Welcome to our first episode of BIG IDEAS by NEW ECONOMIES - a show where we learn how the most iconic founders have turned crucible moments into global companies. Our guest on today’s episode is Wade Foster, the co-founder of Zapier which helps companies with software automations and more.

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In this episode we cover the founding story of Zapier and which tech trends Wade is most excited about and the types of businesses that could be created from them.

Chapters:

(00:00 ) Intro

(02:10 ) Building Zapier

(05:30 ) Growth strategies

(08:45 ) Building the team

(10:43 ) Bootstrapping vs. VC

(14:53 ) Lessons from YC

(17:05 ) Navigating growth

(18:57 ) Adapting AI

(21:19 ) The future of AI

(26:34 ) AI bubble?

(28:33 ) AI Fluency

(36:05 ) Trends

Links mentioned in this episode:

* Subscribe to NEW ECONOMIES

* Follow Ollie on LinkedIn

* Follow Wade on LinkedIn

* AI Fluency by Wade

* Try Zapier

See you in the next episode!

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