SurveyMonkey
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| Type | Private |
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| Foundation date | 1999[2] |
| Headquarters | 285 Hamilton Avenue Palo Alto, CA 94301 United States [3] |
| No. of locations | Palo Alto, Portland, Seattle, Lisbon |
| Area served | worldwide |
| Founder(s) | Ryan Finley, Chris Finley |
| CEO | Dave Goldberg, CEO[2] |
| Industry | Online survey services |
| Products | Online survey tools |
| Revenue | $113m[citation needed] |
| Employees | 280 |
| Slogan(s) | The best decisions start here |
| Website | SurveyMonkey.com |
| Written in | .NET, Python |
| Alexa rank |
 457 (August 2013)[4] |
| Registration | required for creating a survey |
| Users | 15,000,000 |
| Available in | Dansk, Deutsch, English, Español, Français, 한국어, Italiano, Nederlands, 日本語, Norsk, Português, Русский, Suomi, Svenska, 中文(繁體), Türkçe |
SurveyMonkey is a web survey[5] development cloud based (SaaS) company, founded in 1999 by Ryan Finley.
Company history
Founding
The company was majority-owned by Ryan and Chris Finley until 2009, when it was sold to a private equity consortium. David Goldberg (husband of Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg) is SurveyMonkey's current CEO.[6]
In 2010, the company received US$100 million in debt financing from Bank of America Merrill Lynch and SunTrust Robinson Humphrey.[7]
In 2013, the company raised $800 million in debt and equity valuing the company at $1.35 billion. [8]
Expansion
In 2013, SurveyMonkey had 15 million users.[2]
In September 2013, the company announced HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) compliant features for premium subscription holders.[9]
In November 2013, the company announced new product--SurveyMonkey Enterprise. Organizations can manage users, data, and billing while on the survey platform.[10]
Acquisitions
It has since acquired four other survey tools (Precision Polling, Wufoo, and Zoomerang) as well as a stake in the UK-based Clicktools. [citation needed]
Corporate
SurveyMonkey has over 250 employees as of mid-2013. There are offices in Palo Alto, California; Portland, Oregon; Seattle, Washington; Lisbon, Portugal; São Paulo, Brazil; and Luxembourg.[citation needed]
The company runs on a freemium [11] business model.
See also
References
- ↑ http://www.surveymonkey.com/
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Scott, Martin (27 August 2012). "Customer research easier in digital era". USA Today. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ http://www.linkedin.com/company/362798
- ↑ "Surveymonkey.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
- ↑ Inc. staff (30 July 2010). "How to Use Online Tools for Customer Surveys". Inc. Retrieved 20 February 2013.
- ↑ Helft, Miguel (2013-10-10). "Sheryl Sandberg: The real story". Fortune (Time Inc.). Retrieved 2013-10-11.
- ↑ Lynley, Matthew (November 3, 2010). "SurveyMonkey bucks the trend, picks up $100M in debt financing". Venturebeat.com.
- ↑ http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/01/17/surveymonkey-ipo/
- ↑ Retrieved 2/6/14 http://www.marketwatch.com/story/surveymonkey-protects-patient-privacy-with-new-hipaa-features-2013-09-10
- ↑ Retrieved 2/6/14 http://www.forbes.com/sites/alexkonrad/2013/11/18/surveymonkey-launches-enterprise-product/
- ↑ Retrieved 1/7/14 http://www.freemium.org/freemium/surveymonkey/
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