SizeUp presented at Collision Conference PITCH in New Orleans. Forbes named PITCH as one of the best startup pitching competitions worldwide. Over 400 companies were considered and the Collision judges shortlisted an impressive list of startups to present. PITCH was judged by a distinguished panel of judges, which includes Twilio’s Jeff Lawson, Khosla Ventures’ Benjamin Ling and SoftTech VC’s Andy McLoughlin. Collision is “America’s fastest growing tech conference” created by the team behind Web Summit. In two years, Collision has grown to over 7,500 attendees from more than 50 countries. There are other notable speakers for the conference.
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Money Magazine Cover Story Recommends SizeUp
The March 2016 Money magazine cover story, “Be Your Own Boss” recommends using SizeUp in “The Guide to Launching Your Own Business.” The article says that Step 1 is to figure out if your brilliant idea is a viable business and the first service recommended to figure that out is SizeUp, saying that, “…a nifty tool called SizeUp that lets you map out where potential customers, competitors, and suppliers are located – and pinpoint area where there is high demand and little competition.” It further explains that SizeUp can help show how many similar competitors are in an area, total household expenditures in an industry category, and how those compare to nearby regions.
Read the Money article on Time.com.
SizeUp Wins Future of Money and Technology Startup Competition
SizeUp was selected as winner of The Future of Money & Technology Startup Competition. It will be recognized for this achievement at the Future of Money & Technology Summit on December 2nd which includes a presentation by SizeUp.
The Future of Money & Technology Summit is an annual gathering that brings together the best and brightest visionaries around money, including startups entrepreneurs, developers, press, investors, authors, service providers, and solutions providers to discuss the evolving money ecosystem in a proactive, conducive to dealmaking environment.
See the announcement of Fintech startup winners here.
SizeUp is Global Fintech Finalist at Sibos Banking Conference
SizeUp presented at the SWIFT Sibos conference to many of the world’s leading banking executives and professionals in Singapore. SizeUp was invited to speak at the conference’s Innotribe Startup Challenge Finale and presented how banks can better serve their small business customers using SizeUp’s online services and business intelligence. The presentations, by an exclusive list of only 12 global Fintech finalists that included SizeUp, was one of the most eagerly anticipated sessions of Sibos 2015. Sibos was attended by over 7,000 financial services executives and industry leaders from around the world. As a result of SizeUp’s presentation, banks from different countries met with SizeUp team members to discuss how to implement SizeUp in the geographic markets they serve.
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Bank Innovation on How SizeUp Helps Banks Do More for Small Businesses
In the article “2 Startups Aim to Help Banks Do More for Small Businesses,” Bank Innovation discusses how small businesses are classically underserved by banks and the ways that “banks are stepping up partnerships with startups targeting the space, and are adding new services and improving existing services for small businesses in general.” The article discusses how SizeUp advances what banks can offer customers through “business intelligence based on location, to show businesses threats and opportunities in their space. Mining information from hundreds of inputs, most publicly accessible, SizeUp lets businesses compare themselves to peers and see a revenue heatmap by ZIP code.”
Read the complete article at Bank Innovation.