no other articles link to it . please introduce links to this page from related articles ; try the find link tool for suggestions . july 2013 poll everywhere type private industry audience response systems founded 2007 headquarters san francisco usa key people jeff vyduna ceo co founder brad gessler chief technical officer co founder sean eby co founder website polleverywhere.com poll everywhere is a privately held company headquartered in san francisco california . the company founded in april 2007 1 is an online service for classroom response and audience response systems . poll everywhere s product allows audiences and classrooms in over 100 countries 2 to use mobile phones thereby plotting the obsolescence 3 of proprietary hardware response devices otherwise known as clickers . the company raised 20 000 in venture funding from y combinator in 2008 . 4 contents 1 origins and history 2 company 3 key product launches 4 reception and publication mentions 5 see also 6 references origins and history edit jeff vyduna brad gessler and sean eby were coworkers at deloitte consulting charged with giving internal presentations . one day to keep the audience awake they decided to pull a text message out of a hat . 5 code was started in april 2007 and the online site launched in september 2007 . during that time vyduna matriculated at the sloan school of management at mit . on may 14 2008 the company placed as a semi finalist in the mit 100k entrepreneurship challenge . 6 vyduna subsequently took a leave of absence when poll everywhere was accepted into y combinator in mid 2008 ; in 2010 the company moved to san francisco . in september 2012 the company announced it had acquired competitors classmetric and textthemob 7 over 100 000 educators use the product . 8 company edit the company is managed by two of its cofounders jeff vyduna chief executive officer ; and brad gessler chief technology officer . the company earns revenue via monthly and annual subscriptions to its software as a service website . bespoke development and onsite technical support are also provided to large enterprise customers and events . key product launches edit august 2008 us sms short code support ; and international expansion to australia europe and asia . 9 august 2011 word clouds for open ended responses 10 december 2011 full featured mac presenter release 11 march 2012 support for images and latex in polling answers 12 september 2012 published the first comparison chart for web based audience response systems . 13 september 2012 published mobile tools for presenters 14 reception and publication mentions edit mashable.com noted in 2008 the usefulness of poll everywhere is apparent . http mashable.com 2009 06 17 poll everywhere mentioned in teaching generation text using cell phones to enhance learning l 15 by lisa nielsen and willyn webb budget audience response pick meetings and conventions magazine 16 mentioned in teaching with classroom response systems creating active learning environments by derek bruff see also edit audience response systems references edit lynch brendan 1 may 2008 . startup poll everywhere invented the technology to conduct real time polls through cell phones . boston business journal . retrieved 27 february 2013 . jenara narenberg 6 october 2010 . sms education poll everywhere is making the mobile pop quiz more affordable . fast company . retrieved 28 february 2013 . hoffman jan 30 march 2012 . speak up raise your hand that may no longer be necessary . new york times . retrieved 28 february 2013 . ha anthony 19 august 2008 . y combinator demo day co2stats posterous and others show their stuff . venture beat . retrieved 27 february 2013 . lynch brendan 1 may 2008 . startup poll everywhere conducts polls through cell phones . boston business journal . retrieved 27 february 2013 . reidy chris 15 may 2008 . mit 100k competition awards its top prize . boston.com . missing or empty url help wan tony 26 september 2012 . oll everywhere acquires textthemob classmetric . edsurge.com . retrieved 27 february 2013 . bass dustin 15 august 2012 . poll everywhere gathering all the answers . onlinecolleges.net . retrieved 28 february 2013 . kincaid jason 18 august 2008 . poll everywhere asks the crowd to spice up powerpoint presentations . techcrunch . retrieved 27 february 2013 . byrne richard . create word clouds in poll everywhere . retrieved 28 february 2013 . rose michael . friday favorite polleverywhere mac presenter grows up . tuaw.com . retrieved 28 february 2013 . byrne richard . poll everywhere introduces voting on images . freetechforteachers.com . retrieved 28 february 2013 . wan tony . check this out a comparison of audience response systems . edsurge.com . retrieved 28 february 2013 . byrne richard . poll everywhere offers new mobile presenter tools . freetech4teachers.com . retrieved 28 february 2013 . nielsen lisa . 5 ways to connect with parents using poll everywhere . retrieved 28 february 2013 . braley sarah . a features cutting edge audience feedback . meetings and conventions magazine . retrieved 28 february 2013 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title poll everywhere & oldid 590552943 categories mobile technology companieshidden categories pages using web citations with no urlorphaned articles from july 2013all orphaned articlespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 january 2014 at 19 31 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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