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#SFSNYC VIDEO: Booker CEO on the Tricky Process of Expanding into New Local Verticals

November 2, 2015 by Noah Elkin Leave a Comment Filed Under: #SFSNYC, Video

#SFSNYC VIDEO: Booker CEO on the Tricky Process of Expanding into New Local Verticals

Booker CEO Josh McCarter opened his Street Fight Summit keynote address with a question that’s on the minds of many small business solutions providers: “How do you take a system that’s designed for one vertical and take it across more categories?” Factoring in the differing needs of various service-based businesses makes that question even more complex. But given the size of what McCarter termed the “local service commerce” opportunity, answering it could be tremendously lucrative.

Filed Under: #SFSNYC, Video Tagged With: Booker, Ecommerce, Josh McCarter, local service economy, SMB solutions

Street Fight Daily: Amazon Kills Its Groupon and Square Competitors, the Rise of Hypertargeted Ads

November 2, 2015 by The Editors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Headlines

Street Fight Daily: Amazon Kills Its Groupon and Square Competitors, the Rise of Hypertargeted Ads

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology… Amazon Kills Two Businesses: Local Daily Deals and Its Square Competitor (Recode)… The $21.8 Billion Reason Ultra-Personal Online Ads Are Coming (Fast Company)… Pondering Homejoy’s Failure (Medium)…

Filed Under: Headlines Tagged With: AirBnB, Amazon.com, Booker, Financial Times, Google, Homejoy, Josh McCarter, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Procter & Gamble, Quantcast, QVC

#SFSNYC Recap: 5 Key Takeaways from This Year’s Summit

October 26, 2015 by Noah Elkin 1 Comment Filed Under: #SFSNYC

#SFSNYC Recap: 5 Key Takeaways from This Year’s Summit

The annual Street Fight Summit assembled more than 350 marketers, solutions providers, technologists, and media executives to discuss pressing issues and developments in the connected local economy. Here are five key takeaways from the day’s keynotes, panel discussions, and fireside chats.

Filed Under: #SFSNYC Tagged With: Angus Davis, Blockfeed, Booker, dennis crowley, Doorman, First Round Capital, Foursquare, GoButler, HitViews, Jason Richelson, Josh McCarter, local media, Local News, On-demand economy, Pager, radio, RAIN, ReachLocal, Redpoint Ventures, Sharon Rowlands, ShopKeep, Swipely, Ted Leonsis, Urgent.ly, Walter Sabo

Street Culture: Booker CEO on Interviewing for Fit and Creating Company Values

April 30, 2015 by April Nowicki 1 Comment Filed Under: Street Culture

Street Culture: Booker CEO on Interviewing for Fit and Creating Company Values

“When I interview, I’m interviewing for fit. Skills and competency and willingness to learn, those all come after fit,” McCarter said.

Filed Under: Street Culture Tagged With: Booker, company culture, corporate culture, culture, employees, Inner-City Scholarship Fund, Josh McCarter, New York city, volunteer, workplace culture

MyTime Raises $9.25M More to Push Into Back-Office Software

April 21, 2015 by Steven Jacobs 2 Comments Filed Under: News

MyTime Raises $9.25M More to Push Into Back-Office Software

In addition to funding, the San Francisco-based MyTime is announcing a deeper push into back-office software to compete with Booker, MindBody and others.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Booker, Commerce, Keith Rabois, Local Services, Mark Suster, MyTime

Can Amazon Bring One-Click Purchasing to Home Services? Here’s What Experts Think

April 1, 2015 by Steven Jacobs Leave a Comment Filed Under: News

Can Amazon Bring One-Click Purchasing to Home Services? Here’s What Experts Think

Earlier this week, Amazon launched its widely-anticipated Home Services marketplace where you can book plumbers, painters and other professionals. We caught up with a handful of small business experts to breakdown the news and handicap Amazon’s chances of transitioning its dominant position in ecommerce to a complex and scattered service landscape…

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Alignable, Amazon.com, Booker, Commerce, Eric Grooves, Home Services, Josh McCarter, Porch

7 Online Booking Platforms for Independent Businesses

March 20, 2015 by Stephanie Miles 12 Comments Filed Under: Features

7 Online Booking Platforms for Independent Businesses

online booking platforms are providing a way for independent businesses to meet a rising demand from consumers who want to schedule, confirm, and in some cases even pay for local services through their mobile devices…

Filed Under: Features Tagged With: Booker, BookingBug, Commerce, Demandforce, Genbook, MyTime, Schedulicity, small business

Booker Raises $35M More From First Data, Bain Capital and Others

March 3, 2015 by Steven Jacobs Leave a Comment Filed Under: Commerce

Booker Raises $35M More From First Data, Bain Capital and Others

The New York-based Booker, a software firm that built a big business selling to the service industry, has raised $35 million more from a range of investors, including a strategic investment from payment processing giant First Data…

Filed Under: Commerce Tagged With: Booker, Commerce, First Data, small business

Street Fight Daily: Groupon’s Wine Label, Porch Keeps Growing

November 5, 2014 by The Editors Leave a Comment Filed Under: Headlines

Street Fight Daily: Groupon’s Wine Label, Porch Keeps Growing

A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Groupon Uncorks Its Own Wine Label (Chicago Business Journal)… Can Porch.com Become LinkedIn For Your House?  (Fortune)… For Location-Tracking Startup, a Data-Privacy Odyssey (Wall Street Journal)…

Filed Under: Headlines Tagged With: Booker, Clover, FirstData, Groupon, Porch, ShopKeep, signpost, Uber, Verizon

The Rise of Marketing Automation in Local’s Next Act

November 4, 2014 by Noah Davis Leave a Comment Filed Under: #SFSNYC

The Rise of Marketing Automation in Local’s Next Act

Marketing automation isn’t just for the biggest companies in the world anymore. Thanks to companies like Booker, Signpost, Shopkeep, and others, small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) have access to the data and the tools to reach their customers in smart, efficient ways while minimizing the hassle on the backend…

Filed Under: #SFSNYC Tagged With: #SFSNYC, Booker, ShopKeep, signpost

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