CEO of Charlie here. The new iPhone app truly resembles a personal assistant that can save the day when you're about to meet someone important. Minutes before any meeting in your phones calendar, Charlie briefs you with key facts on the people you're about to see.
If any of you want to see what Charlie finds about you, comment here and I'll show you what Charlie finds!
Cheers,
Aaron Frazin
CEO - Charlie
@afrazin Is it possible to connect more than one calendar? I have a calendar that's tied to my work email and another tied to my personal email address.
@equartey Absolutely. On the iPhone version of the app, it syncs with all calendars on your phone, so even if you have 10 calendars it will work with all 10. However, on the web version of the app, we currently only support one calendar, so I'd suggest using the iPhone version!
Cheers,
Aaron
@scottwall0 The new iphone App has much deeper AI - based on context of who you're meeting, it'll suggest a few ways to start the conversation and even let you know if the company had any big events in the last month.
We're going to keep making it more contextual and more personal to you, so that you're always prepared.
Hope you love it!
I've been using Charlie for a while now. Literally has saved me days of research people/companies I'm about to meet with.
FYI: a great replacement if you were using Refresh.io since LinkedIn likes to acquire and shutdown products.
Awesome product! It's amazing how much time everyday I spend looking up people in rappaportive + google, I've been looking for a replacement for Refresh.io for a while
@charleyma Happy to save you all that time back, hope you love it!
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This is my first time meeting Charlie, and must say Brilliant app!
Curious: Is Charlie able to provide insights for a company rather than a specific person? Also, is there the ability to search for on demand insights, in the event of an unexpected meeting?
Very excited to start using this! Nice work.
@tycrollins Hmm, are you asking, if no one is coming to the meeting, can Charlie give you insights on the company you are meeting? What about the company are you interested in? We can make it happen.
We're working on building ondemand insights - it's one of our most requested features and would surely help with those unexpected meetings. Fingers crossed it'll be out soon!
Aaron
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@afrazin if a meeting is scheduled with say Yahoo!, company info is not as critical as they are well known, but with smaller companies it would be great to have a quick rundown of: leadership, any recent news, fundraising etc... Basically highlights similar info as with people. I'm not sure if others find this useful, but I sure would :)
@tycrollins@afrazin Co-signed about wanting more company information. Would be amazing if Charlie piped in this info from Crunchbase, Mattermark, or Owler.
@equartey@tycrollins We've got our own home built engine that pulls 1) company descriptions 2) breaking news 3) competitors and 4) a summary of the last 6 month worth of company announcements, handpicked by Charlie.
Any other insights you think are critical? What would you want us to pull from those sources?
Thanks guys!
Aaron
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@afrazin the more I explore, the more impressed I am. Company wise, the info provided is pretty solid. I know this is not meant to be a matter mark replacement, research wise, but I'd be keen to see a link to leadership of the company. (Leading to their profile of info). Possibly recent fundraising or backers. Mainly leadership though.
Additionally, what was the reason you nixed the LinkedIn API? (Just curious)
Cheers!
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