QLess News Bites


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Alex Backer (CEO)
"This is by far the best system I have ever used. Lets you anticipate your time. It also give you more freedom to make a call or use the bathroom, knowing where you are in line. Thank you." -QLess user in an SMS to us when we asked about his/her experience on May 16
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess was just named a finalist for Fastest-Growing Company of the Year in the 2012 American Business Awards by the distinguished panel of judges! on May 16
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Alex Backer (CEO)
“This is the BEST thing since sliced bread”: Si Ramo, Elon Musk, post offices, DMVs loved by their customers and living longer. on May 16
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess at COMEX Oman...come visit us today or tomorrow in booth 703 in Muscat, or listen to me speak in the Seminars and Workshop area at 4:20 PM today at the Oman International Exhibition Centre. on May 02
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess in Cleveland today at the Cleveland Clinic Job Fair. If you know someone looking for a nursing job in Cleveland with a world-class clinic, pass this on to them. And they won't have to wait in line! http://fb.me/1F2qhyoeA on March 28
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Another Tourneau store gone QLess. After more than 100 years in retail, they sure know what superb customer service is. Check out their QLess, waitless, service from New York to Southern California. https://www.facebook.com/pages/Tourneau/50246177614?sk=app_274108699294057 on February 21
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess Healthcare in the news in Hong Kong: Your Life in Your Hands. http://topics.scmp.com/news/hk-news-watch/article/Life-in-your-hands on February 21
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess in LA NACION, written about by a former Secretary of the Treasury: http://www.lanacion.com.ar/1445067-la-cola-del-verano on February 21
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess named one of world's Top Ten Young Companies by 2012 Vator Splash SF. on February 14
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Alex Backer (CEO)
中國新年快樂 on January 19
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Vienne Cheung
Vienne Cheung at 08:46am January 19
Thanks Alex! Although, It's not just a "China" new year. It's celebrated throughout Asia :)
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Mimi Chen
Mimi Chen at 04:00pm January 19
the word "chinese" that is...lol...typing too fast!
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Alex Backer (CEO)
We're launching a brand new interactive solution to eliminate waiting on hold -no more phone queues, no more wondering when and if you'll get a phone call, no more losing your spot because you get a call at an inconvenient time. on January 19
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Thanks for pushing us into the Top 10 in the few short days since we entered, weeks into the competition. on January 19
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Alex Backer (CEO)
I'm amazed to see all these votes coming from who knows where. Thanks so much for being as passionate as we are about eliminate waiting in line from the face of the Earth. When we started, people laughed about our mission. Now, the goal is closer every passing day. on January 18
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Kids Fun Cuts is live with QLess! No more telling kids to just be patient...they can be out running around! How much will the average citizen's weight go down because of all the extra exercise they get when they're not stuck in a waiting room? http://vator.tv/company/qless on January 18
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Thanks for skyrocketing QLess to the top 4 spots of the contest despite our late entry! All that attention can't hurt our mission of eliminating standing in line from the face of the Earth...voting ends in 15 hours at http://vator.tv/company/qless on January 17
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Yeyoung Chang
Yeyoung Chang at 02:41am January 18
Requirements for this competition says, "Startups must not be more than three years old." How can the company already existed in 2007 participate?
Alex Backer
Alex Backer at 07:19pm January 18
Yeyoung, QLess was incorporated in 2009.
Alex Backer
Alex Backer at 12:57am January 19
And (if we're lucky, at Vator Splash), we're launching a brand new interactive solution to eliminate waiting on hold -no more phone queues, no more wondering when and if you'll get a phone call, no more losing your spot because you get a call at an inconvenient time. 中國新年快樂
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Did you know we pay you to refer us to places you hate waiting in line at? http://qless.com/affiliate/ on January 17
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Do you have an idea on how to extend the world's best wait management system? QLess has an API you can build on: http://blog.qless.com/2010/05/14/the-qless-web-services-api-%E2%80%93-building-on-the-qless-mobile-wait-management-crm-marketing-platform/ on January 17
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Thanks for putting us on the top 10! Less than 48 hs of voting remain. http://vator.tv/company/qless on January 16
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Alex Backer (CEO)
No waiting for a hair cut at Kids Fun Cuts after they go QLess this week! on January 15
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Waiting for your car to be ready? Not at the H&H Kia and H&H Chevrolet since they went QLess. on January 15
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess welcomes Complete Family Medicine to the QLess family. No more getting sick from patients in the waiting room! on January 15
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Nobody waits in line anymore at the Free State Brewing Company. on January 15
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Customers throw eggs at Apple stores after queueing for days (in some cases after flying to be the first) only to learn iPhone sales were halted in Chinese stores due to the large crowds queueing for them...all of which could be solved by going QLess. http://tiny.qless.com/vintl on January 13
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Julian Flynn
Julian Flynn at 11:45pm January 13
Stop reading & start DOING http://bit.ly/z4jwxT
Julian Flynn
Julian Flynn at 12:01am January 14
Top 7 CES Gadgets for Your Small Business http://bit.ly/ADVRBW
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess welcomes Twin Peaks Baton Rouge to the growing QLess family of Twin Peaks restaurants! on January 13
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess just joined the Vator.tv Splash contest...thank you for voting for us at http://vator.tv/company/qless to express your support for our mission of eliminating standing in line! on January 10
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Michael Ander
Michael Ander at 09:09pm January 10
Voted!
Alex Backer
Alex Backer at 03:36am January 11
To vote, click on the link above, click on the Vote button at top right, then press the button to vote for QLess. Thanks for bringing us from zero to finalist (if results hold) in 48 hours!
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Do you know someone with experience bringing a foreign business to China? Thanks! on January 08
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Great Fox News TV special on QLess Healthcare avoiding waiting room waits for patients: http://www.myfoxtampabay.com/dpp/health/doctor_jo/qless-doctors-office-waits-122811 on January 08
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Alex Backer (CEO)
December was another record month, with more than 300,000 Liberated, and QLess has now saved more than three million people more than 58 straight years of standing in line! More than 15,000 people Liberated just last Tuesday. Happy New Year! http://qless.com/ on January 08
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Alex Backer (CEO)
QLess named a major trend for 2012 and beyond by famed inventor and futurist Thomas Frey, alongside smartphones. Frey has been called the “Father of Invention” and the “Dean of Futurists”. Frey received 270 awards, more than any other IBM engineer. http://tinyurl.com/74mtwll on December 24
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Alex Backer (CEO)
Long time since I've updated you...here's some recent news: Phoenix Community College is now QLess! on October 18
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