Consumer Services

Zazzle Corporate Office

Zazzle was founded in 2005 by Robert, Bobby, and Jeffrey Beaver in the family garage. The company allows clients to create or “borrow” designs and pictures, then place them on the desired items, such as coffee mugs, T-shirts, and keychains.

The company received their first cash influx of $16 million from Google investors, and an additional investment in 2007 of $30 million. The company was recognized in 2010 by Lead411 on their list of Hottest Silicon Valley Companies. Zazzle claims to have more than 300 million unique products listed on their site.

Zazzle has partnered with numerous brands and has access to digital images from such companies as Hallmark and Disney. The company also offers embroidered items and digital printing for items such as wedding or baby shower invitations.

Zazzle

History

SparkPeople Corporate Office

SparkPeople was founded by Chris Downie in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2000. The company develops and maintains several health and wellness websites.

The company has won several awards for their websites, including Businessweek Best of the Web in Health in 2006, 2007, and 2008, along with Consumer Reports, who investigated 9 of the company’s top diet plans and rated it 76 out of 100, just behind MyFitnessPal and the Mediterranean Diet.

SparkPeople websites include Babyfit.com, Sparkpeople.com, DailySpark.com, SparkAmerica.com, SparkCoach.Com, and SparkRecipes.com. In February of 2012, the company announced that they had reached a milestone of 10 million visitors.

SparkPeople

SparkPeople was founded by Chris Downie in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2000. The company develops and maintains several health and wellness websites.

History

LearningRX Corporate Office

LearningRX was founded in 2002 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Keith Gibson. Franchising began the next year. The company operates a chain of cognitive improvement schools.

The company states that games and puzzles, designed by owner Dr. Ken Gibson, are designed to improve how the brain functions. The company has made many assertations in their marketing campaigns, including that their method can eliminate ADHD, and reverse diseases such as autism and Alzheimer’s. This controversial subject has been called pseudo-science by some, but praised by others in the scientific community.

LearningRX was challenged in court and agreed to stop making such claims unless they had double blind studies to prove their claims. They paid $200,000 of a $4 million fine.

LearningRX

LearningRX was founded in 2002 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, by Keith Gibson. Franchising began the next year. The company operates a chain of cognitive improvement schools.

LearningRX was challenged in court and agreed to stop making such claims unless they had double blind studies to prove their claims. They paid $200,000 of a $4 million fine.

History

Yodlee Corporate Office

Yodlee was founded in 1999 by Venkat Rangan and numerous other partners who previously worked at Microsoft, Amazon, and Junglee. The company offers software products that offer customers an account aggregation service, whereby they can see all of their investments, emails, credit card statements, and more, all on one screen.

The company has headquarters in Redwood City, California, but also has offices in Bangalore, India, and the UK. Evestnet acquired the company in August of 2015 for $660 million.

Yodlee has more than 45 million users, 150 financial institutions and portals, including 5 of the world’s top 10 banks, as well as partners such as Money Dashboard and Thrive.

Yodlee

The company has headquarters in Redwood City, California, but also has offices in Bangalore, India, and the UK. Evestnet acquired the company in August of 2015 for $660 million.

Yodlee has more than 45 million users, 150 financial institutions and portals, including 5 of the world’s top 10 banks, as well as partners such as Money Dashboard and Thrive.

History

Paperless Post Corporate Office

Paperless Post was founded by brother and sister team Alexa and James Herschfeld in New York City, in 2008. The company offers personalized and in-house designed invitations, holiday cards, and announcements, such as baby showers or engagement parties.

The company started out offering only on-line products, and began paper products in 2012. Kate Spade and other designers work as partners by offering exclusive designs. Paperless Post uses Crane & Company to create their paper products.

Many famous American use Paperless Post, including President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Khloe Kardashian, and Emma Watson, to name a few.

Paperless Post

Many famous American use Paperless Post, including President Barack Obama, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Khloe Kardashian, and Emma Watson, to name a few.