April 24th, 2013

Hearsay Social Brings Its Social Media Tools To Europe With New London Office

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Hearsay Social, a Sequoia- and NEA-backed company that helps large organizations manage their social media presence across local branches and sales teams, is announcing that it has opened an office in London. Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer Steve Garrity said it is the first step in the company’s European expansion.

The new office will be led by Peter Caryotis, who previously managed… → Read More

December 5th, 2012

Founder Story: Hearsay Social’s Steve Garrity On How To Create A Strong Engineering Culture

Earlier this week, I sat down with Steve Garrity, co-founder and CTO of Hearsay Social. Steve shares his thoughts and learning from managing an engineer-driven company that expanded from zero to one hundred in three years. → Read More

March 29th, 2012

Don’t Dread Today’s Mandatory Switch To Timeline, Studies Show It’s Good For 95% Of Facebook Pages

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On March 1st Facebook let the world feast its eyes on Timeline for Pages, and tomorrow after a month of voluntary migration it will force all Pages to switch to the redesign. But don’t worry,  it doesn’t significantly impact the rate of new Page Likes, and 95% of Pages who’ve switched have seen more Likes of their posts and people talking about them according to a study that social marketing→ Read More

February 28th, 2012

Hearsay Social Signs Up Northwestern Mutual And Other Financial Firms To Social Media Management Platform

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Hearsay Social, a SaaS dashboard for national businesses and their local branches to manage Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter pages, is announcing that a number of financial firms have been added to its customer roster, including Northwestern Mutual, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and California Casualty, an insurance provider.

Hearsay Social, which launched to the public in February… → Read More

December 14th, 2011

Twenty-Nine-Year-Old Hearsay Social CEO Clara Shih Joins Starbucks Board Of Directors

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Clara Shih, the twenty-nine year old founder of Hearsay Social, a SaaS dashboard for national businesses and their local branches to manage Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+ and Twitter pages, has been appointed to the Starbucks Board of Directors.

A former Google, Microsoft and Salesforce employee Shih, founded Hearsay Social with Microsoft staffer Steve Garrity. Shih says that as she was writing… → Read More

July 28th, 2011

NEA And Sequoia Put $18M In Brand-Focused Social Media Platform Hearsay Social

Hearsay Social, a SaaS dashboard for national businesses and their local branches to manage Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter pages, has raised $18 million in new funding led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with existing investor Sequoia Capital participating. In conjunction with the funding, NEA partner Jon Sakoda is joining the Hearsay Social Board of Directors. To date, Hearsay Social has… → Read More