Erik Severinghaus

Erik Severinghaus

Founder
SimpleRelevance

Introduction

Helped co-found iContact and a few other companies.
Love any sport that's done in the mountains.

Links

http://www.simplerelevance.com

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Erik commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry TechStars Chicago Names 10 Companies to Summer 2013 Roster
“ Thanks, we're excited! My thoughts on it are here: http://blog.simplerelevance.com/2013/04/25/what-techstars-means-to-simplerelevance/ ”
04/25/2013 view reply
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Erik commented on Howard Tullman's Blog entry Making Things Simple Isn't Easy
“ Howard - I think this should be printed out and posted at every entrepreneurial event in Chicago. Spot on. ”
03/28/2013 view reply
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Erik commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry TechStars Chicago Names 10 Companies to Summer 2013 Roster
“ Thanks, we're excited! My thoughts on it are here: http://blog.simplerelevance.com/2013/04/25/what-techstars-means-to-simplerelevance/ ”
04/25/2013 view reply
Erik Severinghaus has a new connection.
Erik commented on Howard Tullman's Blog entry Making Things Simple Isn't Easy
“ Howard - I think this should be printed out and posted at every entrepreneurial event in Chicago. Spot on. ”
03/28/2013 view reply
Erik commented on Jin Hwang's Blog entry EveningFlow partners with GrubHub! We have you covered!
“ Awesome, congrats! ”
03/16/2013 view reply
Erik commented on Reva Minkoff's Blog entry Staying Out of the Rat Race
“ Reva - Great post, I agree with you in a lot of ways. In fact, there are a number of unheralded tech companies around Chicago who have avoided the hype cycle, stayed focused on their core business, and great organizations while retaining a lot more c... ”
03/11/2013 view reply
Erik commented on Amina Elahi's Blog entry CEC's Kevin Willer on Why He is Joining i2A Fund as Partner [Q&A]
“ Congrats, Kevin! As an 1871 and I2A client, this sounds like fantastic news. ”
02/13/2013 view reply
Erik commented on Jared Golden's Blog entry A charge I think Chicago entrepreneurs and investors should consider
“ Agree, Jared. I'm a big believer that Chicago should be focusing more on "technology" companies and less on "digital" companies. Where is the great Chicago spirit to "make no little plans"? ”
02/04/2013 view reply
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recent blog posts

Erik Severinghaus
Six Do's and Dont's when Asking for Advice
Do’s and Dont's for “Asking Advice” You’re at the stage where you’ve got an idea, maybe a basic prototype and are looking to network, ask for advice, and generally avoid making the same mistakes that lots of us have made in the past. Good idea!
02/04/2013
TAGS: mentorship, Networking, Startups
VIEWS: 376
Erik Severinghaus
SimpleRelevance at 1871!
SimpleRelevance is an ambitious company - we take seriously the charge of Daniel Burnham to "make no little plans." We are out to change an industry and help small e-commerce merchants use technology that has heretofore been available only to the big guys.
03/14/2012
VIEWS: 410
Erik Severinghaus
SimpleRelevance is Looking For A Few Good E-Commerce Beta Testers
If you're interested in trying out the future e-commerce personalization - let us know. We have seen some awesome results with early clients, and are looking to expand our beta pool. We are taking about 10 more beta customers on to use our platform for free. What do you get out of it?
01/19/2012
VIEWS: 289
Erik Severinghaus
The Importance of Personalization
Three days ago, eMarketer.com posted an article containing findings from a recent survey by Emailvision, which investigated how well online marketers wordwidebelieved they were segmenting their customers and how well they were actuallysegmenting their customers. Here's the two sentance summary:
01/12/2012
VIEWS: 419
Erik Severinghaus
Don't Break the Internet
http://www.stanfordlawreview.org/online/dont-break-internet There's no point in me rewriting a summary of this fantastic takedown of SOPA and PROTECT IP so I'll just reprint it below. I trust the authors won't mind - and will amend if they do. If you run an internet company, or care about the long...
12/19/2011
VIEWS: 180

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