Entries from March 2008
March 28th, 2008 by Josh · 1 Comment
We are very pleased to introduce you to the newest member of our Advisory Board, Rick Sherman.
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Rick previously served as group executive vice president of Imasco USA, parent company of Hardees Food Systems, Inc., president and chief executive officer of Church’s Fried Chicken Inc., chairman and chief executive officer of Rally’s Inc; and chairman of PJ [...]
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Tags: Advisory Board
March 19th, 2008 by Josh · 2 Comments
I’ve been asked a few times, “How did you find your partners for Servinity?” Well, the following is a list of my partners, their Servinity roles, and how I came to work with them, listed in the chronological order of my startup life.
Adam Wolf, Strategic Advisor: Adam and I went to college together and was my founding [...]
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Tags: Company History · Servinity Founders
March 14th, 2008 by Josh · 1 Comment
I thought I’d take a quick break from the Servinity story to let y’all know about an exciting event that we will be participating in. It’s called Startup Riot, and it’s a startup focused pitch event where the invited audience will be: 1) Job seekers; 2) Technology professionals in large companies and non-profits; and 3) Investors - angels and VC’s.
You can read [...]
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Tags: Events · PR for Servinity
March 12th, 2008 by Josh · No Comments
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Klaas Baks has joined our Advisory Board.
Klaas is a Professor of Finance at The Goizueta Business School at Emory University and the research director of the Emory Center for Private Equity and Hedge Funds. His research and teaching focuses on issues in venture capital, private equity, entrepreneurial finance and [...]
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Tags: Advisory Board · Company History
March 9th, 2008 by Josh · 1 Comment
They tell me blogs are supposed to be short; that my last post was too long. Ok, here’s all you need to know for this one: The following are Servinity logos we were considering before deciding on the final version you see at the top of this page:
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Tags: Company History · Company Logo
March 4th, 2008 by Josh · 3 Comments
The name PickUpAShift was always a mouthful and perhaps not easy to remember. The phrase did, however, resonate well with the industry. But when it became apparent that the name was creating confusion in the minds of potential customers, we knew that PickUpAShift was going the way of Lew Alcindor.
As we continued to work on the Company then known as PickUpAShift, the product evolved. [...]
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Tags: Company History · Company Name