socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Our interview this morning is with David Sacks, CEO of Geni.com, an online family tree and social networking site, as well as Yammer, the instant messaging startup spun out of Geni.com at TechCrunch50. Most social networking sites have a problem with having lots of pageviews, but advertising that isn't very valuable.

Yammer 133

Yammer Geni Startup Southern California 133

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 21, 2010

The idea is that in a world in which companies need to deal with customer support requests from Twitter, Facebook, email, phone, IM, etc. Collaboration in business starts and ends with email. In business you spend your life in email. Increasing this is also migrating to social network messaging but email is still king.

Venture Capital 265

Venture Capital Capital Email Blogging 265

socalTECH

JUNE 21, 2011

Unfortunately, despite the wealth of Internet based tools for email management, web-based sales management tools, and more, contact tracking has been mostly an afterthought in the Internet age. CRM systems today don't do a good job of even integrating email, much less social. Describe how you integrate all those relationships?

Google 216

Google Tool Email Sales 216

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 29, 2010

5: Q: “What’s the best way to get a VC’s attention in an email&# – I’ve written about this topic so more in depth is here on How to Access a VC as well as I Emailed a VC and Never Heard Back – What Now? Second – don’t send unsolicited emails to VCs. Minutes 18.30 – 26.30.

Venture Capital 282

Venture Capital Capital Startup Pricing 282

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 24, 2012

Sanebox (Email Organization) : Service that uses algorithms to organize your email into what’s important and what’s not. YouMail (Voicemail Automation): Voicemail service that transcribes your voicemail into text and sends you an email and/or text message. It works amazing well. Tips: Trust it.

Tool 112

Tool Tips Yammer Organization 112