Sumazi
Available inEnglish
OwnerSumaya Kazi
URLwww.sumazi.com
Launched2014
Current statusActive

Sumazi is a social media and social intelligence platform for enterprises, brands, and celebrities. Its technology performs social data analysis across social networking services including Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn, to identify key people in his/her network who are experts, influencers or are located in a specific area for marketing, advertising or sales campaigns.[1]

The technology company was founded in 2011 by former Sun Microsystems employee Sumaya Kazi. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Reception

Sumazi was one of 25 startups selected out of more than 1,200 to compete at TechCrunch Disrupt Startup Battlefield, where it won the Omidyar Network award for the startup "Most Likely to Change the World."[2]

Sumazi, which was based out of San Francisco, California, had been profiled in The New York Times[3] as well as USA Today,[4] which commented the advantages of the startup's location in the Silicon Valley. American Express OPEN Forum also featured Sumazi as a "Startup of the Week".[5] Sumazi has additionally been mentioned in articles by Mashable,[6] The Wall Street Journal,[7] Current Editorials,[8] Harvard Business Review,[9] Smashing Magazine,[10] and TechCrunch.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Sumazi Website". Sumazi.com. 11 March 2014. Retrieved 11 March 2014.
  2. ↑ "Qwiki Wins TechCrunch Disrupt: Information Consumption To Be Disrupted". TechCrunch.com. 29 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  3. ↑ "Sumazi's iPhone App Connects Two People With a Single Touch". The New York Times. 28 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  4. ↑ "Social, mobile start-ups lure Silicon Valley capital". USA Today. 7 October 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  5. ↑ "Connecting You to the People You Should Know". OpenForum.com. 5 March 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  6. ↑ "10 Tips for Building a Strong Online Community Around Your Startup". Mashable.com. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  7. ↑ "Holy Start-Up Pileup! Social Networking Gets Professional". Allthingsd.com. 4 January 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  8. ↑ "Sumazi: Why Learning How To Do One Thing Teaches You How To Do Another Thing Better". CurrentEditorials.com. 16 January 2012. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  9. ↑ Noguera, Natalia Oberti (4 January 2011). "How to Scale Without Losing Savvy Customer Service". Harvard Business Review. blogs.hbr.org. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  10. ↑ "Elements of a Viral Launch Page". smashingmagazine.com. 1 September 2011. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
  11. ↑ "The List of Startups Launching at TechCrunch Disrupt". TechCrunch.com. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 30 October 2012.
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