The Zapier Blog

JUNE 25, 2025

You're launching campaigns, closing deals, onboarding customers—and trying to keep up with everything in between. But as your business grows, so does the complexity. Suddenly, every process has a hundred steps, five tools, and a dozen people involved. Things slow down. Data gets siloed. Think of it like a nervous system for your business.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 26, 2025

Scope creep is like that friend who shows up to your low-key game night with their roommate, their roommate's boyfriend, and their roommate's boyfriend's beer league hockey teammates. " We've all been there. And if you haven't, congratulations on having boundaries, I guess? Scope creep often begins innocently. "Could

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

There has always been tension between CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies and the retailers who sell their products to consumers. If a consumer will pay a fixed price for a product or service then the battle over who gets the margin in any sale is between the person who merchandises a product and the person who manufactures it.

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This is going to be BIG.

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

In February of 2017, Susan Fowler’s description of the pervasive cultural issues at Uber, after the company’s abject failure to address her sexual harassment complaints properly, finally broke through in a way that garnered the tech community’s appropriate attention. The company’s bad behavior was nothing new. They got worse.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 11, 2025

Sometimes a product comparison can be like comparing apples to oranges, but sometimes it can be like comparing lemons to oranges: kind of the same thing, but not really. If you're looking for a refreshing breakfast beverage, you're probably not reaching for a tall glass of fresh-squeezed lemon juice. It's also completely free.

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The Zapier Blog

JUNE 30, 2025

ImportRange, ImportData, ImportHtml, ImportFeed, or ImportXml formulas: These formulas can pull data from external sources but are generally limited to around 50 external references at once to avoid bogging things down. Google Sheets boasts a staggering 10 million cell limit. Once you get to ZZZ, it's time for a nap anyway.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 9, 2012

These engagements went well and he came highly referred by my friend Gary Swart who runs oDesk. The Dave I know is a tireless traveler and loyal to his friends the way Brad Feld is. Not much more. I think he could say “no” a bit more. He is tireless and works his arse off. But he knows that. I’ve been told so. And thoughtful.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 31, 2015

” So if you – or a friend or loved one – think you have ADD please take the time to watch the videos below and/or read brief texts that follow them. Let me start the post with three statements. I wasn’t even aware that I had ADD until I was 40 (I’m now 47) and knowing it has changed my life for the positive.

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This is going to be BIG.

MARCH 25, 2013

Back in 2006, when I started working on putting together some community groups for entrepreneurs and tech people, I looked for a better name to reference this collection of people. Tech community" seemed too much about people soldering things together and writing code. anyone using these barstools and this old printing press?"

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a sore loser. I don’t break tennis rackets, cry foul, fall over like an Italian soccer player or work the referees. Quite the opposite. I’m usually quite a gracious loser.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I keep my competitors as friends and those that didn’t choose me or my product as friends, too. Don’t get me wrong – I’m not a sore loser. I don’t break tennis rackets, cry foul, fall over like an Italian soccer player or work the referees. Quite the opposite. I’m usually quite a gracious loser.

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The Zapier Blog

JULY 9, 2025

I recently went on a 20-hour road trip that involved stuffing three adults, two dogs, a baby, and two grandparents' worth of Christmas gifts into a Subaru Forester. Table of contents: What are project management templates? A sales team could use a project tracking template to monitor lead generation efforts.

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Entrepreneurs' Organization

JANUARY 10, 2024

Successful companies answer these questions with a resounding “Yes!” How can you do this? Create a single document outlining your brand in vivid detail, then design training to educate all new hires, and implement performance metrics based on brand values. To create it, gather your team in a collaborative space away from your daily workplace.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 16, 2016

My thesis is that it will become a major I/O computing metaphor or as this field is sometimes referred to HCI ( human-computer interaction ). The major source of input throughout the past 50+ years has been a keyboard and then in the past 25+ years this added a friend called a mouse. Just sayin ’ ;) ) Voice is interesting.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 19, 2020

In marketing materials founders often refer to their customer base as a “community”, but there’s a huge gap between having customers and creating a community. Bevy is Emerging as a Leader in Software for Building Virtual Communities?—?with This had a dual purpose?—? These aren’t merely exercise methods?—?they they are communities and tribes.

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Revolution

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Founder-market-geography fit refers to the optimal alignment of three critical dimensions: the founding team’s competencies, the market demand for the startup’s solution, and the geographic location where the startup is based. In the last decade, we’ve socialized several Rise of the Rest-isms to describe investments that check those boxes.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Our newsletter has 2.5 million subscribers, but that’s not the number we actually care about. In August, we hit a major milestone at Morning Brew: 1 million opens. A single edition of the Morning Brew newsletter was opened by over 1 million people. For those who haven’t heard of Morning Brew , we’re a business media startup founded in 2015.

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StartupNation

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Having a sustainable and systematic customer acquisition strategy is an essential component of success for any organization, especially as a startup. Once you’ve implemented the basics to identify and attract new customers, you need to continue growing. Why is customer acquisition important? Building a customer acquisition strategy.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Influencers are inundated with requests for their time and have to develop filters of whom they trust and therefore who can refer them deals. The “what” is well known in LA circles – Troy discovered a little known young singer named Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta aka Lady Gaga and helped her launch her career.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 3, 2021

Before getting into marketing, Stewart was a semi-professional lumberjack. He also writes at stewarthillhouse.com. More posts by this contributor. Demand Curve: Questions you need to answer in your paid search ads. Demand Curve: Email marketing tactics that convert subscribers into customers. Choose a page you’d like to put a pop-up on.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

However, the analogy doesn’t fully capture the fact that Pix appeals to many more than just digitally savvy teenagers repaying friends for coffee. You could describe Pix as “a government-built version of Venmo,” as João Pedro Thompson, founder of fintech Z1, told TechCrunch. ”

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TechCrunch

MAY 20, 2021

Some have referred to the cities of Monterrey and Guadalajara as the “Silicon Valley of Latin America,” and while their tech sectors are also seeing tremendous growth, the pace falls short of Mexico’s talent production, leading to a surplus of highly trained and capable individuals in the tech sector. Gustavo Parés. Contributor.

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David Teten VC

MARCH 1, 2022

We may as well get compensated for referring them to others. Alpha Partners , Proof VC ) which share the carry earned in their coinvest to the referring party. The easiest way to work with and for VC funds is to become a part-time scout, getting paid for sourcing investments. But how do you do that? . How to find a job as a VC scout.

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TechCrunch

FEBRUARY 16, 2022

We may as well get compensated for referring them to others. There are a number of VC funds that share the carry earned in their co-investment to the referring party. In addition to formal scout programs, note that many VCs will structure one-off arrangements with “friends of the firm” to compensate them for sourcing.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 19, 2021

This helps prevent “greenwashing,” a term that refers to making something seem more environmentally-friendly or sustainable than it really is. Singapore-based fintech Hashstacs Pte Ltd (STACS) announced today it has raised $3.6 million USD in pre-Series A funding. Its core solution is a technology stack that is built around STACS blockchain.

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StartupNation

JANUARY 6, 2022

Angel investors can be friends or even family members or simply wealthy individuals with experience in business and finance. In this post, I’ll cover six realistic ways startups and entrepreneurs can fund their business , including: Incubators or accelerators. Angel investment. Venture capital or VC. Decentralized crowdfunding.

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StartupNation

MAY 30, 2021

We refer to a process that shines a light on real purpose with greater joy as the result. But is the proliferation of these events achieving the goal of helping people align with their life’s purpose? We’ve been invited to be guest speakers at many of these coaching events, so we have a behind-the-scenes perspective on these businesses.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

All four of us came to a friend who was a more experienced entrepreneur. We split the profit into four and celebrated a great deal with our dorm friends. Spoiler: this success story started from one cold email with a 100% match Photo by Belitsoft.com It was 17 years ago when me and my fellow students decided to create our own business.

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TechCrunch

MARCH 10, 2021

Other features include offering advance pay up to two days early with direct deposit, a 3% deposit bonus for referring friends, 0.3% Many things have accelerated in the world of fintech over the past year, not the least of which is the trend of digital banks aimed at specific communities in the U.S. Our needs are different.”. “A

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 30, 2014

They had been introduced by my friend Brian Garrett, a partner at Crosscut Ventures and the ambition outlined in their deck seemed almost unbelievable, “to make wireless charging of phones (and other devices) as easy as WiFi” that I had to see it for myself. That was three months ago this week.

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Startup Blogpost

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Ironically, that experience with our partners has given them the trust to become our clients and refer other clients as well. Ironically, that experience with our partners has given them the trust to become our clients and refer other clients as well. For instance, we recently became a Shopify Agency Partner.

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Entrepreneur's Handbook

APRIL 13, 2022

I got quite lucky because my all-time favorite hobby (I refer to coding) turned out to be a sought-after skill nowadays. However, I assume there is a high chance that aspiring entrepreneurs can get so caught up in the magic behind the words that they could be caught off guard when things become tough. And, by all means, they will.

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AsiaTechDaily

NOVEMBER 8, 2023

Register Gyeonggi Business & Science Accelerator (President Kang Sung-cheon, hereinafter referred to as GBSA) welcomed a delegation from the People’s Council of Hà Nam Province in Vietnam on November 1, introduced Pangyo Techno Valley , an exemplary case of a startup cluster, and discussed cooperation plans for benchmarking in Vietnam.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 25, 2022

The cards and systems pack Axelera’s Thetis Core chip, which employs in-memory computing for AI computations — “in-memory” referring to running calculations in RAM to reduce the latency introduced by storage devices. In addition, the Netherland Enterprise Agency awarded Axelera AI a $6.7

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 14, 2022

Whatever you do, don’t refer to LG’s incubator program LG Nova as a corporate venture capital (CVC) outfit. Below is my interview with Sokwoo Rhee, LG’s corporate SVP and head of the North America Innovation Center — LG Nova among friends. The interview is edited for clarity and length. “Are we a CVC?

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StartupNation

JANUARY 27, 2022

When social distancing became acceptable, some friends and I got together for a backyard barbecue. America truly is the land of opportunity, especially to people who grow up in third world countries and fight adversity every day while seeking to create a better life for themselves and their loved ones. Popongo was born.

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 12, 2020

A lot of the focus in online education — and, let’s face it, education overall — has been about professional development for knowledge workers, education for K-12 and how best to deliver cost-effective, engaging higher learning to those in college and beyond. “There are 5.9 “There are 5.9 “There are 5.9

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