This is a great way to unite the company for one common goal. With this latest release, hoopla has taken another step in expanding the hoopla tv platform in order to motivate. It was being used across the organization to keep the sales team and product team aligned, and to get the entire company really rallied behind sales. Hoopla software presentations channel linkedin slideshare. Compared to hoopla, bunchball has 5 more employees.
Integrated solution introduced at pulse 2014 customer success event. Hoopla was founded in san jose, california in 2010. New solution on display at pulse 2014 customer success event data pulse 2014, san francisco, calif. Slack and hoopla come together to live broadcast messages. Our software runs on that, and becomes the content for that. Hoopla was a great tool to get our sales team competitive. Hoopla employee motivation and recognition platform.
Mike founded hoopla to answer the burning question he faced running sales organizations at a variety of companies. We host company updates every 2 weeks and on the off weeks we host an open mike forum where anyone who has any questions can just walk into the cafe and ask any questions. Hooplas top 10 appexchange sales engagement app creates a highperformance culture with realtime data displayed on tv big screens, web, and mobile. Mike smalls, ceo and founder of, describes why gamification appeals to sales teams and how companies can take it to the next level with modern game mechanics to create a healthy. Hoopla establishes new silicon valley headquarters. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mike s connections. Hoopla and gainsight partner to deliver integrated sales. Hoopla software, based in west chester, provides game dynamics to sales teams. Regardless of how distributed your team is, the software ensures your employees are aware of your goals and priorities to encourage them in delivering valuable work. With offices in silicon valley and philadelphia, hoopla helps organizations steer the actions and. With this latest integration, hoopla has taken another step in expanding the hoopla tv platform in order to. The hoopla software uses gamification technology to help motivate sales teams. Interview with mike smalls, founder of hoopla trustradius.
Bunchball is a private company that was founded in 2005 in des moines, iowa. However, adjusting your company culture might start within. Hoopla is an automated, realtime motivation and recognition solution built for competitive teams and highperformance cultures that play to win. The companys saas based platform combines game mechanics, data analytic and broadcastquality video in a sales gamification application to engage employees by pulling performance data from the applications already used and. Hoopla competitors, revenue and employees owler company. Many sales managers seek ways to increase their employees productivity, encourage them to sell more or handle greater call volume, or improve the. Salesscreen competitors, revenue and employees owler. See the complete profile on linkedin and discover mikes connections. Podcast with mike smalls from hoopla software about. Silicon valley is a hub of business opportunities, where a highperformance culture is the difference between success and failure, said mike smalls, founder and ceo of hoopla. How to transition your team to include remote employees. Like hoopla, bunchball also operates in the internet software space. The company is backed by trinity ventures, safeguard scientifics, illuminate ventures and salesforce. The olympic motto citius, altius, fortius latin for faster, higher, stronger need not apply only to sports.
Hoopla, the new way to win for highvelocity sales, marketing and customer success teams, and gainsight, the leading customer success solution, announced a new strategic partnership to deliver an integrated sales motivation and customer success solution. To connect with michael, sign up for facebook today. His desire to combine gaming and sales came, rather, from solving his own challenges running the sales aspect of organizations, including turntide, which was sold to symantec, and destiny software. If you have a strong company culture established before you begin distributing work remotely, it is essential to have just as strong a focus on maintaining that culture as your workforce becomes more geographically diverse, says mike smalls, founder and ceo of hoopla software. Michael smalls is ceofounder at hoopla software inc. Like hoopla, leveleleven also works within the internet software field. San francisco, ca, may 14, 2014 marketwired via comtex pulse 2014 hoopla. Hooplas focus on fun delivers serious sales results. With no waiting, titles can be streamed immediately, or downloaded to phones or tablets for offline enjoyment later. Pulse 2014 hoopla, the new way to win for highvelocity sales, marketing and customer success teams, and gainsight, the leading customer success solution, announced today a new strategic. Todays guest blog comes from mike smalls, founder and ceo of hoopla software. Early stage venture capital focused on enterprise cloud and mobile computing. Mike has more than 25 years experience in the technology industry as a startup executive and as a leader of a variety of teams at larger companies.
Michael smalls, the founder and ceo of the saas company moved headquarters to san jose in 2012. Mike has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry as a sales executive at several startups, and as. Mike smalls is the founder and ceo of hoopla, a software company that helps sales and service organizations use game mechanics to improve performance. Seasoned users report steady monthbymonth profits and support each other through a famously busy, private facebook group. Illuminate ventures new thinking in venture capital. Hoopla s resources let you pick your plays and dive into the strategies you need to win the day, filtering by keyword, topic, resource type, or category to find the playbook you need to hit your goals. Company hoopla software news, employees and funding. Developer of a saas based platform intended to offer gamification technology to provide motivation to sales teams. Hoopla is an employee motivation and engagement software built to empower your organization in engaging your employees and building a highperformance culture. View mike smalls profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. Helping create a small company feel at large companies. I have been working at hoopla software parttime for less than a year. See who you know at hoopla software, leverage your professional network, and get hired. Hooplas focus on fun delivers serious sales results aol.
Hoopla launches digital signage solution for employee. Fun company events like gokarting and sports events, great social hours, fully stocked kitchen, 1 block off san pedro. The integration is aimed at simplifying organizationwide broadcasts of impromptu yet important messages from specific slack channels. He discusses ways hoopla is getting millennials to engage in intracompany engagement and company culture. Communitycreated profile of hoopla software in san jose, ca including executive profiles, news and insights, videos and contact information. Hoopla software announces integration with slack prweb.
Hoopla software, providers of hoopla tv and their flagship performance broadcasting platform for businesses, has announced its integration with slack, leaders in business communication services. Hoopla launches digital signage solution for employee engagement oct. Hoopla is an automated, realtime motivation and recognition solution built for sales teams and highperformance cultures that play to win. Hooplas focus on fun delivers serious sales results leading business gamification provider grew 400 percent in 2012 san jose, calif. As a user and administrator, the tool is very easy to use. Hoopla is a sales motivation and communication platform that allows companies to take normally hidden data from backend systems like crm systems and other areas, and bring that data to light.
Hello, mike smalls, im the founder and ceo of hoopla. Profit maximiser redefined the notion of exploiting bookie offers as a longerterm, rather than a oneoff opportunity. Hoopla has given me the opportunity to grow within the company and experience three different roles to help jumpstart my career. Mike has more than 25 years of experience in the technology industry as a sales executive at several startups, and as a leader of a variety of teams at larger companies. We continue to benefit tremendously from their mentorship, enthusiasm, confidence, and connections. Hoopla, gainsight introduce integrated sales motivation. Vb profiles is the definitive source of curated information on millions of companies, people and industries. So i lead the strategy and direction of the company. When mike smalls, hoopla founder and ceo, launched the company at the end of 2009, he says, i didnt even know what gamification was.
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