The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

Instead of dividing enterprise automation into those categories, I'll stick to a people-first framing here—because automation is only valuable if it actually helps teams work better. Using Zapier and AI, Remote's IT team built a fully automated, multi-channel help desk that's transformed how they deliver support.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

If the retailer can get the product “exclusively” (even for just a time window) then it hopes to get more customers shopping at its store or watching its video channel vs. its competitors. It starts with a category being done poorly, reimagining the experience, creating distinctive products and then constantly messaging this to the market.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

As you type, Wix distills your answers into a site profile, including essential details like your business's category, location, and goals. It's a novel way to put a website together: it feels like a "website coach" is nudging you through the process. You can test either app for free.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 11, 2025

Every other term on this list falls under the umbrella of AI, so it's a pretty fuzzy category to define. It requires sensing, planning, and execution modules, and it (hopefully) has safeguards and override channels in case things go awry.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 8, 2025

Whether it's the names of individuals, categories of products, or song titles, as long as the information is organized within a framework, it's structured data. Descriptive text: Think names (of people, products, companies), categories, or titles of works. Use unstructured data when you need to.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 23, 2011

It has become a short form premium destination that is verticalizing content in category channels. They aggregate other people’s content and curate it into categories. Do you think a multi-channel distribution strategy is important to guard against unforeseen changes? (51:30 Why do you think Veoh didn’t succeed?

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

That makes both of these amazing companies great channels for startups. I still think it was Amazon that created this category not the other way around. Facebook is a “platform cloud&# provider, too. It seems if anybody wants to move more toward open it will be Salesforce.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 11, 2011

He invented the category of sponsored search. At the time when you did a search on Lycos, Alta Vista or similar for a category such as Cars you ended up getting 9 spam results and 1 proper website to meet your needs. The Wedding Channel. All of that are in this week’s episode of This Week in VC. Overture (Goto.com).

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Revolution

APRIL 6, 2021

As short-form media consumption and the effectiveness of influencer-style marketing have increased, and as enterprises continue to search for better customer acquisition and engagement channels, podcasting has been fueled to a multi-billion-dollar category with nearly 2M shows hosted in 2020¹. Stay tuned! [1]

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Revolution

JULY 21, 2021

While nearly all categories of advertising have automated media buying, only 2 percent of OOH spend is currently programmatic. Place Exchange is reinventing the category with powerful, engaging consumer experiences. Despite the category overall taking a hit, Place Exchange saw its monthly revenue grow over 12X in 2020.

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Paul G. Silva

JUNE 3, 2021

Each key stakeholder (payers, users, channel partners, etc.) Type – Stakeholders tend to fall into predictable categories: the one who pays you, the one who uses the product, the one who connects you to the customer, etc. And so was born the KISS (Keep It Super Simple) Canvas. gets their own row. KISS Canvas (Lite).

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 4, 2021

As DevOps SaaS platform Esper continues to build out the category and the number of connected devices grows, the company took on another round of funding to stay ahead of demand. trillion category by 2027 and the number of active IoT-connected devices ??is It is also working with partners and creating other channels.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 6, 2022

To many people, e-commerce is synonymous with shopping on Amazon, but the reality is that a retailer has the option to use a bundle of different channels to sell and market products, and many do. But that also means there are a number of companies providing services in the same category as Productsup.

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Y Combinator

MAY 6, 2020

Consumers’ desire for social engagement while shopping is highlighted by sales within categories. Social shopping is particularly important for categories where consumers seek feedback or recommendations from friends. To maximize this effect, Pinduoduo launched in the fruits and vegetables category.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Next, you need to establish your growth goals and determine the channels you’ll use to further engage your existing customers and to connect with new ones. Define your channels. There are many marketing channels to use to engage with your audience. Continue providing value across your channels. Establish your goals.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 7, 2021

Glia , which has built a platform that not only integrates and helps manage different customer support channels, but also provides tools to help agents proactively get into a customer’s app or web page to help them find things or fix issues, is today announcing that it has picked up $78 million in a Series C round of funding.

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American Entrepreneurship

AUGUST 16, 2024

The winners in six categories are: Bonterra , Best Overall, used Large Language Models (LLMs) to streamline the grant review process for funders, a major challenge in the grant-making space.

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TechCrunch

JULY 13, 2021

While originally they were mostly about brand building and having a publishing channel, these days, they are directly tied to revenue. .” As Rosen noted, the role of company websites has changed quite a bit since Pantheon launched almost a dozen years ago.

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Paul G. Silva

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Each column represents a stakeholder: payers, users, channel partners, employees, etc. Type – Stakeholders tend to fall into predictable categories: the one who pays you, the one who uses the product, the one who connects you to the customer, etc. Each row answers a key question about a stakeholder.

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Y Combinator

JULY 24, 2020

US retail (which includes categories such as gifts, home goods, groceries, pharmacy goods, apparel, and cosmetics) generated $3.3 The most common example of this phenomenon is in the books category. Similarly, independent establishments in Faire’s core categories have grown from 1.47 trillion of revenue in 2017 2.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 8, 2021

million, and will be used to expand the number of categories in its app, adding night clubs, karaoke bars and catering, for example, and enter new countries, including Thailand, Singapore and Japan. For example, both SoftBank-backed Klook and PickTime now also offer local bookings for many categories that overlap with FunNow.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 21, 2021

You might not have realized it yet, but “cloud marketplaces aren’t just one more channel for selling software – it’s becoming the channel,” a16z’s Martin Casado wrote last March. The investor joined Tackle’s board when his firm led the startup’s Series B round, and sees it as a category leader.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 28, 2021

CK’S entered the United States with ice cream and is now leading in velocity per store in that category, he added. This year, the company launched a line of Keto protein bars, starting on its direct-to-consumer and Amazon channels, with plans to expand into retail stores by the end of the year. At the end of 2019, N!CK’S

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TechCrunch

MARCH 15, 2022

Cowbell Cyber, a full-stack insurance company that provides cyber insurance to SMEs, has closed a Series B of $100 million, which it will be using to continue investing in its data science and “risk engineering”, as well as underwriting tech, claims management, its reinsurance business Cowbell Re, and expanding its go-to-market channels.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 28, 2024

In doing so, each built the beginnings of what are now category-defining businesses. This has predominantly happened through acquisitions , and Morningstar can immediately increase the value of these businesses as it has an established sales channel and an industry-leading brand.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 5, 2010

We all know Friendster was the trailblazer in this category allowing people to create personal pages and connect to other people in a LinkedIn style but without the “business&# and with a little more interactivity (let’s face it, for the longest time most users “friended&# people on LinkedIn but then never really did much else).

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Consumer packaged goods brands that are reinventing themselves already have successful product lines, but few brands are taking a look at certain categories she said are ripe for reinvention, like cereal. Immi sells its product via its own online store, but would like to expand into wholesale channels and online grocers.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 29, 2022

YouTube picked up Super Sema’s first season, acquired its distribution rights and launched the series on its YouTube Originals channel in March 2021. Since its launch, Super Sema’s YouTube Channel has attracted more than 40 million views. The Kukua team. It was a constant hit. Immediate plans include launching a U.S.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 28, 2021

Email has the highest return on investment of any other marketing channel. And the best part is that email is an owned channel, which means you can reach your subscriber directly instead of relying on social media algorithms to surface your content. Before getting into marketing, Stewart was a semi-professional lumberjack.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Existing category and revenue growth management tools from data providers are afterthought add-ons and lack predictive capabilities,” Mirpuri asserted. Insite AI has changed the concept of category and revenue growth management in consumer brands.”. “We are seen as [the] solution of choice.”

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2020

They, too, could benefit from testing out new channels and techniques to attract customers, help them with discovery and more. It is not alone in that category: There have been a number of others playing on the same concept to emerge both in Europe and the U.S.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Administered by the National Research Foundation (NRF), the fund channels a significant investment of $10 million on a matching basis. It includes two primary categories: tourism companies undertaking capability development initiatives and technology companies contributing innovative products and services tailored for the tourism sector.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

We tend to work with CEOs looking for category expertise and track record in the space. We have a history of investing in the sector and will continue to do so as we see new, category-defining companies arise. Has the new interest from generalist investors made valuations too bubbly, or is the market growth helping everyone?

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TechCrunch

APRIL 7, 2021

Retail Watch currently focuses on center shelves, where packaged goods are usually stocked, but will expand into categories like fresh food and produce. Its proprietary computer vision technology was also designed specifically for use in retail stores, and identifies individual SKUs on shelves, regardless of category.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 22, 2022

The research found that while many startups, retail pharmacies, and e-commerce players such as Jumia and Copia remain active in digitizing distribution, customers ordering over-the-counter products from their online channels appeared small.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2021

It is also increasingly looking at opportunities to build sales and customer relationships outside of the Amazon ecosystem, using other marketplaces, other sales channels and in some cases direct-to-consumer plays.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 19, 2020

Businesses should continue to provide uninterrupted service to their customers as much as possible, especially if it’s the kind of business that falls under the essential product category. The next is the team. Companies should fight to save as many jobs as possible. The third aspect is the shareholders and investors.

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