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Square Review
Overview We’ve been following Square since they launched in 2009, back when the idea of a swipe-based smartphone processing system with no monthly fee and no equipment cost sounded more or less like a fairy tale, too good to be true. Fast forward a few short years –...
How Thumbtack Plans To Be Your One-Stop Local Services Shop For Plumbers, Chefs And Belly Dancers
Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta always knew his startup would be a family affair. It began in 2009 in his brother’s house until his elder sibling couldn’t stand the ruckus and kicked him out. Zappacosta got his parents to be the first testers of Thumbtack’s website, a...
5 Quality Email Marketing Tools Not Named AWeber
Sign up for just about any old online newsletter these days and there’s a good chance that the confirmation email you receive will include the mark of AWeber, perhaps the name in vertical response marketing. And why shouldn’t it be so recognizable? It’s got plenty of...
Timetonote.com – A Simple And Free CRM (Customer Relationship Management)
Timetonote is a free web based software collaboration tool that helps you and your team keep track of all interactions with customers, leads, or anyone important to your business. It helps you keep track of your contacts information and of what needs to be done next...
Google Capital Leads A $60 Million Series B Round To Help ZenPayroll Serve Larger Businesses
Cloud-based payroll processing startup ZenPayroll has closed on a $60 million Series B round, led by Google Capital. Emergence Capital Partners and Ribbit Capital also participated, along with existing investors General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers,...
The Amazon Dash Button Fiasco
Perhaps the giddiness over the Amazon Dash button is from boosters giving Amazon the benefit of the doubt. But far too many pundits and general observers are enamored with everything Amazon does. Under any other circumstance the idea would be seen for what it is:...