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. Those are the ones I'll cover here.

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Forward Cities

JUNE 11, 2025

Overview Forward Cities, a national nonprofit committed to inclusive economic growth through entrepreneurship, seeks a strategic consulting partner to co-design and implement a set of field-informed solutions that advance Durham’s entrepreneurial ecosystem.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

Informal meeting minutes template Download template Best for: team huddles, brainstorms Need to collaborate or strategize in a more casual, creative environment but don't want to forget all the brilliant ideas you spitball? A more informal meeting minutes template is perfect for this use case.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 10, 2025

The RACI model—which stands for responsible, accountable, consulted, and informed—would have gotten us the Instagram-worthy escape time we'd hoped for. RACI is an acronym that stands for responsible , accountable , consulted , and informed. Think creatives, developers, analysts, and other worker bees.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

MARCH 27, 2024

Have you seen the new study in Nature that “conclusively proves” remote work harms innovation and creativity? The narrative that traditional, in-person work environments are the sole breeding grounds for innovation and collaborative breakthroughs has dominated the discourse.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 12, 2010

How can you send some young MBA “biz dev type&# out into battle to sign up partners when you’ve never met with your potential business development collaborators and heard what their goals are and how you can meet them? It is a consultative sale. Also, this goes equally for business development. That’s what they do.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

DECEMBER 30, 2020

Contributed by Noelle Fauver, marketing consultant and writer. . Use project management platforms and collaborative tools to stay in touch, monitor progress, and track task completion.”. Unwavering creativity. From Apple and Nike to Uber and Facebook, many of the world’s most recognized brands were born from a creative idea.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Keith Roberts, founder and creative director at Zenman. COVID-19 has shown us that we can be productive and can collaborate effectively in a remote environment. Raymond Chou, founder and CEO at Infront Consulting Asia Pacific. Transition completely to virtual and focus on profit vs. revenue.

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

MARCH 25, 2021

Some of the common best practices to keep in mind when building an inclusive workplace, according to Ideal , include fair treatment and equal access to opportunities; a focus on teamwork and collaboration; representation at all levels; diversity, equity and inclusion training, and education; and effective and consistent communication.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 24, 2023

This valley is home to public entities like the Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator , Gyeonggi Center for Creative Economy and Innovation (GCCEI), Gyeonggi Creative Content Agency, Korea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), and Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), to name a few. for companies.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 4, 2021

Braeden answered them in a big block of a paragraph about who he was working with—a bunch of consulting shops I’d never heard of, with specific down to the dollar costs for materials like carbon fiber, specific battery types, etc. Not to mention what actually went into the costs. I had, as they say, “All the questions.”

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement. But the No.1

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StartupNation

JULY 19, 2021

Schedule a Consultation with AccessPoint. Baby boomers are described as confident, ambitious, hardworking and collaborative as well as those who appreciate commitment, synergy and responsibility. Schedule a Consultation with AccessPoint. To learn more, schedule a consultation with AccessPoint today. Baby boomers.

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AsiaTechDaily

AUGUST 10, 2023

Launched in 2006, Pangyo Techno Valley has evolved across its three phases, fostering a collaborative ecosystem comprising businesses, support entities, and national government involvement. These businesses benefit from office spaces, mentorship, and IR consulting to help them expand globally.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

This morning Mural , a startup that builds digital collaboration software with a focus on visual presentation, announced that it has closed a $50 million Series C. Mural’s product focuses around a visual collaboration space, akin to a digital whiteboard. Visual collaboration startup MURAL raises huge $118M Series B.

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AsiaTechDaily

OCTOBER 6, 2023

Register According to the “2022-2024 Global Semiconductor Revenue Forecast” report released in April 2023 by Gartner, a global IT research and consulting firm, the semiconductor market is expected to decline in 2023 due to declining demand for electronic products and oversupply of semiconductors.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 19, 2021

Marketers leverage the strength of the IP to establish collaborations with large companies, such as pharma companies and institutions, such as the government, universities or hospitals. To this end, marketers develop creative ways to gather lists of, and information on, key contacts at these potential partners. Go-to-market.

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StartupNation

JUNE 10, 2021

Creative minds can also teach things like how to play the piano or paint over a video call. Online consulting. Startups and small businesses often do not have the capital to bring on full-time experts to solve their complex challenges, but many do turn to consultants. App development.

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Startup Blogpost

OCTOBER 20, 2023

21 Ways to Encourage Collaboration Among Startup Team Members To help you foster collaboration among your startup team members, we’ve gathered twenty-one insightful tactics from CEOs and founders. This approach not only sparks creativity and problem-solving but also enhances communication and teamwork.

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Feedough

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

While our platform provides consistent, higher-paying work for creative freelancers on teams that they have an affinity toward, our algorithm lets us scale operations. 150birds CEO and founder Rick Koletavitoglu was a marketing consultant curating and managing marketing teams for high-growth startups in Silicon Valley.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Paulo is the co-founder of Vale do Dendê (Dende Valley) and AFAR Ventures , a global diversity and inclusion creative and consulting agency that identifies opportunities for multinational brands, corporations and investors in emerging markets. Paulo Rogério Nunes. Contributor. Tara Sabre Collier. Contributor.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

Dawn Hart , Senior Consultant, Manage With Hart Rule Out Misunderstandings First Listen, ask questions, and gather all the context. While it fosters creativity and agility, it can also present challenges like long hours, ambiguity, and an intense work environment. It all boiled down to listening and communicating.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

This financial leader could well have come through the finance org at another startup or at a larger company but they often also can come from strategy consulting (Bain, BCG or McKinsey) or through investment banking (Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, etc.).

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Their culture is flexible and collaborative, making it a top Detroit startup to work at, and they’re constantly innovating and helping small businesses find the banking tools they need. Integral is a technology consulting firm that’s making the world a better place by leveraging their tech superpowers. FinTech companies. GreenLancer.

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TechCrunch

JUNE 16, 2021

How do you build this complex collaboration from scratch? Consultants and agencies can be great additions to this effort, especially if they have previously solved the types of problems you face. Growth marketer and investor Susan Su tells us that the solution is not just more software tools. The rest will fall in line from there.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

From collaborating for brand awareness and leads to sharing costs and growing with partnerships, discover the key strategies these leaders recommend for capitalizing on business partnerships. At my marketing agency, AS Marketing, we regularly work with partners to collaborate on events like webinars.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2022

As illustrated by games like AI Dungeon, AI — while imperfect — can inject surprising creativity and novelty into branching narrative storytelling. “ Inworld is a creative platform for building virtual characters for immersive realities. Inworld AI was founded on this premise.

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FundersClub

JULY 13, 2017

" Treating work from home as an always-available free option can snarl meeting schedules and other creative processes at the office. But using video can make people feel more connected to the group, says Steve Kokinos, the co-founder of Fuze , which makes communications and collaboration tools for teams.

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Smart Hustle Magazine

JUNE 4, 2021

The SoGoal funding source is a result of the collaboration between Winky Lux, Bluemercury, and the SoGoal Foundation. You can also apply if you’re a freelancer or an entrepreneur in the creative industry. For this, the NAACP collaborated with Bacardi to provide small black-owned businesses with the Backing the B.A.R

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StartupNation

AUGUST 4, 2021

Many companies are emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic with a hybrid work model, meaning some employees will return to the office at least part-time, but others will collaborate remotely. Members frequently collaborate, hire one another or refer work through our community. When — and where — can your team get together?

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Software development at its best is a creative endeavor. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. I’ve worked remotely — by choice, for a selection of employers both large and small, as well as my own freelance consultancy — for more than a decade. Give the gift of autonomy.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 5, 2024

How to Run a Company With Two 10-Minute Weekly Meetings and Post-It Notes Barry Raber (EO Portland), a serial entrepreneur and CEO of real estate investment firm Business Property Trust , shared his insights on how to keep team meetings short and sweet with an effective system that fosters collaboration and engagement. But the No.1

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Startup Blogpost

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

By valuing autonomy and granting decision-making authority, I’ve seen increased engagement and creativity among my team. By embodying this hospitality-driven approach, I’ve seen improved team morale, increased creativity, and stronger collaborations. ” This struck a chord. Artem Minaev , Co-Founder, PlayToday.co

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Smart Hustle Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Facilitators rate teams in the following categories: Open/Closed; Focused/Scattered; Aggressive/Passive; Active/Reactive; Deductive/Creative; and Independent/Dependent. They are closest in the deductive versus creative area. Employers should take note of the characteristics of the members of the top 2% teams vs. the bottom 2%.

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AsiaTechDaily

JUNE 28, 2023

hereafter Korea IDC, CEO Han Eun-seon), an IT market analysis and consulting agency, the AI market is expected to grow by 17.2% For example, in 2020, Samsung Electronics, SKT and Kakao collaborated to develop future AI technologies, study AI utilization methods to solve social challenges, and expand the base of AI technologies.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 14, 2020

.” He described it as a progression along the same trajectories of “what Twilio did by coming in with APIs for communications, and Figma did with its concept of collaboration.” These days, the medium, as they say, is the message, and in that regard “publishing” has taken on a new meaning in the digital age.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

It was properly collaborative, not a blackbox agency arrangement. Help TechCrunch find the best software consultants for startups. We also believe that product design is not just a creative field; it’s a matter of performance: One design will always outperform the other. ” Can you explain?

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