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Talkdesk Call Center Software “Growing Like Crazy”
Talkdesk co-founder Cristina Fonseca spoke at Disrupt London on Tuesday. In an interview with TechCrunch’s Matt Lynley, Fonseca explained how the Portugal-based startup has helped businesses improve their customer service experience.
Founded in 2011, in an effort to win a Macbook Air contest, Talkdesk has quickly scaled its call center business. Its software is used by companies like… Read More
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Track Your Cat’s Eating Habits With Some Cardboard And A Spare Android Phone
My favorite thing about Disrupt is that you never know what you’re going to find in the Startup Alley. I walked through the Taiwan Pavilion and found a company called CatFi. They make a product called CatFi Box that uses 3D facial recognition to track how much your cats are eating. If you have more than one cat, you’re going to love this one. Read More
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Ron Conway And Topher Conway From SV Angel: “There’s No Bubble”
Disrupt SF started off with a bang this morning with a fireside chat including Ron and Topher Conway, both investors with SV Angel. TechCrunch founder and CrunchFund investor Michael Arrington peppered them with questions about the landscape of Silicon Valley. QuickActions Wins The Disrupt SF 2015 Hackathon Grand Prize, PitchPal And Harvest Are Runners Up
It’s been a long night at Pier 70 in San Francisco. Yesterday, hundreds of hackers spent the day in front of their laptops even though it was a beautiful Summer day. That’s because they all took part in my favorite competition — the Disrupt SF Hackathon. Some of them were participating in our event for the first time, while others were regular hackers. Their challenge was to… Read More
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Eleven-Year-Old Alex Jordan Shows Off Famtastic, An Online Family Planner, At The Disrupt SF Hackathon
For families where the children spend time commuting back and forth between parents’ houses, keeping track of everyone’s schedule can be a challenge for moms, dads, and kids alike. That’s a problem that Alex Jordan, age 11, has faced firsthand, which is why she returned this weekend to the TechCrunch Disrupt San Francisco hackathon to work on Famtastic, a combination… Read More
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There Are Only 2 Days Left To Save $1000 On Disrupt NY Tickets
The clock is counting down to Disrupt New York (May 4 – May 6, if we’re getting specific) and that means early bird pricing for tickets is about to expire.
The window closes on Friday and once it does, prices will go up by $1,000 so consider this fair warning. Get out ahead of this.
Disrupt New York is set to be TechCrunch’s best conference yet, with a speakers list that… Read More
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Postmates Will Deliver Bastian Lehmann Via Bike To The Disrupt New York Stage
Okay, the bike thing probably isn’t true but Postmates co-founder and CEO Bastian Lehmann will join us on stage at TC Disrupt New York in May.
Almost four years ago, Lehmann stepped onto the TechCrunch Disrupt stage and launched a company called Postmates, with a plan to totally disrupt the courier industry. Read More
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Breezeworks Raises $5 Million For Tools That Let Service Pros Run Their Business From Their Smartphone
Breezeworks, a company working to bring a modern, mobile set of tools to vendors who largely work outside a traditional office environment – like locksmiths, plumbers, electricians, contractors, dog walkers and more – has raised $5 million in Series A funding led by Twitter co-founder Evan Williams’ Obvious Ventures. Other investors in the round included Marc Benioff of… Read More
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Announcing The New Convenience Economy Disrupt Panel With Blue Apron’s Matt Salzberg, Good Eggs’ Rob Spiro, And DoorDash’s Tony Xu
Convenience is one of those problems that almost any entrepreneur can tackle, whether you are running an expansive business like WunWun’s on-demand delivery for everything, or running a specifically tailored business like YourMechanic. But some entrepreneurs are looking at the problem of convenience and pairing it with universal needs. With that in mind, I’d like to introduce some… Read More
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How Monsieur Shook Up Disrupt SF With Its Bartending Robot
And we’re back with episode two of our Road To Disrupt video series, which shows the good, the bad, and the ugly moments startups go through when competing in the Disrupt Battlefield competition.
After enduring a few too many run-ins with the slow service at Applebee’s, the founders of Monsieur set out to shake up the bartending industry. In case you missed our coverage of the… Read More
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