Jul 24, 2020
In this episode, David Wachs (Founder & CEO of Handwrytten) as we discuss how he used unemployment to start a company, how he has shifted his company during the pandemic, and he shares how he is spending time with his family.
**More On David**
A serial entrepreneur,
David's latest venture, Handwrytten, is bringing back the lost art
of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that
write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets
you send notes from your CRM system, such as Salesforce, the web
site, apps, or through custom integration. Used by major meal
boxes, eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals, Handwrytten
is changing the way brands and people connect.
Prior to his current initiatives, David founded Cellit, a mobile
marketing platform and mobile agency. Under David’s leadership,
Cellit became a leading player in the mobile marketing space and
invented the concept of mobile customer relationship management
(Mobile CRM). Cellit developed one of the most robust and
widely-used mobile marketing platforms in the world, delivering
millions of SMS and MMS messages to consumers on a daily basis.
With a marquee client roster including Abercrombie and Fitch, Toys
R Us, Sam's Club, Chicago Tribune, For Rent Media Solutions, Pizza
Hut and more, Cellit was recognized as one of the top 500 fastest
growing companies in America, as #262 on the Inc. 500 in 2010,
delivered many award-winning mobile campaigns, and built one of the
best teams in the mobile industry. Cellit was sold to HelloWord
(f/k/a ePrize) in January of 2012.
David is also a frequent speaker on mobile technology and has
presented for the Direct Marketing Association, South By Southwest,
Advertising Research Foundation, and the National Restaurant
Association. David has been interviewed by FOX News, Direct
Marketing News, Crain’s Chicago Business, the American Express OPEN
network, AMA's Marketing News, Bloomberg Radio, and “Tech Talk with
Craig Peterson” and has been quoted in numerous articles, including
The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Variety, Startup Nation and US
Banker Magazine.
David writes for Inc. Magazine with his column “Stepping Away from
the Day to Day”.
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Written by: Dominic Lawson
Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson
Music Credits:
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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald
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