The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Even though it's a big Google machine, that can still take some time on large sheets because it processes those cells one at a time, going left-to-right and top-to-bottom, like reading a book. Notion or Coda : These next-gen document tools blend features of databases, documents, and spreadsheets.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 20, 2012

If you’re not taking this zone-out down time I’ll bet you’re not having enough strategic reflection on your job, your company, your strategy. I learned about this behavior and how to channel it from my favorite book about ADHD, Delivered from Distraction. Frankly, I think venture capital is that way, too.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Create a single document outlining your brand in vivid detail, then design training to educate all new hires, and implement performance metrics based on brand values. It’s what comes after because that is the essence of your brand, according to Gerry O’Brion in his new book, They Buy Your Because. How can you do this?

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Startup Blogpost

AUGUST 18, 2023

19 Strategies for Managing Risk in a Startup In this article, we explore nineteen different strategies for managing risk in startups, shared by founders, CEOs, and other industry professionals. This way, we made more informed decisions and reduced the risk of failure.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

AUGUST 14, 2020

What challenges and success the initiative booked in the first six months, and how COVID-19 impacted the project. We are fortunate to have leadership that have masterminded strategies utilizing public and private funding, along with a stellar regional foundation (Danville Regional Foundation, or DRF) to slowly work this puzzle out.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Joe Hellerstein is co-founder and chief strategy officer of Trifacta and the Jim Gray Chair of Computer Science at UC Berkeley. Everybody was talking about the accessibility of masses of digital information in the form of “documents” — human-generated content intended for human consumption. Joe Hellerstein. Contributor.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 28, 2024

Though Bloomberg was able to continue building his business by acquiring offline businesses like John Aubert’s Sinkers, which published corporate bond prices in a reference book, the big unlock came when the company took on Merrill Lynch as their first design partner. At the end of the day, mutual funds serve at the pleasure of LPs.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

“In times of crisis, it’s imperative for startups to build a solid analytics strategy to understand how their businesses are functioning at a granular level. Strategy and messaging will certainly need to correspond to the times. The COVID-19 pandemic struck us hard and completely derailed our expansion strategy for 2020.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 15, 2023

Greg Satell was interviewed on the You Are Not So Smart podcast (excellent, highly recommended) about his book Cascades. Its the Network, Stupid For me the author did a great job of expanding on an idea I first learned from Seth Godin’s book Idea Virus , more than 20 years ago: it is all about the network.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 23, 2022

Some banks have been employing the same strategy for like a decade!” India’s credit bureau data book is thin, making most individuals in the South Asian market unworthy of credit. ” the founder added. As a result, banks don’t offer credit cards or loans to most Indians.

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Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 29, 2024

This article is the final installment in our series, How Fintech Companies Can Simplify Their Funding Strategy. Credit Agreement and Funding Mechanics The credit agreement, that lengthy document dedicated to formalizing your credit arrangement with the lender, outlines many of the key terms and ratios necessary for compliance.

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David Teten VC

JUNE 9, 2021

Ten Networking Strategies to a Seat on the Board. To ensure mutual compatibility, your goals and incentives should be aligned with that of the private equity or VC fund, as well as the timeline for realizing them and exit strategy. This strategy is even more prevalent in larger deals. Want to Join a Corporate Board?

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Tomasz Tunguz

OCTOBER 24, 2021

After having read Elad Gil’s book, I understand why. In fact, one of the defining chapters in that book was her user instructions for her as a manager. Maybe we can start with that backstory on how that chapter inside of Elad’s book came together. Tomasz Tunguz: That’s a living document.

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Reforge

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Table of Contents Challenge #1: The Lean Startup encourages agnostic experimentation instead of starting with a compelling strategy. More from Sachin Challenge #1: The Lean Startup encourages agnostic experimentation instead of starting with a compelling strategy. Challenge #3: The Lean Startup leads to incremental products.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 12, 2023

9 time management strategies at work 1. This includes tasks like responding to an email quickly, sending a short message, or making a minor change to a document. For example, when setting up a new client's books, I set the timer for an hour, so that I can stay productive until it goes off.

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TechCrunch

MAY 21, 2021

Almost half of all Americans play mobile games, so Alex reviewed Jam City’s investor deck, a transcript of the investor presentation call and a press release to see how it stacks up against Zynga, which “has done great in recent quarters, including posting record revenue and bookings in the first three months of 2021.”

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AsiaTechDaily

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

So, he took inspiration from his favorite science fiction book ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to Galaxy’ and in 2015 founded the deep-semantic QA (Question-Answering) platform, which understands a user’s real intention in a question and derives a single answer from an extensive unstructured data. What is your company’s business/sales strategy?

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

What used to be an “A” round in 2011 is now routinely called a Seed round and this has been so engrained that founders would rather take less money than to have to put the words “A round” in their legal documents. He also wrote this excellent book on the Venture Capital industry that I highly recommend ? Secrets of Sand Hill Road.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 14, 2023

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StartupNation

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

One possibility is to let all parties involved sign contracts and other official documents with digital signatures. The company has also spanned far beyond its book-based roots. The post 6 Strategies for Local Startups to Scale Up Nationally appeared first on StartupNation. Sign Up: Receive the StartupNation newsletter!

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Guy Kawasaki

MARCH 23, 2015

If you give me permission, six months, and a team of analysts, I can come up with a new product strategy.”. The downside of trying to innovate within a big company is clear and well documented, but there are also benefits. This post is a tiny part of Guy Kawasaki’s latest book, The Art of the Start 2.0. Build on what exists.

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Y Combinator

MAY 1, 2019

” C++ is not a great first language to learn, especially if it’s just from a book. Craig Cannon [00:20:17] – I’m not much a fan for business books, but there’s one called The E-Myth. Craig Cannon [00:37:56] – Weird strategy. Craig Cannon [00:05:29] – That’s terrible.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2022

All you have to do is repurpose that content into videos that work well within your existing marketing strategy; no brain-racking required. You can even turn customer support documents (product use instructions, FAQ pages) into video slideshows. Case studies and whitepapers are often distributed like e-books.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

” Gamification is a key strategy to encourage engagement and advance learning, with the platform dishing out encouraging words and emoji, plus rewards like badges and achievements based on the individual’s progress. . We more recently expanded to K12, and are currently running our first corporate learning pilot.”

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 7, 2021

When we interviewed him last July , Hughes explained that he would refer leads to EveryDeveloper when they needed to sort out their content strategy. This made us curious, so we got ourselves a copy of DuVander’s book and reached out to him for additional insights. The main takeaway? Every press release looked the same.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

But the more we dug into the market strategy, the more we realized we needed to do more than change how we marketed our services. This is a key principle from Jim Collin’s book, Good to Great. Before, we didn’t have anything documented. We needed to rebuild how we delivered value. Everything was ad hoc.).

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TechCrunch

MAY 26, 2021

Instead, Poparazzi hit the top of the charts by carefully executing on growth strategies that ensured a rocket ship-style launch. That would have limited Poparazzi’s growth potential versus its phone number and address book access approach. The app, like Clubhouse once did , demands a full address book upload.

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Gust

JUNE 19, 2012

If you’re doing investment pitches, you should read this book. If you’re doing a pitch I’m going to see, I want you to have read this book. And if you’re a startup CFO, finance lead, bean counter, or presentation slide deck preparer, then you should read this book. Their CEO was equally bravado and dumb.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Tips for Cleaning Up the Books First things first, if you’re not already using accounting software, start now. Start by documenting everything. The more employees that came on, the more I needed to have everything documented. That blueprint is your exit strategy. Selling a business without an exit strategy is similar.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 5, 2018

I’ve been an entrepreneur all my life–from buying baseball cards, comic books and antique Coke machines when I was young to flipping rental houses in grad school. More contracts arrived, and I was assigned a team of two producers whom I met with every week on conference calls to hone my pitch and get my financial documents in order.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 5, 2023

If you think a documented style guide sounds not-so-essential, I don't blame you. With a small team size, it's easy to work without tons of documentation. The former needs thorough documentation and effective document templates. The latter needs a breathing document that's frequently updated.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. 3) Documenting best practices. I agree with Fred Wilson on the value of owning your own platform. Goodreads.

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The Zapier Blog

APRIL 4, 2023

In this article, I'll offer the crowdsourced definition I've come up with, share some of the great insights I received, and give you some strategies for thinking big. I then unload all thoughts on paper and view strategy choices through multiple lenses (viability, ROI, benefits for the team, etc.)" Where were you? ."

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 20, 2021

Maybe a book, a podcast, a company, nowhere at all. Lessons learned I’ve devised a few coping strategies. To deal with this, I document to make the next time easier. The canvas was always built, you just had to find the promising areas. I got my first taste of unbounded freedom during a call soon after I quit my job.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 27, 2023

In 2019, the Malaysian government also issued its Shared Prosperity Vision 2030, a 10-year framework for restructuring its economy that includes building an Islamic fintech hub as a key part of its strategy. But Islamic fintech still makes up a very small percentage of the total market.

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David Teten VC

JANUARY 11, 2020

The first three tools are only relevant if you’re going to generate significant content yourself: Teten.com , my blog and content marketing strategy. I record here the books I’ve read, not as diligently as I should. 3) Documenting best practices. I agree with Fred Wilson on the value of owning your own platform. Goodreads.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 25, 2022

How to fix the mistake of losing focus of what really matters: Having a clear strategy in place helps to say NO by agreeing and focusing on goals and priorities. The challenge here is that in a startup, you will probably have to adjust the strategy more often. It’s so easy, and there are many books on how to build startups.

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