500Friends

Aplicación YC de 500Friends

Winter 2010Acquired

500Friends pasó por Y Combinator en el batch Winter 2010 como una empresa de B2B. Abajo: qué hace la empresa, quién la fundó y su aplicación a YC, reconstruida pregunta por pregunta en el formulario real de YC.

Batch YC
Winter 2010
Industria
B2BRetail
Tamaño del equipo
51
Estado
Acquired
Lanzado
2012

Fundadores

  • Hong HuFounder

Lo que hace 500Friends

Merkle Loyalty Solutions, formerly 500friends, is a leader in customer loyalty marketing solutions. Clients depend on us to help them develop and execute a differentiated and impactful customer loyalty strategy that delivers the business results they expect. Merkle Loyalty Solutions is recognized by Forrester Research as a Strong Performer in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Loyalty Solutions, Q3 2017, and as a Leader and received the highest overall score in The Forrester Wave™: Customer Loyalty Solutions For Midsize Organizations, Q1 2016. The end-to-end loyalty services Merkle Loyalty Solutions offer include: - Strategic consulting - SaaS loyalty platform named LoyaltyPlus™ - Platform integration - Program management and support - Advanced analytics Merkle is a leading data-driven, technology-enabled, global performance marketing agency that specializes in the delivery of unique, personalized customer experiences across platforms and devices. The agency’s heritage in data, technology, and analytics forms the foundation for its unmatched skills in understanding consumer insights that drive people-based marketing strategies. With more than 4,100 employees, the Merkle team is based in Columbia, MD, with 16 additional offices in the US and 8 offices in Europe and Asia. In 2016, the agency joined the Dentsu Aegis Network. Learn more about Merkle Loyalty Solutions at --- We're hiring! Please check out our openings at:

Aplicación YC de 500Friends, reconstruida

Solicitud de Y Combinator

500Friends, batch Winter 2010. Las preguntas reales del formulario, respondidas con datos públicos.

  1. Founders2
  2. Company7
  3. Progress7
  4. Idea4
  5. Equity3
  6. Curious2
  7. Batch Preference1

Company

Company name

500Friends

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

The best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We build LoyaltyPlus, a SaaS platform for customer loyalty marketing that helps retailers design, run, and measure programs that keep customers coming back. Alongside the software, we offer strategy consulting, platform integration, and managed support tailored for CMOs who want clear ROI from loyalty programs.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We are based in San Francisco, CA, and after YC we plan to stay here to stay close to key retail and marketing customers and talent.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is the hub of marketing technology and retail innovation. Being here connects us to CMOs and marketers who need strong loyalty solutions and gives us access to engineers and data talent specialized in consumer marketing.

21 respuestas más en la aplicación completa

están en la versión completa. Crea una cuenta gratuita para abrirla en YC Insights, junto a cada otro batch de YC.

Preguntas Frecuentes

¿Es esta la aplicación YC real de 500Friends?

No. Y Combinator mantiene privadas las aplicaciones enviadas. Esta es una reconstrucción: las preguntas reales del formulario de YC, respondidas a partir de los datos públicos de 500Friends (notas de lanzamiento, antecedentes de fundadores, descripción del producto). Muestra cómo una empresa como 500Friends se presentaría a YC, no el texto que enviaron.

¿En qué batch de YC estuvo 500Friends?

500Friends formó parte del batch Winter 2010 de Y Combinator.

¿Quién fundó 500Friends?

500Friends fue fundado por Hong Hu.

¿A qué se dedica 500Friends?

the best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs.

¿Cómo leo la aplicación completa reconstruida?

Crea una cuenta gratuita de Round Funded. La versión completa de 26 respuestas de la aplicación de 500Friends, y de cada otro batch de YC, está en YC Insights.

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