Podium (company)

Podium
Private
Industry Software
Founded 2013
Headquarters Lehi, Utah, United States
Key people
 Eric Rea, Co-Founder, Dennis Steele, Co-Founder
Products Online Reputation Management
Website https://www.podium.com

Podium is a privately held technology company headquartered in Lehi, Utah that develops cloud-based software to help businesses collect and manage online reviews on review sites and social media sites like Google and Facebook.

History

Podium was founded in 2013 when co-founder Eric Rea got a call from his father about the low online reviews his tire shop had been receiving. His father was looking for a way to improve those reviews, but he didn’t know how to go about it.

After doing some research, Rea found that the only solutions available were antiquated, email-based campaigns. Determined to build a better solution, Rea teamed up with Dennis Steele, an old college classmate, to develop a tool that would help small businesses build their online reputation through online reviews.[1]

Podium was initially known as RepDrive[2] before rebranding as Podium in 2015. The company raised $500,000 in an initial round of funding led by Peak Ventures.[3]

Y Combinator

Podium was selected to participate in the Winter 2016 class of Y Combinator, a startup incubator that has helped develop Airbnb, Dropbox, and Reddit.[4] The company presented on the second demo day for the Winter 2016 batch on March 23, 2016.[5]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "Podium helps businesses improve online reviews with a simple text : Silicon Slopes". siliconslopes.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  2. ↑ "Podium, Inc.: Private Company Information - Businessweek". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  3. ↑ "Podium | CrunchBase". www.crunchbase.com. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  4. ↑ "The 10 Most Successful Y Combinator Startups". Business Insider. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  5. ↑ Constine, Josh; Dickey, Megan Rose; Buhr, Sarah. "Here are the 59 startups that demoed at Y Combinator Winter '16 Demo Day 2". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2016-05-06.
  6. ↑ "Latest News | MWCN". www.mwcn.org. Retrieved 2016-09-28.

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