Serviz CEO: Uber-like Service Providers Will Begin to Displace Local Search
The on-demand service spun out from ReachLocal has snagged another $12.5 million in funding to expand beyond Los Angeles, adding to $2.5 million raised earlier this year. We spoke with CEO Zorik Gordon to talk about the investment climate for local commerce and the implications of these innovations for the local search community…
Street Fight Daily: Samsung’s Apple Pay Competitor, Foursquare Partners With Twitter
A roundup of today’s big stories in hyperlocal publishing, marketing, commerce, and technology…… Samsung in Talks to Launch Apple Pay Competitor (Recode)… Twitter And Foursquare Are Partnering To Improve Location In Tweets (Business Insider)… Next for Yext? Digital Presence Service Buys Dutch Startup InnerBalloons (Recode)…
After Spinoff, ReachLocal Founders Relaunch ClubLocal as Serviz
Late last year, ReachLocal founders Michael Kline and Zorik Gordon parted ways with the company and spun off a still-nascent local commerce project, ClubLocal, that both helped develop. Today, the long-time executives have relaunched the project as Serviz, an application that builds on many of the services core functionality….