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mikeylikey

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About mikeylikey

Technical founder Boostly

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    Comment #32681514

    I think there may be a false premise here. You seem to be framing this as medium objection: That "no consumer" wants text messages. Texting is really just an implementation detail …

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    Comment #32681131

    Aye. Yeah I was not "scratching my own itch" as we say. Shane has a background in restaurant sales and we started in the industry with an assumption that SMB restaurants were under…

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    Comment #32679687

    Well-structured line of questions. Thanks! Clarification question for you to help me answer: Why are you asserting we aren't "attached to" or "affiliated" with the restaurant? Mayb…

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    Comment #32679108

    One of the greatest conveniences of my life has been my dentist utilizing texting and text reminders

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    Comment #32679060

    > Who is opting in to getting spammed? Generally they're opting in to save money and get good deals at their favorite eating establishments. For some, getting this via text is a pr…

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    Comment #32678983

    You keep up the good work here and you'll have to add "webdev" to your linked in before long

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    Comment #32678958

    I appreciate the way you framed this. > No consumer wants these messages. While I personally resonate with this sentiment, it's not accurate in my (very skeptical) experience. "man…

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    Comment #32678699

    oh man yeah if we had a dollar for every time an owner passed on "more orders" because they didn't have the staff to handle more... we'd have another compelling revenue stream. > N…

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    Comment #32678568

    (Technical founder here) Pretty boring answer here: Shane (non-technical) was left to put together the website and I think he just picked a wix template that happens to do this. We…

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    Comment #32677809

    I see what you did there

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    Comment #32677762

    haha. Same. (Mikey here, technical founder ) It's not uncommon for new restaurant customers to see quick results and want to start texting more than once a week. Fortunately, we a)…

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    Comment #32677528

    A hacker after my own heart (Mikey here, Technical founder ). Thanks for you diplomatic critiques. This was/is the sentiment of myself and a majority of our developers from a consu…