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Hands on with Proliphiq’s qualitative social media monitoring/sentiment analysis tool

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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Can Proliphiq's qualitative social media monitoring app take the market from under Klout?

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Are there restrictions on signing up to Google+?

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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Google+ is currently in private beta, with users only able to access the social network after receiving an invite. Take our survey to find if you can access the site faster.

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How to invite people to Google+ (if you don’t have an Invite button)

Piers Dillon Scott11 years ago

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If you have access to Google+ one of the first things you will want to do is invite some friends; if you don't have an invite button you can use this trick.

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Signing up to Quora without an invite is more complicated than you think but it can be done

Piers Dillon Scott12 years ago

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It has been called “the next big thing” and “the breakout site of 2011″ but signing up to Quora is more complicated that you might think.

Brains Byte Back

Brains Byte Back interviews startups and industry leaders that tap into how our brains work. Together with our guests, we explore how knowledge & technology intersect to build a better, more sustainable future for humanity. If you’re interested in ideas that push the needle, and future-proofing for the new information age, join us every other Friday on Spotify, Apple Podcast, or wherever you listen to your podcast.

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One week before the pandemic hit, unaware of what was about to take place worldwide, Taylor Hersom quit his job as a Chief Information Security Officer for a local firm in Austin, Texas in the hopes of finding a similar position elsewhere.

Between working at Deloitte where he advised Fortune 500 companies on compliance and security tactics, and his more recent position at the local firm, Hersom didn’t anticipate finding a new job to be a difficult feat.

However, as the pandemic set in, his interview offers dried up, and he turned to UpWork in pursuit of a job. In the beginning, he applied for as many posts as he could find in order to build up his review score.

He began taking on clients and quickly realized that startups needed a lot of help with security and compliance, and he knew this could become a genuine business for him. But what he didn’t realize was just how in demand his services would be.

As time went on, Hersom moved away from UpWork and took on staff to build a team in order to meet demand. Shortly after this, on January 1, 2021, his new company Eden Data was born.

In today’s episode of the Brains Byte Back podcast, Hersom, CEO and Founder of Eden Data, shares how the team has grown in such a short period of time by taking a positive approach to security instead of the traditional fear-based approach.

In other words, instead of securing customers using fears tactics such as telling prospects if they get hacked they will be fined, receive bad PR, or be hated, Hersom advocates that strong security can show prospects that you care about them and their data, which can successfully close more deals.

Hersom also shares how their subscription approach to security and compliance has helped them stand out in this market, allowing them to scale alongside the startups they work with.