POPin

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POPin
Company typePrivate
IndustryCrowdsourcing
Founded2014; 10 years ago (2014)
Headquarters
Key people
Chris Laping, Co-Founder & CEO
Kristine Laping, Co-Founder & Director of Operations
ServicesMobile app
Websitetrypopin.com

POPin is a privately held enterprise crowdsourcing company, with headquarters located in Denver, Colorado. The company was acquired November 19, 2021 by People Before Things, LLC, a boutique coaching & consulting firm focused on organizational health and change leadership.

POPin's anonymous crowdsolving platform and mobile app are focused on the business outcomes of a company through the collaborative engagement of its employees, partners, and clients.[1] The platform creates a micro social network around a single question for a limited period of time to address team alignment and productivity across the organization.[2]

POPin's platform is in use by organizations in such industries as healthcare,[3] higher education,[4] and mass media.[5]

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POPin was founded in 2014 and maintains headquarters in Denver, Colorado.

In November 2015, POPin secured $6 million in Series A funding, led by Nexus Venture Partners with participation from Greylock Partners.[6]

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  1. ^ Marvin, Rob (2017-03-10). "Business Power Tools: 8 Apps Skyhigh's CEO Can't Live Without". PC Magazine. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  2. ^ Ring, Katy (2018-01-02). "POPin: Crowdsourcing to raise business productivity". 451 Research. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  3. ^ Johnson, Christina (2017-12-18). "Crowd-solving the employee retention crisis: Keeping nurses on the job and keeping them happy". Becker’s Hospital Review. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  4. ^ Di Lorenzo, Dennis (2018-04-26). "Using Collaborative Crowdsourcing to Give Voice to Diverse Communities". Campus Technology. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  5. ^ Boulton, Clint (2016-02-22). "Time Warner Cable CIO transforms IT as Charter merger looms". CIO. Retrieved 2018-07-11.
  6. ^ Sharma, Disha (2015-11-12). "Nexus invests in US-based crowd-solving SaaS startup POPin". VCCircle. Retrieved 2018-07-11.

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