500Friends

Application YC di 500Friends

Winter 2010Acquired

500Friends ha partecipato a Y Combinator nel batch Winter 2010 come azienda B2B. Sotto: cosa fa l'azienda, chi l'ha fondata e la sua application a YC, ricostruita domanda per domanda nel form reale di YC.

Batch YC
Winter 2010
Settore
B2BRetail
Dimensione team
51
Stato
Acquired
Lanciata
2012

Founder

  • Hong HuFounder

Cosa fa 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:

Application YC di 500Friends, ricostruita

Domanda per Y Combinator

500Friends, batch Winter 2010. Le vere domande del form, risposte da dati pubblici.

  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 risposte in più nell'application completa

Founders, Progress, Idea, Equity, Curious, Batch Preference sono nella versione completa. Crea un account gratuito per aprirla in YC Insights, accanto a ogni altro batch YC.

Domande Frequenti

Questa è l'application YC reale di 500Friends?

No. Y Combinator mantiene private le application inviate. Questa è una ricostruzione: le domande del form YC reale, a cui si è risposto usando i dati pubblici di 500Friends (note di lancio, background dei founder, descrizione del prodotto). Mostra come un'azienda come 500Friends si presenterebbe a YC, non il testo che hanno inviato.

A quale batch YC apparteneva 500Friends?

500Friends apparteneva al batch Winter 2010 di Y Combinator.

Chi ha fondato 500Friends?

500Friends è stato fondato da Hong Hu.

Cosa fa 500Friends?

the best loyalty and retention marketing partner for CMOs.

Come leggo la ricostruzione completa della application?

Crea un account Round Funded gratuito. La versione completa di 26 risposte della application di 500Friends, e di ogni altro batch YC, è in YC Insights.

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