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Customer Trust Is An Opportunity With A Huge Payback

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to believe that most of the data gathering in the real world, and on the Internet, is done by businesses to help you find what you want, protect you, and improve your experience, rather than invade your privacy or scam you. There are others, like Norton LifeLock , acquired in 2017 by Symantec for $2.3

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ClickUp Collects $35M

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San Diego-based ClickUp , a startup which develops "remote work" software aimed at helping organizations collaborate on projects, has raised $35M in a Series A funding round. According to ClickUp, its customers included Google, Nike, Uber, Airbnb, Netflix, and Ubisoft, where it helps replace or integrate workplace applications for employees.

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A year in review: productboard’s top 10 posts from 2017

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Read on for our top posts from 2017! ?? Anyone could submit an idea, and others in the customer community could participate by upvoting and commenting on the ideas they liked best! In the meantime, we’ll continue publishing thoughts and ideas we’ve learned from great product managers here. Still prioritizing features in a spreadsheet?

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7 Groups Of Difficult Customers Test Every Business

Startup Professionals Musings

Have you ever noticed that some of your business owner friends get all the bad customers, and yours all seem fairly reasonable? I’m always amazed that, in my role as a business advisor, bad customers somehow seem to gang up on certain businesses. The reality is that we all make mistakes, so no customer is always right.

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Meet the 2017 Startups from the Disney Accelerator

Tech.Co

This corporate partnership has proven well for these startups in helping them launch their products and services into another galaxy. “This year, more than ever, we are working with companies with the potential to help define the future of media and entertainment together with Disney.”

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Popbase helps YouTube stars build closer relationships with their fans

TechCrunch LA

A new startup is seizing on an opportunity to help up-and-coming online entertainers take a leaf out of that book and grow their relationships with fans. Popbase is an app that operates almost like an interactive forum for new media. Popbase users can watch content with a virtual avatar of the YouTube creator.

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TeleSign Names Co-Founder To CEO Post

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Los Angeles-based TeleSign , which develops customer identification products, including two factor authentication and other related products, has named co-founder Ryan Disraeli as its CEO, the company said on Thursday. TeleSign was acquired by BICS in 2017, and now has more than 300 employees. READ MORE>>.