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Danny Boice is the CTO of Speek - a 500 Startups-funded startup that lets users do conference calls with a simple link (speek.com/YourName) rather than using phone numbers and PINs. A serial startup/technology entrepreneur and executive, Danny started his career as a software engineer working for startups like Network Solutions and MusicMaker.com in the 90′s. You can find Danny on Twitter @DannyBoice.

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Fear and Loathing at CES 2013

True story: I once took a wrong turn at the Las Vegas Convention Center and ended up smack dab in the middle of a South Indian bazaar which featured such prized items as secondhand quilts/iPad covers with pictures of your kids screen-printed on them for the paltry sum of an additional $1.99. For a second…

I Got 24 Problems But a Seed Round Ain’t One

My startup Speek just raised a large seed round – over $1.2 million large. 500 Startups came in first and really kicked things off for us. After a few more months of work, we got some really great angels and VCs in on our deal. We got a bit of press and then celebrated for…

How to Narrow Down Your Job Candidates

This is the second part in a two-part series on hiring. Read the first part here: “Hiring is a Dog from Hell.”  Having a huge pipeline of candidates can almost be as bad as having little to no pipeline. Interviews can be a massive time-suck to you and your team. The secret to filtering down…

Hiring Is a Dog from Hell

We got Speek off the ground using a hive of moonlighters, freelancers, contractors, interns, sweat-equity employees, and founders. It was a bear, but it was what we had to do. Once we’d raised a little cash, it became time to establish a full-time team of A players. I just finished the process of building out…

Are Startups Recession-Proof?

Common sense dictates that founding a startup during a recession is a bad idea. In fact, in 2007, there were 844,000 new startups in the United States. By 2009, that number had fallen to just 700,000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. People tend to hunker – not double – down in a crappy…

5 Crucial Weapons for Your Growth Hacking Arsenal

At Speek, we have an inherently viral product. Our conference-calling solution leverages a link (i.e., speek.com/YourName) rather than a phone number or PIN to access conference calls. This in turn leverages the viral invitation model. Registered users invite other non-registered users to phone calls. We then attempt to convert those non-registered users. The viral loop…