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Retention Science Snags $7M

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Angels Brian Lee (Honest Company, LegalZoom), Michael Dubin (Dollar Shave Club), Tamim Mourad (PriceGrabber.com) and Andy Dunn (Bonobos) also participated in the funding. Retention Science said it will accelerate hiring with the funding, and plans to double its employee base by the end of the year. READ MORE>>.

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RealPractice Adds Website, Lead Management Tools

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Santa Ana-based RealPractice , the developer of technology and marketing services for law firms that is headed by Carey Ransom, said this week that it has launched new website building and lead management tools for its customers. READ MORE>>.

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Interview with Carey Ransom, RealPractice

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For today's interview, we thought it would be worth visiting with Carey Ransom , CEO of Irvine-based RealPractice (www.realpractice.com), a firm which develops legal-based software products. I see us compared with a LegalZoom, which has done phenomenally well. So, I took the bait and decided to jump in and give it a whirl.

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Announcing a Deal I’ve Wanted to Talk About for a Year

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I am taking the lead from GRP and we also invested alongside a number of friends including Dave McClure, Dave Tisch, Ben Smith (Merchant Circle), Brian Lee (ShoeDazzle, LegalZoom), Jason Calacanis, Evan Rifkin, Jennifer Lum, Jay Weintraub and a whole host of other angels. I first met Ethan in 2005. So there you have it.

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10 C-Level Positions That Are Red Flags For Funding

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This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers.

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Interview with Jeff Zwelling, Convertro

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We've developed technology, originally developed at YLighting, which enables us to understand that if a customer comes to a website via marketing, and a cookie was deleted, then subsequently comes back and converts, we know what marketing happened before that cookie deletion. What kind of customers are using the tool?

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10 Job Titles Never Found in an Investable Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

This person may be an extraordinary communicator, who rallies employees, customers, and colleagues around the vivid future he sees. What you really need is a VP of Marketing and Customer Development, who can help with lead generation and honing the message, rather than an executive to manage a sales team and existing customers.

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