May 2011
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Why all startups should come to Silicon Valley as...
For most early-stage Finnish startups, coming to the Silicon Valley is not about getting funded. Getting realistic feedback to understand your strengths and weaknesses is far more important.
Learning jumps to a whole another level when you spend time actually working in the Bay Area. A well-spent month in the Valley pretty much equals one year of working in Finland. If I could do things again,...
April 2011
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October 2010
8 posts
AaltoES.com on our victory at Slush Seven 2010... →
Deal Machine now available free for small... →
We had so many beta requests that we couldn’t handle the amount and so we decided that small companies can use Deal Machine for free, up to two users and 250 contacts.
We have noticed that most small companies don’t use CRM tools in their daily work, rather once in a while and so a price might become a threshold for adoption, especially early on in getting to know how a CRM works. We...
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DealMachine uses Uservoice.com for feature... →
September 2010
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Actionable CRM
We at Deal Machine have always had the mission of making sales fun for the salespeople. By fun we mean the sense of mastery and flow one gets when the whole sales process works fluidly.
One of our key theses have been that CRM should be actionable. This means that not only should CRM systems store customer relationship data, but that data should be organized in a way that helps the sales force to...
August 2010
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Just sent first Private Beta invites!
DealMachine is going private beta today.
Last week we made sure all critical functions were in place and working as expected. Today we just sent some invites to our key partners.
This week we will send many more, so if you want to test-drive, just leave your contact details at our website (http://dealmachine.net) and you’re good to go!