Episode description

David Wachs is the Founder and CEO of Handwrytten, a company that is bringing back the lost art of letter writing through scalable, robot-based solutions that write your notes in pen. Developed as a platform, Handwrytten lets you send notes from your CRM system, such as Salesforce, the web site, apps, or through custom integration. Used by major meal boxes, eCommerce giants, nonprofits and professionals, Handwrytten is changing the way brands and people connect.

David is also a frequent speaker on messaging technology and has presented for the Direct Marketing Association, South By Southwest, Advertising Research Foundation, and the National Restaurant Association. David has been featured on the front page of the Washington Post, and has been interviewed by Direct Marketing News, Crain’s Chicago Business, the American Express OPEN network, AMA's Marketing News, Bloomberg Radio, and others. He has been quoted in numerous articles, including The Wall Street Journal, USA TODAY, Variety, Startup Nation and US Banker Magazine. David also writes for Inc. Magazine with his column “Stepping Away from the Day to Day”.

Join us today as David shares about how he is bringing back the lost art of letter writing with technology, the pros and cons of filing a patent, and how he designed Handwrytten to be easily integrated into numerous CRM systems.

Resources:

https://www.handwrytten.com/ - Check out Handwrytten! Make sure you use the discount code “PODCAST” to get $5 off your first order!

Actionable Take-aways:

1. Competition breeds results. Like David, you can have you different teams compete with each other to encourage innovation and better results.

2. When you file a patent, you have to declare exactly what goes behind your technology or process. If you are not willing to divulge the exact secrets behind your technology or process, make sure you enter into confidentiality agreements and non-disclosure agreements with whoever is aware of your proprietary knowledge.

3. Designing your platform to have the ability to be easily plugged into other systems gives you the benefit of easily being able to integrate your technology into numerous other systems and leveraging off their user bases.

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