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The company goals are clear. They are currently securing first round funding that will be used towards building out the business infrastructure needed to support rapid sales growth across nine major cities by the end of the first year. Next they will focus on hitting financial profitability by the end of month nine, with a target of $1M in gross revenue generation by the end of the first year. Future goals are set at recognizing revenue growth to $6.8M and operating profit to $3.9M by end of year three.
The good news again for Tampa Bay will be a positive impact on the local economic landscape by providing more jobs to the area. By being a part of the Gazelle Lab program and participating in Demo Day, they have received a number of interested investors seeking more information about the company.
For more information call 1-855-Leads-Direct or email
bsmith@leadsdirectinc.com. Visit them at
www.LeadsDirectinc.com.
and Twitter, to make suggestions as to the venues and merchants that your friends and family members favor. This aspect is designed to add back the emotional layer of gift giving by removing gift card remorse.
Founder and CEO Ty Mathen is both highly energetic and goal driven, and cofounder and COO Orrett Davis is a biotech scientist turned entrepreneur. Their goals are to become the top platform for digital gift cards and find success in Tampa Bay. Mathen has a special passion in that regard and hopes to be able to inspire and give back to the community. Just a year ago he was over 250 pounds, out of shape and hating his job. He decided it was time to change his life so he put together a plan that involved a healthy diet and exercise. He lost considerable weight and gained stamina and also put together a successful mobile app called TagTexter. His daughter was also part of a five-year dream that is on the way. He quit that job, too, and has not looked back since participating in the Gazelle Lab program. For more information contact Ty Mathen and Orrett Davis at
founders@dropost.it; or call 813-482-3165.
www.dropost.it.
Dropost.it:
Dropost.it wants to change the way you share gifts by allowing users to drop gifts for friends at their favorite locations. These gifts are somewhat like virtual gift cards that show up when you visit a particular venue. The service uses the geo-location capabilities in modern smart phones to know when you’ve arrived, and will then ping you about the money your friend left for you. For example, you show up for dinner at a favorite restaurant and get a message that says, “Happy Birthday, your dinner is on us…love, Mom and Dad.” This message can be written out or recorded as a video. The service works on top of PayPal currently, but plans for mobile wallet integration are on the company’s roadmap. A particularly interesting feature of their service is how it will recommend which gifts you should buy. The service accesses social networking data from Facebook, and soon, Foursquare
As Robert F. Kennedy said, “Only those that dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.” We wish Gazelle Lab and each of these companies tremendous success in 2012.
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The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. ~AUTHOR UNKNOWN
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