Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 12, 2016

When I did my customer reference calls with some of the largest corporate buyers in the country who have adopted Tact I heard the same narrative repeatedly “We use CRM tools but our mobile workforce always struggled with adoption. This is the area where Tact has crushed it. Maybe 25% of the users would log in weekly.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Fishbone diagrams are tools used to help diagnose the cause of problems. A fishbone diagram is a tool to help in the analysis phase of a project. A sample fishbone diagram might include categories, such as: Possible causes. Problem-solving in a fishbone diagram is a graphical tool that uses brainstorming to solve problems.

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American Entrepreneurship

JUNE 6, 2025

The round follows David’s meteoric rise since its launch in late 2024 and positions the brand for continued growth as a leader in the functional food category.

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American Entrepreneurship

JULY 2, 2025

At the heart of this transformation are Levelpath’s AI Agents—autonomous, strategic tools embedded into the platform that help procurement teams operate smarter, faster, and with greater accuracy. Unlike traditional automation tools, Levelpath’s AI Agents are built for flexibility, adaptability, and real-time contextual awareness.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 18, 2020

Influencer parenting bloggers are already putting together lists of their favorites items in these categories and sharing them broadly. Virtual and Video Tools. This will speed up a transition that was already underway, and many organizations will likely continue to rely on these tools after they return to the office.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 19, 2025

I've grouped them into categories to make things easier to scan, but keep in mind: the best ads don't always fit neatly into a box. Facebook ad examples: Educational Education ads aim to teach the viewer something—whether it's how a product works, why a tool matters, or what action to take next.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 8, 2024

Ever since ChatGPT catapulted generative AI into public consciousness over a year ago, we’ve been introduced to thousands of new consumer products that incorporate the magic of AI — from video generators to workflow hacks , creativity tools to virtual companions. Read more on where we see potential in the AI music category here ).

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 9, 2021

Train employees not only to value and respect diversity but also to see each individual as they see themselves — not as a “category” or an “other.”. Lefkow said the internet has “obviously been an incredible tool for people economically … to access markets and to strengthen entrepreneurs and businesses.”

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 17, 2015

It’s the most ambitious and has had the most impact on our daily lives basically creating the modern category of retailing. I’ve heard from several people Apple has the same tool but you “out” people who leak information to the public or even talk with friends about confidential projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 7, 2013

Ethan had pointed out to me that merchants were being barraged by “deal site” wanting to drive customers in the door but they didn’t have great tools to manage their customers. And I certainly didn’t want him having to trapse up-and-down Sand Hill Road informing every VC of his next idea.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

These changes will create opportunities for founders across the entire stack of computer-aided design tools for architects, Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools, and finally integration with 3-D environmental models to understand and design the lifetime impact of the buildings.

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Tomasz Tunguz

JULY 30, 2020

There is a mega-trend underpinning the changes in data design philosophy and tooling: the rise of the data engineer. Data engineers are the people who move, shape, and transform data from the source to the tools that extract insight. The five trends that we are observing within the data world are the rise of those tools at each step.

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Ecosystem Builder Hub

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

It can be used as a storytelling tool to enable ecosystem organizations to see the different onramps and paths that different founders take, and identify what’s working as well as gaps that need to be addressed. Identify the categories of organizations and entities that will be included. Defining Categories of Information.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

In which categories do incumbents dominate—and where are new companies breaking out? Thus, this ranking serves as a tool to identify and understand category trends, and not as an exhaustive ranking of all consumer AI platforms. Alongside ChatGPT, this category includes Google’s Bard and Quora’s Poe, all ranked in the top 5.

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Tomasz Tunguz

FEBRUARY 26, 2025

They use pricing as an offensive tool to reinforce their product’s value and underscore the company’s core marketing message. Switching from the norm in your category introduces friction. It commodifies the category by reinforcing a single dominant purchasing parameter: performance. Slack is a notable exception.

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Andreessen Horowitz

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Anime as a media category has exploded in reach and cultural influence around the world. Halcyon Zero will be natively PC/mobile cross play and multiplayer, and Pahdo is opening up its developer tools for anyone to build their own anime games. We’re big fans of the Pahdo team’s approach.

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Paul G. Silva

MAY 10, 2021

Effective Tools Used By Launch413: A Case Study. Startups need tools and advisors to help them stay on track, do the right things at the right time, and maintain momentum. At Launch413, we deeply believe our tools should be sustainable and our advisors should be impactful. This is a repost from the Launch413 blog.

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Andreessen Horowitz

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Soon after, Google unveiled MusicLM, a text-to-music tool that generates songs from a basic prompt; Paul McCartney used AI to extract John Lennon’s voice for a new Beatles track; and Grimes offered creators 50% of the royalties for streams of songs that used an AI clone of her voice.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 8, 2021

Zapier , a well-known no-code automation tool, has purchased Makerpad , a no-code education service and community. The latter has seen recent rounds in the nine figures , as some corporations turn to low-code tools to help them more quickly build internal software. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

Streamline your invoicing workflows with automation Learn how And with so many great free invoicing tools out there, you can streamline the process without any upfront investment. There's no one perfect solution when it comes to the best free invoicing tools. I tested all the customization features for each of these invoice tools.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 18, 2024

They are at the forefront of industry transformation with their integrated tooling approach. Educating the Market : While existing point solutions are effective, they often slow down progress due to the significant effort required to stitch them together, operate multiple tools separately, and deal with a lack of a unified data layer.

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American Entrepreneurship

APRIL 16, 2025

In a bold move to transform the energy sector with cutting-edge AI, Collide, the category-defining GenAI platform for oil and gas professionals, has secured $5 million in seed funding. A high-precision, AI-native tool that delivers cited, contextual, and energy-specific insights to users in real time. The result?

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Revolution

JULY 6, 2021

We’re thrilled to back their vision for a new category of pet wellness that extends far beyond traditional pet insurance. We are also continuously connecting our members to resources and tools. We provide a suite of resources, tools, and even events to help educate employees.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 1, 2025

Over the past several years of updating this list, I've tested close to 50 different mind map tools, many multiple times as they've been updated and added new features—AI included. I've also made dozens of mind maps myself, both on paper and digitally. And, worst of all, if you lose your mind map, you don't have a backup.

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Jason Malki

OCTOBER 11, 2024

So many people overspend online simply because they don’t have the tools to compare prices easily. We are not simply building another price comparison tool; we are pioneering a comprehensive platform that empowers consumers with knowledge, fosters a sense of community, and ultimately redefines how we discover and purchase products online.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 5, 2025

But now the gate is wide open: vibe coding tools, as coined by Andrej Karpathy , are here to make you forget the code even exists. Before this category came into shape, we had a loosely formed category named AI app builders. Before this category came into shape, we had a loosely formed category named AI app builders.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2022

So you will see me invest in security infrastructure, developer tools, productivity applications, creative apps, generally enterprise-like sort of relational database applications that keep records, [and] verticals where I think the vertical is large, interesting and the data is affected by this, like comp bio. Image Credits: Sarah Guo.

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Hunter Walk

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Software and technology in general has driven down the cost of most creativity and powerful tools are in the hands of more than 1 billion human beings. Do these folks want to be the 100th investor chasing SaaS or do they want to define/invent new categories where they can be the thought leaders?

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 28, 2024

In doing so, each built the beginnings of what are now category-defining businesses. in 1981 after he was fired by Salomon Brothers, where he had been responsible for analytical tools for sales and trading. So the company was quick to couple its early lead with additional services, such as news and communication tools.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

An example of the systems companies build are pricing & revenue management tools to best help to optimize yield. The systems, algorithms and planning tools we have built were significantly more complex and differentiated than many other companies I had worked with over the past decade and form a much bigger barrier to entry.

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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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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 24, 2024

I’ve created two tools that have been downloaded by over 1,000 people that help get people aligned to goals: the Whole Life Dashboard and the Goal Ladder. You can use either tool each morning as part of a morning routine to focus your energy correctly. There are few categories of things to put on your Stop Doing List.

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Paul G. Silva

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

The product was useful to their business as a marketing and operations tool, but they wanted to build it into something more. PixelEdge Solution The client had deep experience in their industry, but they knew they wanted some outside guidance on ideation for their data aggregation tool.

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Dream It

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Since most CISOs use 50-100 products, you want to make sure that your product can easily be integrated with the tools the CISO is already using. Additionally, make sure your product meets essential requirements. What are these requirements?

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2023

Previously, filmmakers only used AI tools in post-production. Users can also search for, change or remove any breakdown element and add new categories. The visual reference tool is probably handy for set directors that want to visualize props for certain scenes. It can then be uploaded as a PDF file or into Final Draft.

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StartupNation

JULY 7, 2025

The two main categories are open-ended and closed-ended questions. We can broadly categorize market research questions into a few key types, and understanding these categories will help you craft the most impactful questionnaires and interview guides for your specific research goals. How often do you purchase products in this category?

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American Entrepreneurship

MAY 22, 2023

When broken down by industry AI models and tools reflected 25% of companies, with 25%, data platforms, ETL and BI 18%, developer and devops tools 10%, security 10%, fintech 8%, and defense/aero 5%. Early-stage companies ascended to the Enterprise Tech 30 more quickly with the 2023 cohort having a 2.3 years for 2022 and 5.0

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