Company Participates in 6th Annual Texas Hold 'Em Tournament Fundraiser
Credit: Children's Hospital
Boston, MA, May 20, 2010 - Touch Ahead Software, creators of EquityTouch® deal sourcing CRM software, recently participated in the 6th Annual Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament for the Children's Hospital Boston. Held in the Wharf Room of the Boston Harbor Hotel, the event drew the best in business from Boston and New York as well as World Series of Poker Champion and Celebrity Apprentice Star, Annie Duke. In addition to purchasing tickets that allot a stack of chips and a seat at the table, the tournament also held an auction, which included prizes such as "Friends and Family" seats at a Red Sox game with VIP On-Field Access.
Touch Ahead joined other business leaders in hopes to raise funds for continuing care and research at Children's Hospital Boston. Nancy Swan Keddy, founder of Touch Ahead, was accompanied by Director of Marketing for Touch Ahead, Cathie Briggette. Both volunteered as "dealers" for the tournament and the two had a wonderful time. According to Briggette "Both of us were a little nervous. We thought it was going to be really serious, however because no one was a winner (in that all proceeds were going to the hospital), it was a very fun and causal atmosphere."
The event, co-hosted by Tony DiNovi of Thomas H. Lee Partners and David Filkow of General Catalyst Partners has raised over $2,000,000 to date for the hospital. "The tournament was a lot of fun" claims Keddy. "You could feel the excitement escalate at the table when the river card was about to be turned." As a company that provides deal sourcing collaboration tools, Keddy is committed to making connections outside of the workplace. "We are in the business of building relationships and it is important to build and maintain relationships with the community."
For more information about the tournament and how you can get involved for next year's event, please visit: http://howtohelp.childrenshospital.org/texas.
About Touch Ahead Software LLC
Touch Ahead Software is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions company, focused on providing unparalleled benefits of advanced technology to the alternative asset community. The benefits include dramatically reduced cost of ownership and time for implementation, as well as higher user satisfaction and organizational profitability through deal sourcing and powerful collaboration tools. Touch Ahead Software is the developer of EquityTouch, the premiere CRM service for the financial and other specialized industries. For more information, please visit http://www.touchahead.com
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For more information, please contact:
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Touch Ahead Software LLC
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(e) cmb@touchahead.com
Prestigious CEO Forum Now Using EquityTouch Deal Sourcing Software
All women business forum of The Commonwealth Institute implements CRM system from Touch Ahead Software
Boston, MA, March 19, 2010 - The Commonwealth Institute Evening CEO Forum has recently started to use EquityTouch for information management. The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping women CEO's and entrepreneurs grow their businesses. TCI's Evening Forum members meet once a month to discuss complex business decisions and exchange ideas. Nancy Keddy, a member of The Commonwealth Institute and co-founder of Touch Ahead Software, noticed that TCI's Evening Forum would benefit from a system to track the communications of the monthly meetings.
During the forum, members exchange contacts and recommendations among one another. TCI Members also provide monthly "check-in" documents with updates and other news about their own businesses. TCI's Evening Forum was looking for a fast and efficient way to digitally archive the documents so that they could be easily accessed in the future. Keddy saw this as an opportunity and recommended EquityTouch. The program now provides a centralized database for all TCI Evening Forum members to upload and reference information at the click of a button.
The "Touch" concept of EquityTouch is helping to organize the information flow of the Evening Forum. According to Keddy, the Forum meets for three and a half hours, and a lot of information is exchanged. With EquityTouch, all communications including recommendations (reading materials, businesses, and individuals), key events, and research can all be catalogued as "Touches" and placed in the database for fast and efficient referencing. Keddy says "TCI's Evening Forum is using EquityTouch in many different ways to have information ready at our fingertips."
About The Commonwealth Institute
The Commonwealth Institute (TCI) is a non-profit organization that helps women entrepreneurs, CEOs and senior corporate executives grow their businesses through peer mentoring. For more information, visit www.commonwealthinstitute.org.
About Touch Ahead Software LLC
Touch Ahead Software is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions company, focused on providing unparalleled benefits of advanced technology to the alternative asset community. The benefits include dramatically reduced cost of ownership and time for implementation, as well as higher user satisfaction and organizational profitability through deal sourcing and powerful collaboration tools. Touch Ahead Software is the developer of EquityTouch, the premiere CRM service for the financial and other specialized industries. For more information, please visit
www.touchahead.com
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For more information, please contact:
Cathie Briggette
Touch Ahead Software LLC
(p) +1 (866) 960 9301
(e) cmb@touchahead.com
Touch Ahead Software Releases Tradeshow Tool For Flagship Program
EquityTouch, the popular private equity/venture capital deal sourcing software, receives update with Tradeshow Tool for quick and easy data importation
Boston, MA, February 12, 2010 - Touch Ahead Software, creators of EquityTouch, a deal sourcing and collaboration tool for private equity and venture capital firms, has added a new feature to their flagship product. EquityTouch now includes a Tradeshow Tool that allows users to easily upload information collected from tradeshows, expositions, and other large business gatherings into the application.
Brian Le Blanc, VP of Software Development, explains that the tool is a result of a request from one of EquityTouch's subscribers. "A client came to us with a pain point. They wanted to automate the process of importing company data from trade shows that they often attend. In their previous application, they would search for each company manually and add the ones that were not represented by way of a form that they had to fill in." The Tradeshow Tool makes data entry into EquityTouch much more efficient.
Now, EquityTouch clients can take contact data from tradeshows in the form of an excel file or comma-separate value (.csv) file and import directly into the program. Once uploaded, EquityTouch then checks to see if the new contacts are already in the system and updates profiles with information gathered from web-based business databases built directly into the EquityTouch software.
The new tool saves users a lot of time and eliminates multiple contacts in the system. It also allows subscribers to locate and pinpoint new investment opportunities by sifting through pages of data in a matter of seconds compared to manual reference that can take hours. Le Blanc says, "Now they only need to specify the location of the file to import, and EquityTouch automatically searches for matches in either their own data or in a third party data provider. The process couldn't be simpler."
About Touch Ahead Software LLC
Touch Ahead Software is a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solutions company, focused on providing unparalleled benefits of advanced technology to the alternative asset community. The benefits include dramatically reduced cost of ownership and time for implementation, as well as higher user satisfaction and organizational profitability through deal sourcing and powerful collaboration tools. Touch Ahead Software is the developer of EquityTouch, the premiere deal CRM service for the financial and other specialized industries. For more information, please visit www.touchahead.com
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Touch Ahead Software LLC
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(e) cmb@touchahead.com
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Touch Ahead Software, LLC hires new employee
BOSTON - Touch Ahead Software LLC announced today that John Binda has joined the company as Director of Sales. He will lead the effort to increase overall revenue growth for the company. John Binda's first day at Touch Ahead Software was December 1, 2009.
John is joining Touch Ahead Software, from Neocase Software, where he was the Regional Director and responsible for national product sales. "There are tremendous opportunities ahead for Touch Ahead Software, and the EquityTouch product. Touch Ahead Software has created a world-class CRM solution for VC and Private Equity organizations" Binda said. "I am excited about helping customers manage all of their communications with team members, intermediaries, and potential deal companies"
John will report to Touch Ahead Software CEO, Nancy Keddy. "I am delighted to welcome John to Touch Ahead Software"," Keddy said. "This is an exciting time with our latest release of EquityTouch, a relationship management, and collaboration solution for venture capital and private equity firms. John's unique and diverse background, coupled with his deep software sales experience and understanding of the CRM industry, will be an invaluable asset in our plans to grow the business.
Before joining Neocase Software in 2008, Binda spent 15 years working for various CRM vendors and resellers. His role has been to increase revenues, and improve customer satisfaction.
Touch Ahead Software develops cutting edge SaaS solutions. Touch Ahead has developed EquityTouchTM, a remarkable CRM solution enabling organizations to intelligently manage new business opportunities. EquityTouchTM prides itself on being the fastest web application, while delivering the most vital features of CRM and a completely customizable interface.
Touch Ahead Software is a Boston based software development firm that provides web-based relationship management and collaboration solutions. For more information please contact Cathie Briggette at (866) 960-9301 x706 . Or visit http://www.touchahead.com/
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