Needham, Mass., June 24, 2009 – RatePoint Inc., a leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, was honored with the “Company Most Likely to be a Household Name in 5 Years,” award by the Massachusetts Network Communications Council (MassNetComms) at its 6th Annual Innovators Summit.
The Innovators Summit showcased 16 of the region’s hottest companies who received special invitations to the event. The presenting CEOs ‘pitched’ for one minute before a panel of judges and the larger summit audience before breaking out into panel discussions.
The event also featured judges and panel moderators from companies such as IBM, AT&T, EMC and Cisco Systems as well as leading venture capitalists. RatePoint co-founder and CEO Neal Creighton spoke about RatePoint’s mission and traction to-date as part of the Video, Search & Social Media panel, and then took questions from business leaders and local investors. Based on the presentation, RatePoint was honored with one of the five awards given out at the conclusion of the event.
“Small businesses are quickly realizing that online reputation and customer service are essential to growing a business,” Creighton said. “RatePoint is leading the way to achieve the crossover from category creation to a household name for online reputation management. This second recognition from MassNetComms, through a vote of the esteemed judges, continues to validate our trajectory in harnessing the power of the reputation economy for small businesses.”
In April, RatePoint Enterprise was named Video, Search and Social Media Sector Product of the Year by MassNetComms. In addition, the Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange (MITX) named RatePoint as a finalist in the Marketing and Customer Relationship Technologies category for the 6th Annual MITX Technology Awards.
About the Massachusetts Network Communications Council
Based in Waltham, Mass., the Massachusetts Network Communications Council is the region’s number one industry association for fast-growing wireless, video and network infrastructure companies – “the digital communications ecosystem.” Whether it’s connecting with friends and peers, searching for information, doing business, watching video, playing games or participating in civic and political events, these companies are changing the way people communicate.
MassNetComms works through its members and events, as well as policy and workforce initiatives to promote the Commonwealth as an international center for network communications development and to increase the global presence of local entities. Founded in 1993, MassNetComms provides a regular schedule of informative speakers, panel discussions and debates on current issues in technology and business, industry training and networking opportunities. More information is available at www.massnetcomms.org. About RatePoint: RatePoint, Inc., the leading provider of customer feedback and online reputation management services, helps businesses protect and build their online reputation, allowing businesses to harness the power of credible customer feedback and leverage it into a sales, marketing and customer service asset.
RatePoint’s easy-to-use, Web-based communication services include customer feedback tools to collect business and product reviews, email marketing, survey and dispute resolution capabilities to provide small- and medium-sized businesses with the ability to collect, manage and promote customer feedback directly from their Web site. For more information, contact us at: 888-777-1636 or visit: www.ratepoint.com.