The Zapier Blog

JUNE 9, 2025

Gantt charts : While the Kanban board is the go-to lead-nurturing organizational framework, a Gantt chart app can also help you map leads and campaigns to the agents who will nurture them.

construction

StartupNation

JUNE 25, 2025

Instead, I pivoted, hard, into construction. The Resilience of Blue-Collar Industries: Unlike tech or finance, industries like construction and home services are less susceptible to rapid technological disruption. They choose franchisees who are good business owners, regardless of construction expertise.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Use a framework like MoSCoW (must have, should have, could have, won't have), RICE (reach, impact, confidence, effort), MIT (most important task), or whatever prioritization acronym makes you feel productive. You can still make changes, but they'll need to go through a formal process (more on that below). Show them the trade-offs.

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Hunter Walk

MARCH 24, 2025

Say more about what that means (you cover some in your manifesto ) and how it influences your investment decision framework? I talk about my investment decision-making framework in detail here I focus on gaining an understanding of a persons motivation, spike, commercial aptitude, and how magnetic they are.

advice

This is going to be BIG.

SEPTEMBER 13, 2012

The image translators work for the construct program. Whether you believe in 1% conspiracies or not, most would agree that those in power want to stay in power and a complicated legal framework helps stall social innovation and maintains the status quo. Neo: Do you always look at it encoded? Cypher: Well you have to.

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Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 17, 2011

The creative process - Whenever I need to do any task that requires insight I have to be able to visualize – to literally SEE the decision framework. My framework gives me a deeper understanding of the sector. Anyway, having my framework now gives me the basis for a dialog with anybody in the industry.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

Construction project template Make a copy If you're looking to plan a construction project , try this template. Best for: Planning projects in construction or with multiple contractors 13. To use this one, check out more detailed spreadsheet DIY instructions. Best for: Agile teams with structured feature rollouts 12.

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Startup Blogpost

MARCH 15, 2024

It’s a testament to how constructive conflict, when handled well, can drive innovation and strengthen team bonds. Ethan Hynes , Founder and Home Expert, You Comfort Promote Empathy and Constructive Dialogue When it comes to resolving conflicts among startup team members, empathy and communication are key.

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Startup Blogpost

JANUARY 5, 2024

Antony Deroshan , Founder, Domain Coasters Implement the OKR Framework Accountability is a crucial attribute that a startup team must possess to achieve success and maintain productivity. To help achieve this, the ‘OKR’ (Objectives and Key Results) framework can serve as an effective technique.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 13, 2022

The trillion-dollar construction industry isn’t known for its efficiency, accused of failing to move with the times and ignoring digitization in favor of legacy tools, Paul reports. There is plenty of evidence that things are changing, with countless startups raising large sums of cash to help the construction industry modernize.

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

At its core, Playbyte’s game creation is powered by its lightweight 2D game engine built on web frameworks, which lets users create games that can be quickly loaded and played even on slow connections and older devices.

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Ian Hathaway

MARCH 31, 2020

As venture capitalist and economic historian Bill Janeway remarked : “… the federal government funded construction of a platform on which entrepreneurs and venture capitalists could dance.” What may be less known is the federal government’s central role in the birth and early development of the venture capital industry specifically.

venture capital

TechCrunch

JULY 29, 2021

We then construct a framework as part of our growth program that also allows room for certain beliefs a company has. Next, instead of fixed numbers, like a specific amount of new customers in a given period, we focus on growth levers, like month-over-month growth in certain conversion or activation areas.

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Impact Hub

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

The winning project of Raíz’s first edition was Sustein Material , a startup driven by Simon Gonzalez that addresses the reuse of healthcare waste for construction materials. Did you know that 100% of the sanitary waste discarded in hospitals and health centers ends up in landfills or incinerated? shares Impact Hub Barcelona.

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Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

Some countries, particularly in Latin America, boast strong legal frameworks, but even when laws are in place, the economic, social and bureaucratic barriers to employment are immense. Across different regions and countries, the disparity in work rights and conditions for refugees varies widely.

entrepreneurship

Impact Hub

JUNE 19, 2024

Some countries, particularly in Latin America, boast strong legal frameworks, but even when laws are in place, the economic, social and bureaucratic barriers to employment are immense. Across different regions and countries, the disparity in work rights and conditions for refugees varies widely.

entrepreneurship

Angel Capital Association

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Investing in Decentralized Finance (DeFi) Decentralized finance, commonly known as DeFi, is transforming the landscape of financial transactions by harnessing the potential of smart contracts within a peer-to-peer framework. But what approach should an investor take to participate in DeFi? Time horizons also play a role.

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Andreessen Horowitz

MARCH 5, 2024

So those were really constructive. Martin: Yeah, do you think we can expect some legislation framework come out of this? Members gave a lot of positive feedback about it. We learned a lot in the process. Martin: What are your key takeaways having sat through them? Young: Well, two really. We want to keep it that way.

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Andreessen Horowitz

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Brief History Of Game Engines Humans have always desired to construct and explore worlds of our own imagination. A game engine is the canvas by which these real-time 3D interactive worlds are constructed and rendered. Incite Interactive is building a platform to build AI native narrative-based games.

incumbents

TechCrunch

MARCH 31, 2021

I regularly meet smart, successful, highly competent and normally very confident leaders who struggle to navigate a constructive or effective conversation on ML — even though some of them lead teams that engineer it. This framework is often more important than the ability to apply the most sophisticated models.

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Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Pipeline prioritization framework Top-down or bottom-up? Have you “turned over every stone” for all targets amenable to your modality or platform construction, or did you take an indication-centric approach to building your pipeline? This may include foundational work from academic founders or related work in the field more broadly.

financing

TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I’ll focus primarily on the seed landscape here, but the Cobra Kai framework applies just as readily to later stage funds as well. Before diving into that, let me quickly set the stage for what the competitive landscape looks like for emerging managers these days. Angel/seed pre-money valuations by quartile. Image Credits: Fika Ventures.

frameworks

TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

” Matillion has answered that with a framework and system that can both identify data sources and basically bring order to them, without needing to move the data from one place to another in order to be used. But the problem is that the world’s ability to innovate with data is constrained.

frameworks

Tomasz Tunguz

MARCH 23, 2015

The best part about this section is that it provides a framework for each company to determine the characteristics of the right sales people for their startup. In addition, he shares the questions used to evaluate where a candidate falls along the spectrum of these five characteristics.

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Ben Franklin Technology Partners

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Gig and Take is helping us expand our talent pool and see the possibilities beyond normal shift schedules.” – Susan Wallace, VP-HR at Carlisle Construction Materials (CCM). As the debate about the gig-economy rages on, alternative, innovative employment frameworks are emerging.

construction

Jason Malki

JANUARY 6, 2023

My partners and I had already come up with a means of measuring the value of “green” using the universally accepted practice of cost benefit analysis (See Sustainable Return On Investment Framework). We encountered one, critical problem. CBA is complex, time consuming, expensive, and only the largest projects could afford it.

investing

TechCrunch

JULY 2, 2021

Smart-building products include everything from connecting landlords with tenants to managing construction sites. According to Sid Trivedi, a partner at Foundation Capital, and seven-time CIO Mark Settle, IT managers need to replace existing DLP frameworks with a new one that centers on DMP — data misuse protection.

venture capital

Andreessen Horowitz

APRIL 30, 2024

This must be true” And he said, “We’ll construct a BioChem major just for you, and we’ll emphasize simulation. ” And in 1993, before LinkedIn, you had to go do some digging to construct that list, and I thought, “I’m broke, and AI isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.

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Reforge

JULY 12, 2022

In this piece, we will cover: The definition of coaching and how it fits into a manager’s portfolio Why most managers struggle to coach How to improve your coaching skills today We also created a new Coaching Reflection Template that you can use to instantly apply the coaching frameworks, tips, and ideas outlined in this article.

peer-to-peer

TechCrunch

JANUARY 25, 2023

One of the most remarkable things about construction robotics is the sheer breadth of tasks that can potentially be automated, Brian writes. It makes sense, then, that Built buys fellow construction robotics firm, Roin. Use code “DC” for a 15% discount on an annual subscription! Big Tech Inc.

networking

TechCrunch

MAY 2, 2023

As a CEO, your goal is to communicate the progress of the business clearly and elicit constructive feedback. They are examples of real, early-stage board slides from seed and Series A stage companies that did a great job informing their boards and driving constructive discussions. Then dive into the material!

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TechCrunch

MARCH 7, 2023

For construction companies, that figure rises to 53%. ” In a post aimed at nontechnical managers and senior developers, he shares a framework for building a core team consisting of data scientists, domain experts and data engineers who can build a system that can learn from its mistakes iteratively.

startup ecosystem

Andreessen Horowitz

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

I think it’s the best framework for executive hiring that I’ve seen. ” And so that framework helps think that through before you start talking to folks, which I think is very smart. The MOC Nolan Church: Yeah. You mentioned MOC and the MOC is something I was not aware of before I worked with you all.

energy

TechCrunch

MAY 14, 2021

Software companies that sell directly to end users share a simple framework for managing growth that leverages discoverability, desirability and do-ability — the “aha!” Construction tech unicorn Procore Technologies this week set a price range for its impending public offering. The Expensify EC-1.

development

This is going to be BIG.

OCTOBER 16, 2012

Stories create a construct-a framework to make sure we've accounted for all the parts. I don't know how these people are ever going to get an investment, get press or close a hire--because all off the above requires people to feel like they're a part of something bigger. I was watching a legendary story in the making.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JULY 23, 2021

EO has a framework for sustainability and how it will become net positive by 2030. While doing so, we had researched the residential construction industry because home automation was gaining momentum and represented a much greater market. EO is an avid supporter of the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) ?17 11 ) is no easy task.

sustainability

TechCrunch

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The Atlanta-based startup, which has raised $30 million in a Series B round of funding led by Coatue, claims that in 2021, its software helped design and construction professionals avoid 5x more carbon than Tesla. . Enter cove.tool , a startup that wants to make sure buildings are sustainable by design from the moment of inception.

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