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Stay Connected in 2025: How a Personal CRM App can help you keep your New Year’s resolution

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Stay Connected in 2025: How a Personal CRM App can help you keep your New Year’s resolution

Learn how Hippo, your personal CRM app, can help you fulfill your New Year’s resolution of being more attentive to friends and family. From remembering important dates to jotting down meaningful notes, discover how this powerful tool makes staying connected easier and more thoughtful in 2025.

By Roel 04 Jan 2025
How to remember birthdays without Facebook

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How to remember birthdays without Facebook

So, you've made the bold move of saying goodbye to Facebook – high five! But, uh-oh, now you're wondering how on earth you'll remember birthdays without those handy notifications. Fear not! Let's dive into some laid-back and clever ways to keep those birthdays on your radar.

By Roel 27 Nov 2023
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Remembering names with a Personal CRM

We've all been there. You meet someone new at a networking event or a social gathering, engage in a fascinating conversation, and exchange contact information. But as soon as you walk away, their name slips your mind, leaving you feeling embarrassed and disconnected the next time you meet

By Roel 24 Nov 2023
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Why I created an app to manage my relationships

One of my biggest problems is that I forget a lot of important things about my friends and family. Things like baby due dates, kids names, where someone went on holiday, birthdays, when they have their job interview.. This makes me unsure of myself while talking to people. I forget

By Roel 04 Oct 2023
Interview with Oyestartups

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Interview with Oyestartups

I gave an interview with Oyestartups, I think it is an interesting read with lots of insight in why I'm building Hippo. And I give some financial advice too! Roel, as per your experience what are the things one should take care when they drop job and pursuing

By Roel 29 Dec 2019

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Hippo on Xataka

Xataka published a piece (in Spanish) on keeping track of relationships with a Personal CRM. Some quotes that I Google translated: For example, there is Hippo (at the moment only on iOS), which allows you to add events, reminders and notes to each contact that you consider important. It is

By Roel 27 Dec 2019

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The Atlantic on managing relationships with apps

Managing Your Friendships, With SoftwareA slew of new start-ups want to help people manage their relationships the way they would sales leads. Should we be worried about our friends turning us into data points?The AtlanticKaitlyn Tiffany The Atlantic has published a piece on managing relationships with apps. It mentions

By Roel 10 Nov 2019

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Interview on App of the Day

Read the interview that I gave to App of the Day. I've designed Hippo with privacy in mind and that is something that similar apps didn't do. So Hippo doesn't require an account or access to your contacts. And all data stays on your

By Roel 19 Oct 2019

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App of the week @ iCulture

Hippo was chosen as App of the Week @ iCulture, the largest Dutch Apple blog! De leukste apps van week 31-2019 in App GemistWat waren de leukste iOS- en Mac-apps van afgelopen week? iCulture zet de oogst van week 31 in 2019 voor je op een rijtje. Deze moet je zeker

By Roel 03 Aug 2019
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