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Each year, 8 million people sell goods and services person-to-person that account for 17 billion dollars in direct sales. The problem they face is that the overwhelming majority of the direct sales industry is using 19th century tools - a pencil and clipboard - to operate in a 21st century world.
Grassroots Unwired is liberating the direct sales industry from the tools of yesterday and solving these problems with an integrated SaaS platform that combines a mapping system, mobile application, and web portal that run in conjunction with a GPS-enabled mobile device for tracking, reporting and analytics - all in real time. Our core competency is allowing clients to holistically Plan, Execute, and Analyze their person-to-person campaigns.
We have proven that our solution works by generating $300,000 in revenue to-date in the first vertical we went after -- political campaigns. We have retained 100% of our customers and are adding new customers every day in anticipation of the massive 2012 election cycle. We are also in talks with some of the largest direct sales companies and non-profits in the country and expect to sign several in 2012. We are offering investors a great opportunity to join us as we scale to meet the needs of this massive, untapped market.

News & Updates

Mar
01
DreamIt Ventures Philly 2012 Showcase brings seven startups to NYC
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By Yael Borofsky

Seven Philadelphia-based startups traveled to the Big Apple yesterday to pitch a cast of New York investors at the Philly 2012 Showcase in New York hosted by DreamIt Ventures.

The companies — CloudMine, ElectNext, SnipSnap, Grassroots Unwired,Metalayer, Kwelia, and Spling — all participated in DreamIt Ventures’ Fall 2011 Philadelphia program and presented at Demo Day in December 2011. DreamIt hosted the showcase because a number of investors expressed interested in the December Demo Day, but were unable to attend, Kerry Rupp told Technically Philly.

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Dec
07
DreamIt Graduates 14 Startups in Philly, Including 5 Minority-Led Companies
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by Sarah Perez

On Wednesday, startup incubator DreamIt Ventures is graduating fourteen new companies from its Philly 2011 class. It’s the fourth program from DreamIt in Philadelphia, and the fifth graduating class for the accelerator overall. DreamIt expanded to New York this year, too). This year’s group is notable for featuring several minority-led startups thanks to a collaboration with Comcast Ventures, the venture capital affiliate of Comcast Corporation, as part of its Minority Entrepreneur Accelerator Program (MEAP).

MEAP is the first initiative from the $20 million fund created by Comcast as a part of the acquisition of NBC Universal. The fund will also be used to invest in other minority-led startups and initiatives outside of DreamIt in the future. With Comcast’s participation, DreamIt’s budget for this group was increased by $350,000.

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http://techcrunch.com/2011/12/06/dreamit-graduates-15-startups-in-philly-including-5-minority-led-companies/