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St. Louis-based CRM optimization startup TopOPPS raises $700K
TopOPPS, the St. Louis-based startup intent on optimizing sales pipelines for companies, has received $700,000 in seed funding, including $250,000 from venture capital firm Cultivation Capital and the rest from its founder, Jim Eberlin, and private investors. The startup uses big data, analytics and algorithms to create efficiency for sales executives by letting them “react…
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Washington University team builds out prototype to win first GlobalHack
A team of current and former Washington University students—aka The Force—hacked their way to $50,000 at the first-ever GlobalHack event held this past weekend. More than 200 developers, designers and entrepreneurs dropped into St. Louis’ Union Station from Friday night until Sunday afternoon to tackle a singular task: create an app for sales-management company TopOPPS…