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500friends is redefining loyalty marketing by enabling retailers to deliver innovative, cross-channel loyalty programs that increase the lifetime value of their customers. The LoyaltyPlus cloud-based platform offers a comprehensive suite of capabilities that empowers retailers with proven strategies that create highly personalized and targeted customer experiences at each stage of the lifecycle and across all touch points, while providing deep insights into their customers to enable better marketing decisions. 500friends is based in San Francisco and is backed by leading institutional investors including Crosslink Capital, Intel Capital, and Fung Capital (Li & Fung).
Self Management Group (SMG) is focused on building self-managing cultures. For over thirty years, we have been finding, selecting and developing people into self-managers. This strategy has helped major corporations around the globe find top level talent, improve employee retention and increase performance. Our services focus on six key areas: Recruiting - Creating and managing the flow of suitable candidates. Screening - On-line interviewing and mini-profiling to qualify candidates. Selection - Normative psychometric profiling to identify strengths, assess fit and evaluate ROI. Learning & Development - Developing self managing cultures; managing stress; changing paradigms. Career Management - Tools for self development and career self management. Organizational Effectiveness - Succession planning; strategic change; improved selection and retention. SMG partners with clients to attract and select top potential and maximize results through the use of our proprietary psychometric assessment tools, innovative self-management training, coaching and/or leadership consulting services. For years, top organizations have been using our online screening and selection tools to improve performance by getting the right people doing the right things. Our selection tools for staffing are available 24/7, 365 days a year and help our clients increase candidate flow and build pro-active recruiting cultures. Our complimentary applicant tracking system helps organizations pro-actively bank candidates and eliminates the need for expensive resume management software.
PocketMath was started in 2011 by three friends who met nearly a decade past while students at the University of Texas at Austin. Eric, JD, and Casey came together to solve a need recognized in the digital advertising space. After many iterations, a year (or two!), several prototypes, and countless meetings, PocketMath was born as a mobile demand-side platform (DSP) to bid for mobile app and web inventory in real-time (RTB). You can find PocketMath all around the world. Click here to see where!
Craig Karmazin founded Good Karma Brands in 1997 with the purchase of three radio stations in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. Shortly thereafter, he was fortunate that a number of his childhood friends decided to join him – they hosted radio shows, passed out t-shirts, sold advertising and talked sports both on and off the air (some things don’t change). This is where our story begins – Good Karma Brands began as a broadcasting company, where we learned the power of local marketing and strong community relationships. As the company grew through ESPN affiliated radio stations, we quickly became a Best Practices leader within ESPN Audio, and soon found ourselves shifting from a traditional radio company, and into a sports marketing company – finding new and unique solutions and sponsorships to activate for local advertising partners. Good Karma has expanded into new industries, including events and home solutions, and is always fueled by the desire to do things differently, align with premium brands and offer customized solutions for fans, partners and consumers. In 2015, the relationship with ESPN was expanded, as we could now offer local advertisers access to ESPN`s digital assets within our markets. A short three years later, and driven by the success of our partners and local advertisers desire for ESPN`s premium brand-safe environment, that agreement was extended to include additional markets outside of our radio footprint. Good Karma Brands continues in our expansion phase, both in broadcasting with the acquisition of WTMJ in Milwaukee, and through our ESPN digital markets throughout the country. And while we`ve been around for over 20 years, we pride ourselves on behaving much like we did back in 1997, as an entrepreneurial start-up, focused on getting results for local advertisers and having fun with our friends.
Convirza is the first enterprise call tracking and call optimization platform. To address the growing demand for intelligence from phone interactions we combine traditional call tracking with the powerful analysis of phone calls. Convirza uses speech recognition technology and sophisticated algorithms to gauge lead quality, measure conversions and take action with fully-baked marketing automation. We help sophisticated marketers make better decisions, improve close rates and customer experience while increasing revenue. The company serves leading national and international brands in automotive, healthcare, hospitality, home and financial services. Designed for businesses of all sizes, media/publishing agencies, call centers, and more, it is a call recording solution that helps track and analyze calls to understand caller intent and behavior.