The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

How to kickstart your AI automation strategy Automate intelligently with Zapier What is AI automation? Drives innovation: AI automation is a powerful R&D assistant. AI automation often comes into the picture through BPM strategies like process mining. IDP can automate and make sense of it all.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

These days that’s not the case and it’s a great outcome for entrepreneurs and for innovation. I understand why he wants to differentiate himself but I wonder if a scorched Earth strategy against the main funding source for your company pays in the long run. So in the past we needed VC to really get a startup going.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 14, 2017

Nearly every successful tech startup I’ve observed over the past 20 years has gone through a similar growth pattern: Innovate, systematize then scale operations. Innovate In the early years of a startup there is a lot of kinetic energy of enthusiastic innovators looking to launch a product that changes how an industry works.

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Revolution

MAY 11, 2023

At the end of the day, you want a thought partner who’s aligned with your strategy.” To make it easier to toggle between the three, there needs to be significant policy, financing, and physical transformation. The soundbite: “What distinguishes the apex innovators from behemoths who disappear? Seed- and Early-Stage U.S,

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Young Leaders of the Americas Initiative

DECEMBER 4, 2019

What advice would you give to entrepreneurs and professionals looking to finance their business? What advice do you have for entrepreneurs looking to expand—how can they use marketing strategies, social media, and product development to grow their businesses? Check out this talk from the guru of innovation, Clayton Christensen. .

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TechCrunch

MAY 17, 2023

Today is last day to cast your vote for Audience Choice roundtables and breakouts at Disrupt 2023. You pick the sessions you want at TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 Specifically, you help decide which of the 17 roundtable discussions and 15 breakout sessions will earn a spot on the Disrupt agenda. Voting ends at 11:59pm PDT tonight.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 13, 2011

We look at huge markets where there are large incumbents that might not be incented to innovate or react to what they perceive as an insurgent. It allows him the opportunity to do what he does best, finding and motivating entrepreneurs then thinking through market strategy. Big companies just don’t seem to innovate the same way.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Morgan’s head of digital investment banking and digital private markets, will join us onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt on October 18–20 in San Francisco. A leading financial advisor in the entertainment and sports industries, Roman focuses his holistic service model on creating and maintaining efficiencies within his clients’ finances.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 18, 2022

Welcome to the first day of TechCrunch Disrupt ! You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. You’ll find all the day’s programs, stage location and times listed in the Disrupt agenda and in the event app. Connectivity isn’t a nice-to-have for innovation.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 22, 2011

I spoke about how Amazon Web Services deserves far more credit for the last 5 years of innovation than it gets credit for and how I believe they spawned the micro-VC category. Or worse yet they may never get financed. Exactly the opposite of what a rational investment strategy would advise. I believe that. Have a cushion.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 13, 2023

It’s hard to believe it but TechCrunch Disrupt — only one of the most engaging, fun, well-attended startup events in the world — is around the corner, taking place September 19–21! Outsiders may not realize just how much work goes into planning Disrupt. If you want to receive this in your inbox every Sunday, sign up here.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

So it’s really hard to draw too many conclusions about whether the investment really makes sense because often you learn stuff in the fund raising about the future strategy of the company that might make you much more excited than somebody on the outside might be. Others I have not. Other deals. 2.2mm in Series A. 8.0mm in Series B.

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Dream It

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

Finishing is the ripest for disruption. AI has also begun to play a bigger role in the construction supply chain, production scheduling, labor management, insurance and financing, risk assessment etc. Innovative new startups are continually entering the space. Any other thoughts you want to share with TechCrunch readers?

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

APRIL 29, 2018

“The Middle East consists of developing nations and, sadly, we are consumers of innovation and create very little of it ourselves. I want to encourage more innovative thinking.”. Promoting Disruption. The first-ever FALAK UTS launched in May 2017 as a two-day summit on innovation and disruption.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 16, 2023

Delve into his story as it unfolds with lessons from filmmaking, startup ventures, and the fascinating world of technology innovations and investing. This gave me a front-row seat to the world of tech/innovation, and I began making some personal angel investments along the way.”

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

The new fund builds upon SoftBank’s $5 billion Latin America Fund, which was first announced in March 2019 and was formerly called the Innovation Fund with an initial $2 billion in committed capital. Recently, it co-led a $350 million Series D round in Argentine personal finance management app Ualá. billion as of June 30.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 2, 2021

The idea for a syndicate fund would come in the following months as the pandemic disrupted investment activities worldwide. Tijani is the co-founder and CEO of Co-Creation Hub (CcHub), a pan-African innovation hub with offices in Lagos and Nairobi. Bosun Tijani talks strategy as CEO of Africa’s new largest tech hub.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The broad-brush goals for the strategy are to increase growth in startup investments; attract and retain talent; promote scalability; and inject innovation into the public sector so it can bolster and support Spain’s digital development. “What we do is that work of coordination with all the ministries.

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American Entrepreneurship

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Investor confidence in Kin continues to climb due to its unique business strategy and market focus, which have produced systematic, capital efficient growth. The post Kin lands $33M in fresh financing from investors appeared first on American Entrepreneurship Today®. (doing its reinsurance business as HSCM Bermuda), and Alpha Edison.

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American Entrepreneurship

OCTOBER 17, 2023

This is particularly true of industries where technology is disrupting business models. Profitability and Viability : Gaining an understanding of the finances associated with particular businesses is very difficult to do. See if there are products or services that are in demand that are not being met.

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AsiaTechDaily

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Startup SG Founder The Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board Spring (SPRING) consolidates various startup assistance programs. The initiative aims to provide Singapore-based startups access to diverse funding sources and mentorship programs, nurturing innovative concepts into prosperous companies.

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) has quickly established itself as the go-to method of financing for a variety of purchases, particularly online. This financing model has primarily been available to customers shopping online, but customers outside the U.S. Which products or services are innovating? billion in revenue last year.

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Jason Malki

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

The company offers innovative, affordable payment solutions for a wide range of services, including elective treatments ranging from telehealth, fertility, dental, vision, and cosmetic to pet care. He also co-founded TruCom, an innovative communications company, culminating in its acquisition by Broadview Networks.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 10, 2023

The crypto venture capital industry has become more selective thanks to the general market downturn and wavering trust caused by a slew of scandals and market disruptions, but investors at major firms are still writing checks in the space.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 20, 2021

FOMO isn’t a strategy, it’s a tactic. It is one of the leaders in the no-code movement, and founder Howie Liu recently opened up its API to promote developer innovation atop its platform. Secondly, we are already well into planning TechCrunch Disrupt 2021! 3 steps to ease the transition to a no-code company.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 4, 2021

That strategy has also grown over time to include services for under-represented groups in these under-represented markets. Since launching in 2013, it has picked up more than 50 million customers and more than 1.5 million drivers in 40 countries, including 400,000 drivers in 70 cities on the African continent.

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TechCrunch

JULY 20, 2021

How do you think those qualities contribute to your success in working with startups and forming strategies? Marketing strategies that help find product-market fit are very different from acquiring your first 100 customers, which is very different from scaling your customer acquisition or lead generation. What problem are they solving?

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Forward Cities

MARCH 27, 2020

As the Economic Innovation Group states, “the startup-less recovery revealed one of the glaring failures of the response to the Great Recession.” As disruptive as COVID-19 is, new entrepreneurial opportunities will open up because of it. In the ensuing years, entrepreneurship in America struggled to recover.

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TechCrunch

DECEMBER 30, 2021

More experienced founders exist and specific markets, particularly in the Big Four (Nigeria, South Africa, Egypt and Kenya), show a mix of matured but still open-for-disruption traits. The only non-fintech deals were Andela and TradeDepot (although the latter has an embedded finance play).

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TechCrunch

MAY 10, 2022

Fixing a foundation after the superstructure is built is a costly, disruptive and sometimes impossible task,” Bechtel said. The companies will be evaluated by the same standards and lens as an investment from Brick & Mortar Ventures,” said Alice Leung, the firm’s vice president of platform and product strategy. “We

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TechCrunch

JULY 31, 2022

Bell, a corporate finance attorney and a former White House policy advisor for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, in a press release. Well, according to the Financial Revolutionist , “ If Elliott’s activist-investor takeover succeeds, then the hedge fund has several strategies at its disposal to correct the course at PayPal.”.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

Independent sponsors (groups seeking to acquire a company which do not have the equity financing needed in advance) earn nothing upfront, but earn 20% of the deals they facilitate. Similarly, certain Revenue-Based Finance investors (e.g., Helps daring companies with innovative consumer-facing solutions expand to new markets.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Notably, Maciel is the former managing partner at SoftBank’s $5 billion Latin America-focused innovation fund. The fund’s strategy is to go after the companies that are not actively raising capital. “ We like sectors that are prone for disruption in Latin America and that require local customization,” Maciel said.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 26, 2023

Specifically, Sequoia participated in Klarna’s $800 million financing ; Yokoy’s $80 million Series B; Telda’s $20 million seed round ; and Cococart’s $4 million seed financing. EarnIn is currently hiring across engineering, product, business development and finance among other departments in the U.S., More details here.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Even if you don’t have a marketing person on your team, there’s still enough time on the calendar to hire a part-timer by January 1 who can execute several of these strategies and tactics. Thanks very much for reading, Walter Thompson. Senior Editor, TechCrunch+. yourprotagonist. Image Credits: Bryce Durbin.

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StartupNation

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Top Detroit startup Guardhat raised nearly $42 million in funding in early 2021 to create innovative safety solutions for industrial IoT. They help users navigate away from assumptions or use of outmoded data to drive their marketing strategy. Automotive e-commerce startup Vroom is disrupting the entire automotive sales industry.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 20, 2021

“As the venture landscape becomes more a meritocratic environment where resumes and institutional affiliations matter less, these strategies can make the difference between a successful fundraise and a fruitless meeting,” says Agya Ventures co-founder Kunal Lunawat. Insider hacks to streamline your SOC 3 certification application.

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