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Backstage Capital Is Funding Startups by Underestimated Entrepreneurs

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When she asked investors to consider new companies, she noticed a disturbing pattern: “Founders always got a meeting if they looked a certain kind of way and went to certain schools, but if it was, for example, a Black woman who had gone to the same schools, like Stanford and MIT, she wouldn’t get a meeting.”

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Measuring the Impact of Social Media

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Dell is one of the most commonly cited examples of this from their Twitter Dell Outlet account. Sanuk is another example. Per social media manager Rachel Gross (shared in an interview I did with her for my book , p. While we are on the subject of online communities, there are other benefits that can factor into the ROI equation.

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Customer Service Pet Peeves

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Some of the major examples included: Phone problems (long hold times, annoying hold music, getting disconnected, blind transfers, etc.) The four examples above are good examples of broad categories of customer service frustrations. Employees that aren’t happy to see customers (rude, disaffected, unhappy, etc.)

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Service Untitled» Blog Archive » Perception is key to customer.

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Let’s take the example of waiting in a Verizon store for the next available agent. As for my experience at the Verizon store, I did approach one of the two representatives and asked them if someone could help me and explained my circumstances. Delivering superior customer service is also a perception.

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