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How ChowNow Delivers Mobile Orders For Restaurants, With Christopher Webb

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It's a huge development task to develop your own mobile application, connect into Facebook, and create an online ordering system--unless you use the software from ChowNow (www.chownow.com), one of the newest startups to get funding here in Los Angeles. The platform can be divided into three products. One is the mobile app.

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Why Your Marketing Campaign Sucks

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Creating awareness for your brand and products is one of the lifebloods of technology startups yet in a world where so many companies are being created it becomes difficult to rise above the noise. Ever notice how some companies tend to be in the press all the time and your big new product launch struggled for inches?

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Connecting with People and High Level Communication (A TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 Experience)

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This was my second TCDisrupt conference, however my first attending as press. The visible press pass label is a people magnet – most people you pass want to talk, discuss, pitch. I received dozens of long emails each day with press releases, pitches, news and information. Most emails were nothing short of a report.

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Why Most of Your Assumptions About Phone Calls are Wrong

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All the data actually suggests with the growth of mobile, inbound sales calls will double from 30 billion to 60 billion in 3 years (source: Kelsey). In fact 61% of all mobile searches where a customer contacts a business it is via a phone call (source: Google). Some quick data that I pulled from EmailisNotDead.com (mid 2012).

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Great Startups Sell Around Gartner Hype Predictions

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back in 1995 meant to apply to technology product evolution and acceptance. The first phase of a hype cycle is the technology trigger or breakthrough, product launch or other event that generates significant press and interest. Consequently, the press usually abandons the topic. Plateau of productivity.

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SURE: Bringing The Insurance Industry Into The Digital Age, With Wayne Slavin

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The insurance industry today is one of the last industries to fully jump into adopting technology for offering up their products, says Wayne Slavin , CEO and founder of SURE (www.sureapp.com), and just needs some help in getting there. Those brands have pretty good products. We were eventually acquired by a large competitorin 2012.

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How to Talk to a Journalist When You Only Have 30 Seconds

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In order to prepare for TechCrunch Disrupt 2012 I reviewed company bios via the official site and read taglines that said “cool” rather than what the company does. It was a surprise knowing these start ups have spent $1000s for the chance to be noticed by the right influencer, whether it be a venture capitalist, early adopter or the press.

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