QWIQQ was recently named one of Rice Alliance for Technology and Entrepreneurship’s Most Promising IT and Web companies at the 10th annual IT and Web Venture Forum in Houston.
QWIQQ is a mobile commerce app that allows local merchants to quickly post and sell their products and services, using pictures, prices, and places, while easily sharing to Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, short message service (SMS), email, and Constant Contact email marketing campaigns.
Information technology (IT) and Web companies showcased their new ventures at the largest venture capital conference in the Southwest last month, which attracts more than 400 attendees, including investors, venture capitalists, industry representatives, business leaders, service providers and entrepreneurs.
QWIQQ was named one of the 10 “Most Promising” companies and was chosen from more than 40 presenters who were judged by attending investors and business leaders based on five-minute business-plan presentations.
Past startup company presenters at Rice Alliance venture forums have raised in excess of $2.1 billion. “This year’s crop of winners is expected to achieve similar results,” said Brad Burke, Rice Alliance’s managing director.
Gourmet Business Partnership
QWIQQ was co-founded by Jack Wrigley and John Phan. Gourmet Business has partnered with QWIQQ to help retailers and suppliers promote brands, drive frequent traffic to their stores and sell more products and services through its free app.
“Gourmet Business is dedicated to supporting specialty retailers by providing valuable knowledge for them to grow and prosper anywhere, and by providing thought leadership in leveraging technology and digital media to build more successful businesses,” said David Spencer, founder and publisher of Gourmet Business. “We all understand that there is tremendous value to the concept of viral marketing through social media, but the key to success is understanding how to unlock the potential through regular and efficient communication across all communications platforms. Small businesses have to continually assess and prioritize the best use of their time to maximize their profitability, and communicating individually across many social media platforms can be a time-consuming process, and often doesn’t make it to the top of the list. QWIQQ, the free app developed by our colleague Jack Wrigley, provides the key to unlock the potential of communications across all platforms in one easy and simple step.”
QWIQQ will soon release integrated mobile payments on its platform, enabling local merchants to close the transaction loop. QWIQQ is the leader in social commerce and available for free in the Apple iTunes App Store and Constant Contact Marketplace. QWIQQ was featured in the iTunes App Store: New & Noteworthy, What’s Hot, Great Free Apps as well as the Constant Contact Marketplace for SMBs as a Top 5 App.
QWIQQ will also host a free Google+ Hangout on Jan. 24 for Gourmet Business subscribers, where they can learn more about QWIQQ, the partnership with Gourmet Business and also hear from a special guest from Constant Contact regarding email campaigns and social media.
“Google+ Hangouts are a free video chat service from Google that enables both one-on-one chats and group chats,” Wrigley said. “While somewhat similar to Skype, FaceTime and Facebook Video Chat, Google+ Hangouts focuses more on ‘face-to-face-to-face’ group interaction as opposed to one-on-one video chats, and utilizes sophisticated technology to seamlessly switch the focus to the person currently chatting.”
Click here to see QWIQQ’s Google+ page. To sign up for the QWIQQ Google+ Hangout, follow QWIQQ on Google+ and send an email to hello@qwiqq.me saying you would like to participate in the Google+ Hangout. QWIQQ will then provide more information on how to participate. If you use Google+, add QWIQQ to your circles. Click here to also view a brief video overview of QWIQQ.
For more information, contact Jack Wrigley via email at jack@qwiqq.me.
