup. But this still needs to be grounded and supported by data. Demonstrate that you are passionate about the product and are mission-driven.

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David Teten VC

DECEMBER 4, 2019

That Google document provides cut and pasteable text I can share with other investors, based on their stage, focus, and appetite. . These typically have a larger support ecosystem and greater assurance of long-term stability than the custom vendors. Tribe Capital has developed A Quantitative Approach to Product Market Fit.

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AsiaTechDaily

MAY 25, 2022

The biggest accelerator program, sponsored by the Korean government, supported by the Ministry of SMEs and Startups (MSS), and organized by the National IT Industry Promotion Agency (NIPA), will be held for 3.5 Shin is now part of our Advisory Board,” said Aykan Ekici, co-founder of Khenda, the top winner of KSGC 2021.

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Innovation 2 Enterprise

MARCH 1, 2020

“i2E created the atmosphere for us and worked with us” he said, “creating the right pitch and all the documents, serving on our Board, and being willing to come in and pitch our company to other investors when we were growing faster than we thought. Support from the lupus community has been overwhelming.

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

As you know, I run our Founder Experience program here, the set of tools and programs and people that we have to support our entrepreneurs in their growth journey. And I joined as a customer support rep. Tomasz Tunguz: That’s a living document. Claire Hughes Johnson : It’s a living document.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

I’ve got to go consult documentation. Today, most context windows are around 32K, but bigger context windows are coming—and with them, the ability to run larger documents with more context through LLMs. I’ve got to go ask another engineer who might be busy with something.” Maybe this is the kryptonite to kill my enemy.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Dealing with sensitive situations and supporting our clients during their most difficult times taught me the importance of empathy and understanding. This lesson underscores the significance of having a structured system in place for documenting financial transactions, customer interactions, and essential business data.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 24, 2023

June 8, 2023 ChatGPT app is now available on iPad, adds support for Siri and Shortcuts The new ChatGPT app version brings native iPad support to the app , as well as support for using the chatbot with Siri and Shortcuts. It’s not documented anywhere that ChatGPT has a character limit. iOS users at launch.

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Startup Blogpost

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

We’ve gathered insights from CEOs, founders, and top executives on their most successful methods, from combining chat and asynchronous video to actively listening and documenting meetings. Here are the fifteen unique strategies these leaders use to ensure seamless communication among cross-functional teams.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

.” It will also use the funding to continue investing in its product, including adding in more integrations alongside the 250 it already has with a variety of big-name and lesser known email, payments, CRM, CMS and document storage services. “Now we are not only focused on data collection, but document generation.”

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

CEO Jonathan Kite said a new automated turn board feature was a significant factor accelerating the company’s success. One possibility is to let all parties involved sign contracts and other official documents with digital signatures. Before forging ahead with such pairings, consider how to streamline the logistics involved.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

FEBRUARY 18, 2021

This is a great place to find support and connection, and a useful resource for information and feedback. Reasons for failure vary, but common reasons are premature scaling , lack of product-market-fit , and not having the right people on board. Legal templates and investment documents? No pressure. and Bubble.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2011

They have been supportive when we’ve been doing well and also when we’ve made changes to the business. In 1995, while in high school, Seth wanted to start a business scanning paper documents for companies, but realized it was a non-starter when he learned that a scanner costs $4k. “Sequoia has been awesome.

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