Creating trust in an online world

FT Start-Up Stories

Jul 9, 201821:37Business

When Peter Mühlmann’s mum had some bad experiences making her first purchases online in 2007, he decided there must be a way to guide consumers to businesses they could trust. The result was Trustpilot. Hosted on Acast....

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