Who started angie's list
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From America’s Heartland in Indianapolis, Indiana. This is Get IN. The podcast, focused on the unfolding stories and extraordinary innovations happening right now in software, hard tech, ag tech, sports tech, med tech, all the techs. And today’s guest is Angie Hicks.
Like, no one answers their doors today. They still, they didn’t answer their doors in 1995, either. I, let’s be honest. You know, so for me it was, it was a numbers game. I had to commit myself that I was going to knock on so many doors. I was like, I was a believer in process. So I was like, I think if I knock on 20 doors, I might sell one. So if I just keep my script, knock on the door I might sell one.
You know, and so that’s how I would get through it, you know, and it was but it was, it was much more character building than sales generating.
Angie Hicks is the co-founder of Angie’s List, which is a company that helps you connect with vetted pros read verified reviews, and get fair pricing for all home projects and services.
She was raised in Fort Wayne, Indiana and attend
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Angie Hicks
American businessperson
Angie Hicks is the chief customer officer of ANGI Homeservices Inc. and the co-founder of Angie's List (now known as Angi).[1][2]
Early life and education
Hicks grew up in Fort Wayne, Indiana.[3] She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from DePauw University,[4] and a Master of Business Administration from Harvard Business School.[5]
Career
Hicks interned during college at CID Equity Partners, a venture capital firm where she met venture capitalist Bill Oesterle.[6] In 1995, Oesterle hired Hicks to start Columbus Neighbors, a call-in service and publication with reviews of local home and lawn services in Columbus, Ohio.[7][3][8][9] After Hicks recruited over 1,000 members in one year, the company was renamed Angie's List.[10][11] In 1996, it acquired Unified Neighbors, a similar company in Indianapolis, then moved Angie's List's headquarters to that city in 1999.[12][13]
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Editor’s Note, February 19, 2013: Angie’s List reported profits on Feb. 13 for the first time in the company’s 17-plus years, showing a take of $2.4 million in its most recent quarter. The story below on founder Angie Hicks hails from the May 2006 issue of IM.
Angie Hicks settles into a loveseat at an immaculately remodeled Lockerbie home to tape a few of her regular news segments for WISH-TV. Today she’ll do one piece on mortgage refinancing and another on companies that are in the Angie’s List Penalty Box—her company’s hall of shame. Two businesses enter the Box this month, meaning Hicks and her namesake company are cautioning consumers about using their services. To the guilty parties—a lawn-care company that failed to fulfill a contract and a concrete firm tagged for poor workmanship—Hicks’ declaration is a costly black eye, a juicy bit of home-improvement gossip devoured by tens of thousands of empowered consumers. Yet she delivers the news in a straightforward, non-condescending manner, like a grade-school teacher announcing the cancellation of recess.
With her no-nonse
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