Articles tagged "John Rourke"
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Wealthbox raises $31 million after finding its groove converting Salesforce and Redtail CRM users and leaping up the marketshare ranks
The Providence, R.I., party-crasher has romped on the lower end by being simple, intuitive and cheap, but sees upmarket beckoning; capital will fund a hiring and spending spree to capitalize on software shift to planning that puts CRM back at the center
March 28, 2022 at 11:14 PM
Ron Carson ends national search for chief marketing officer by doing a local M&A deal using his favorite HR broker -- Eric Clarke
When Eric Clarke decided he'd play matchmaker, the hyperactive Carson Group CEO snapped up Mineral Interactive and made a creative deal
October 5, 2018 at 6:05 PM
Salesforce's slew of new advisor-focused CRM upgrades gets slammed, while a rival CEO says fresh changes won't 'slow the stampede' of RIAs fleeing the San Francisco giant
A year after Salesforce launches its long-awaited Financial Services Cloud--a financial advisory-focused twist on its CRM software that remains a Fortune 500 darling--the giant vendor unleashed a glut of upgrades
September 19, 2018 at 10:20 PM
As Salentica settles into life as SS&C's fair-haired CRM, downsides of being a sheltered software child are also apparent, critics say
Black Diamond and Advent are still in reach but the firm's appeal to smaller fry in need of low pricing is more limited
May 15, 2018 at 5:26 PM
Downmarket Redtail hustles at 'crazy pace' to steal march upmarket as CRM rival Junxure wires merger and Salesforce relaunches as an off-the-rack product
The Sacramento-based CRM firm moves to 'Transaction Alley' in Atlanta from the Georgia 'burbs to attract urbane engineers
May 10, 2018 at 9:00 PM
Greg Friedman pockets maybe $20 million, subtracts one full-time CEO job and goes all in on Private Ocean
WisdomTree pledges $30 million of cash and 56 year-old seller will pour his energies into building $1.2-billion RIA with new roll-up strategy
January 2, 2018 at 10:28 PM
VCs back Wealthbox with another $6 million as improbable play to upend CRM giants like Salesforce, Microsoft and Redtail by 'Facebooking' its look and shanghai-ing data from LinkedIn
CEO John Rourke recognizes that CRM and social media are birds of a feather and he is starting to make his startup fly with the power and simplicity of the Silicon Valley giants
February 13, 2017 at 8:22 PM
VC-backed RIA CRM firm bursts onto the T3 scene looking to knock off Redtail, Salesforce etc.
Gotham Tech Labs seeks to blur the line between CRM and social media -- for a bargain
February 12, 2014 at 7:25 AM
The 2013 MarketCounsel Summit is heavy on future shock
A Cassandra-like Steve Lockshin lead the gloomsters, Team Tech protested that the future is bright and Frank & Dodd laid an egg