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Hi, my name is Danny Boice
I am the Co-Founder & CTO of Speek
I am from Washington, DC
I love rap music
I hate conference calls
Speek is Fast & Easy Conference Calls
We have raised $3 Million
We have hosted over 100,000 callers
For over 10,000,000 minutes
We are growing around 50% monthly
Speek is 1 year old
Biggie is going
to tell you how
we started up
now.
"It was all a dream.."
"Call the crib, same
number, same hood, and it’
s all good."
"We used to fuss when the
landlord dissed us."
"Mo Money Mo Problems"
"F—ck it, I didn’t wanna go
to heaven anyway."
"Got introduced to the
game, got an ounce, and
f—ckin’ blew up."
"I’m living everyday like a
hustle. Another drug to
juggle, another day another
struggle."
"Blowin' up like you
thought I would"
Thank You!
Remember to register for
free at www.speek.com or
download one of our mobile
apps before "big poppa
comes for you"
Danny Boice - Co-Founder & CTO, Speek Speek.com | @SpeekApp

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Speek - Starting up like the Notorious B.I.G.

  • 1.
  • 2. Hi, my name is Danny Boice I am the Co-Founder & CTO of Speek I am from Washington, DC I love rap music I hate conference calls
  • 3. Speek is Fast & Easy Conference Calls We have raised $3 Million We have hosted over 100,000 callers For over 10,000,000 minutes We are growing around 50% monthly Speek is 1 year old
  • 4. Biggie is going to tell you how we started up now.
  • 5. "It was all a dream.."
  • 6. "Call the crib, same number, same hood, and it’ s all good."
  • 7. "We used to fuss when the landlord dissed us."
  • 8. "Mo Money Mo Problems"
  • 9. "F—ck it, I didn’t wanna go to heaven anyway."
  • 10. "Got introduced to the game, got an ounce, and f—ckin’ blew up."
  • 11. "I’m living everyday like a hustle. Another drug to juggle, another day another struggle."
  • 12. "Blowin' up like you thought I would"
  • 13. Thank You! Remember to register for free at www.speek.com or download one of our mobile apps before "big poppa comes for you" Danny Boice - Co-Founder & CTO, Speek Speek.com | @SpeekApp