Poll Everywhere
The business, the turning points, and the decisions behind them.
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01 / WHAT IT BUILT
What the company did
Poll Everywhere is a San Francisco company offering the first hardware-free audience response system. Its online service lets presenters, trainers and educators collect live responses from classrooms and event audiences via mobile phones, plotting the obsolescence of proprietary clicker hardware. Founded by CEO Jeff Vyduna, CTO Brad Gessler and Sean Eby, the company went through Y Combinator in 2008 and is trusted by over 75% of the Fortune 500.
02 / FAILURE REASONS
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03 / EVENT HISTORY
Events in the structured record
- Founded
Poll Everywhere was founded in San Francisco as an online service for classroom and audience response.
- Y Combinator
The company went through Y Combinator, raising $20,000 in venture funding.
- Still active and awarded
Poll Everywhere was recognized in the 2022 American Business Awards for powering the remote-work revolution; its technology had enabled over 4 million presenters to engage audiences.
04 / CONTEMPORARY REBUILD ASSESSMENT
Difficulty of rebuilding this project today
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Overall assessment: Not completed
05 / CAUSAL CHAIN / AFTERMATH
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