Joinem (joinem.com)

Everyone has social influence. Joinem lets you use it to save money every time you shop. Guaranteed!

  • Stage Full Product Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location Dallas, TX, US
  • Currency USD
  • Founded March 2012
  • Employees 25
  • Website joinem.com

Company Summary

Joinem is a unique community-powered marketplace that provides an easy, fun and collaborative way to leverage the collective buying power of like-minded shoppers to influence product selection and price. Our core proposition is based on WePower™ - to enable groups of consumers to shop, share and beat down the prices on thousands of brand name products. Join'em delivers guaranteed savings for consumers, and guaranteed demand for vendors.

Team

  • Uluc Aydin
    VP of Technology & Co-Founder

    Uluc co-founded software engineering company Nerdlobe as well as an online cleaning service provider for college students, KampusEvi. Stints at Delivery Hero, D-Smart, the largest digital TV platform in Turkey and Dogan Media provide the team’s leader with tremendous insight for architecting a scalable tech platform and robust UX. Uluc holds a bachelor's in Computer Science from Istanbul Bilgi University and currently working on his MBA.

  • CEO & Co-Founder

    Darren is passionate about disruptive innovation and customer experience. Darren led the development of UX and brand at Gogo. Available on nearly 2,000 commercial aircraft, Gogo held an IPO in 2013 at a valuation of $1.5 billion. Before Gogo, Darren led the Customer Experience Strategy team at Sprint, moving the company from last place to first place in customer loyalty. Darren received a B.A. (Economics honors) and M.B.A. from Clark University.

  • Monica Woo
    Chief Marketing Officer

    Monica is responsible for Join’em’s brand strategy, communications, and customer experience. She has a successful track record in driving the profitable growth of e-commerce brands, including Sears, FreshDirect, NutriSystem and 1-800-Flowers.com. Ms. Woo graduated, cum laude, from Mills College with a B.A. in Journalism, and received her MBA from The Wharton Graduate School, University of Pennsylvania.

  • SVP - Sourcing & Merchandising

    Christine manages the Join'em Merchant Team, working with the vendors to deliver great products at guaranteed savings. Christine is obsessed with creating the ideal product mix at the ideal price for Join'em member groups. She joins the team from Woot.com (an Amazon company) and CompUSA where she successfully built categories from $400MM to $1.2B in annual revenue.

Advisors

  • Akabas & Sproule
    Lawyer
    Unconfirmed
    Zapken & Loeb LLP
    Accountant
    Unconfirmed

Previous Investors

  • YPO/WPO Investors
    Unconfirmed
    WGI Group
    Unconfirmed
    Novell/TMT Ventures
    Unconfirmed

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