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SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders

Nathan Latka

Ceo, Entrepreneurs, Founders, Software, Business, Entrepreneurship, Saas, Startups

4.6 • 683 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2018

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

Collin Holmes, founder and CEO, started chatmeter in August, 2009. Prior to chatmeter, Mr. Holmes was VP of Product Management and Marketing at V-Enable (now xAD). His extensive experience in the local search industry, both online and mobile, provides a solid foundation for the direction of the company. He has worked in leadership roles at several other startup companies and held other notable positions in product and marketing roles at Akamai Technologies and AT&T Wireless. He earned his MBA from San Diego State University and a BA from UC Riverside.

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0:00.0	This is the top entrepreneurs podcast where founders share how they started their companies and got
0:06.9	filthy rich or crash and burn. Each episode features revenue numbers, customer counts, and other
0:16.1	insider information that creates business news headlines. We went from a couple hundred thousand dollars to 2.7 million.
0:23.6	I had no money when I started the company.
0:25.6	It was $160 million, which is the size of any IPOs.
0:29.6	We're a bit strapped.
0:30.6	We have like 22,000 customers.
0:33.6	With over 5 million downloads in a very short amount of time,
0:38.6	major outlets like Inc are calling us the fastest growing business show on iTunes.
0:43.6	I'm your host, Nathan Latka, and here's today's episode.
0:48.6	Hello, everyone.
0:49.4	My guest today is Colin Holmes.
0:50.9	He is the founder and CEO of a company called Chatmeter, founded in 2009.
0:55.2	Before Chatmeter, he was VP of product management and marketing at Vienable, which is now
0:58.9	XAD. His extensive experience in the local search industry, both online and mobile, provides
1:05.2	a solid foundation for the direction of the current company. Colin, are you ready to take us to the top?
1:10.3	Yeah, let's do it.
1:11.1	All right. Tell me about Chatmeter. What do you do and what's your business model? How to make
1:14.0	money? Sure. So, Chalmere is a online reputation and local SEO company. So we help large chains
1:22.3	of multiple locations improve their presence, visibility, and reputation on sites like Google Maps, Yelp,
1:29.2	all those reviews that people are reading and searching for every day when they're trying
1:34.1	to find those local products and experiences.
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