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Zumbox Los Angeles, CA | |
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Zumbox is the worlds first paperless postal system. It connects large transactional, financial and
government mailers to consumer households for the delivery and storage of digital postal mail via the
Internet. Digital postal mail is an exact facsimile of paper mail created from a redirection of the print stream
originally intended for large mailing systems.
www.zumbox.com MofE Profile John Payne, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Organize - Root Dataset Business Model: Third-Party Models: Data Exchange Content Model: User-Generated - Closed Data Pools Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Captive | ||
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Zintro Waltham, MA | |
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Zintro is a business network that connects professionals seeking answers to difficult business
or technical challenges with subject matter experts for engagements ranging from phone
consults to extended on-site projects.
www.zintro.com MofE Profile Stuart Lewtan, Founder ICG Classification: Applications Models: Buy/Sell - Lead Generation Business Model: Advertising & Sponsorships - Piece of the Action Content Model: Original Compilation - Advertiser-Supplied Distribution Model: Direct Response: Web-based | ||
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Yipit New York, NY | |
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Yipit is an online deals aggregator, allowing consumers to easily identify and filter deals and
special offers from over 400 different sources. This aggregation activity also yields a
tremendous amount of intelligence about these deals and offers, which is packaged into a
searchable database format.
www.yipit.com MofE Profile Vin Vacanti, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Manual; Original Compilation - Primary Research: Harvested Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Direct Sales: Captive | ||
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MagazineRadar New York, NY | |
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MagazineRadar is a web-based ad sales information service offering competitive analysis of
over 3,000 magazines and newspapers. Used by thousands of publishing professionals daily, it
empowers users to pitch advertisers, stay abreast of competitors, and prospect for new
business.
www.magazineradar.com MofE Profile Todd Krizelman, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Buy/Sell - Opportunity Finder Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Manual Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Direct Sales: Captive | ||
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Legistorm Washington, DC | |
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LegiStorm bills itself as maintaining the largest collection of biographical information ever
assembled about the people who run the Congress. The dataset includes education,
job history, family connections, ties to organizations, businesses and activities.
www.legistorm.com MofE Profile Jock Friedly, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Manual; Original Compilation - Primary Research: Harvested Distribution Model: Direct Response - Web-based | ||
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First Stop Health Chicago, IL | |
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First Stop Health is a data-driven online and telephonic health concierge service for individuals and families. It combines heat
related web tools, authoritative and patient]centric disease and condition information, and 24/7 medical advice and diagnose
and next business day physician referrals to meet members' minor and major, urgent and chronic, healthcare needs.
www.fshealth.com MofE Profile Patrick Spain, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Mixed Models - Limited Free Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Manual; Aggregation - Licensed Distribution Model: Direct Response - Web-based | ||
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FeeFighters Chicago, IL | |
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Created in response to inefficiencies and a lack of transparency the founder experienced when seeking a credit card processor for his own
small business, FeeFighters provides a marketplace that matches merchants who are seeking credit card processing services with card processing vendors.
www.feefighters.com MofE Profile Sean Harper, Founder & CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Buy/Sell - Lead Generation Business Model: Advertising/Sponsorship - Piece of the Action Content Model: Original Compilation - Advertiser-Supplied: Enhanced Primary Distribution Model: Direct Response - Web-based | ||
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Depository Trust & Clearing New York, NY | |
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The Insurance and Retirement services division of DTCC is the central messaging connection for
annuity and life insurance transactions, enabling insurance companies to provide
brokers/dealers with daily financial transaction information. Analytic Reporting for
Annuities is an online application that provides deep and unique insight into who is selling
what, where and how much in the annuities business, delivered through a powerful and elegant
user interface.
www.dtcc.com MofE Profile Adam Bryan, Managing Director ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence; Benchmark - Industry Benchmarks Business Model: Subscription Content Model: Clearinghouse & Exchange - Experiential Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Direct Sales: Captive | ||
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Artlog Brooklyn, NY | |
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Artlog positions itself as the definitive global contemporary art guide, focusing on artworks,
artists and event listings for a global group of thousands of international galleries,
institutions and art fairs.
www.artlog.com MofE Profile Manish Vora, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Advertising - Advertising & Sponsorship Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Manual Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Direct Sales: Captive | ||
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Wanted Technologies Quebec, Canada | |
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The Hiring Scale, the newest addition to the Wanted Analytics product suite, seamlessly
meshes government employment data and hiring demand information drawn from Wanteds
database of 600 million online job ads to help companies and recruiters assess the difficulty of
filling any job in any part of the country.
www.wantedtech.com MofE Profile Bruce Murray, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Reference & Intelligence Business Model: Subscription - Subscription Content Model: Original Compilation - Primary Research: Harvested Distribution Model: Direct Sales - Direct Sales: Captive | ||
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BestVendor New York, NY | |
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When large companies want to identify and review products and providers, they turn to expensive
research services like Gartner for help. That's not an option for small businesses, and that's exactly
the need that BestVendor plans to fill. BestVendor helps smaller businesses make smarter, faster purchasing
decisions through social recommendations and crowdsourced ratings and reviews.
www.bestvendor.com MofE Profile Jeff Giesea, CEO ICG Classification: Applications Models: Evaluate - Performance Ratings; Locate - Buying Guides Business Model: Advertising & Sponsorships - Free Listings with Paid Enhancements; Advertising & Sponsorships - Piece of the Action Content Model: User-Generated - Community Distribution Model: Direct Response - Web-Based; Direct Sales - Captive | ||
2011 Model of Excellence award winners at
the DataContent 2011 Conference
Sean Harper, CEO, FeeFighters; Megan St, John, InfoCommerce Group; Adam Bryan,
Managing Director, Depository Trust; Andrew Blumberg, Advisor, Depository Trust; Russell Perkins InfoCommerce Group