Candidature YC de 500Friends

Winter 2010Acquired

500Friends a été sélectionné par Y Combinator dans le cadre du batch Winter 2010 en tant qu'entreprise B2B. Ci-dessous : ce que fait l'entreprise, qui l'a fondée, et sa candidature à YC, reconstruite question par question dans le vrai formulaire YC.

Batch YC: Winter 2010
Secteur d'activité: B2BRetail
Taille de l'équipe: 51
Statut: Acquired
Lancé: 2012

Fondateurs

Hong HuFounder

Ce que fait 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:

Candidature YC de 500Friends, reconstruite

Candidature Y Combinator

500Friends, promotion Winter 2010. Les vraies questions de candidature, répondues à partir de données publiques.

Founders2
Company7
Progress7
Idea4
Equity3
Curious2
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.

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Questions fréquemment posées

Est-ce la vraie candidature YC de 500Friends ?

Non. Y Combinator garde les candidatures soumises privées. Ceci est une reconstruction : les vraies questions du formulaire YC, répondues à partir des données publiques de 500Friends (notes de lancement, parcours des fondateurs, description du produit). Cela montre comment une entreprise comme 500Friends se présenterait à YC, pas le texte qu'ils ont soumis.

À quel batch YC 500Friends appartenait-il ?

500Friends faisait partie du batch Winter 2010 de Y Combinator.

Qui a fondé 500Friends ?

500Friends a été fondé par Hong Hu.

Que fait 500Friends ?

the best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs.

Comment lire la candidature complète reconstruite ?

Créez un compte Round Funded gratuit. La version complète de la candidature de 500Friends en 26 réponses, et de chaque autre promotion YC, se trouve dans YC Insights.