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Webiz
Location: 201 Zahm Hall, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States United States
Founded in: 2009
Stage: Alpha (prototype)
Number of employees: 6-15
Profitable year: 2009
Short URL: vator.co/webiz
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Webiz

Join the networking revolution
Startup/business
Indiana, United States United States United States
http://www.webiz.com
About
Company description

Time, money, information: though ubiquitous and vague, these are more than just corporate buzzwords, but a cornerstone to every business. Webiz will revolutionize the way businesses communicate and network with one another. Based on an innovative set of exchange platforms, business profiles, and business community forums, Webiz provides an efficient and low cost networking solution.

With the emergence of the Internet, businesses are no longer competing against their neighbor across the street, but must also contend with those around the globe. Connecting consumers directly with businesses, the Internet has widened every industry's reach, thus intensifying competition and creating a greater need for businesses to network with one another.

The Internet facilitates communication and provides a medium for collaboration between businesses. Businesses are no longer limited by the size of their company, but only their ambition: partnering with other businesses increases cost savings, makes supply chains more efficient, and widens the breadth of your operations.

Communication, if not structured properly, can be financially costly and time consuming. Poor communication can lead to poor information, potentially causing misinformed business decisions.Webiz offers companies the necessary framework for efficient, low cost, and most importantly, effective communication!

Team
•Pablo Cruz
–Founder of the Webiz platform idea and team leader.
–His dynamic background is indicative of his focus over three main areas –(1) IT Infrastructure, (2) Web-Development, (3) Database Management. All these elements represented are key functional areas for Webiz.
•Julian Flores
–Has background in IT Healthcare and M&A; Julian has worked in environments where accurate and sensitive information is necessary for business critical decisions.
•Patrick Bloniarz
–He has worked for Kirkland & Ellis LLP in their IT Infrastructure Operations Department in Chicago.
•InohChoe
–Ever since launching his own eBay business in high school selling basketball DVDs and e-books, Inohprovides a Y-generational perspective and tech-savvy approach to his extensive experience in viral marketing on a student’s shoe-string budget.
•Mentor
–Steven Huff. Founder and creator of Profitopoly.
•Advisors:
–Brian Brownshidle. CitiGroup Investment Banker and Notre Dame alum.
–Emerson Spartz. Creator of www.mugglenet.comand young successful Notre Dame entrepreneur.
–Will Mcleod. Co-Founder of SmartShade(Winner of McCloskey Competition 2007) and Notre Dame alum.
–Professor Chuck Wood.Notre Dame Professor of Internet Computing and key advisor in the development of systems
–Professor Gerard Pannekoek. Notre Dame Entrepreneurship Professor and supporter of website dynamic.
Business model

Recognizing the importance of collaboration in the corporate world, Webiz features:

B2B Profile

The Business Profile will be your gateway to business networking. Here you can create an informational page, viewable by the many members of the Webiz community. Basic information will be securely stored along with vital business and networking data. Profile settings allow you to manage the information available to other members. The Profile is essential for identifying new networking opportunities and exposing your business to potential clients.

Business Community Forums

Looking for a great source of unique ideas and intellectual business discussion? Webiz provides members with interactive business community forums to stimulate business discussion. Members can choose to comment on an existing discussion or create their own. Private forums can be created to discuss sensitive business strategy with other businesses in your supply chain! The forums provide a fast solution to finding references for companies you are interested in conducting business with. Business community forums foster collaboration, trust, and eventually partnerships between businesses.

Network Exchange

Low costs are just as important as strong business relationships. When searching for a supplier for any business need, members can create a demand on the network exchange. This demand will be sent to all pertinent Webiz members, determined by Profile information. These members can respond to the demand with an offer. The demander now has the opportunity to choose which offer to pursue. Not only are offers provided, but important profile information is linked to each response. The network exchange is the fastest way to find high quality products at the lowest prices available!

With these and other integrated features, Webiz will:

•  Centralize each business's pertinent information and preferences

•  Offer accurate and efficient advertising using profile data

•  Open markets and expose potential partners, clients, and collaborators

•  Allow for the freedom of collaboration among businesses

•  Accurately gauge demand and users' awareness of a business

•  Track network activity

•  Rate businesses

Competitive advantage

Especially during difficult economic times, companies are looking for efficient, low-cost, and creative solutions to stimulate their business. Webiz is the solution!

Webiz B2B Profiles places businesses on a unique network, with a sole purpose of creating efficient business relationships. Your company will be exposed to potential clients with similar needs to yours. No unsolicited interactions will occur due to the preferences set within the profile. This important feature ensures that only quality partnerships are formed efficiently as possible.

Interactive business community forums provide members with consultant like advice at a much lower cost. Collaboration among members can produce great money saving and profit generating ideas. Business communities within the Webiz network can discuss business ideas at many different levels: community, industry, region, market, etc.

The Network Exchange is an efficient solution to many lengthy, paper based, request for proposal procedures that businesses follow. When a proposal is verbally presented to a potential supplier, the whole process would need to be repeated for another. One post on the network exchange will receive a number of low cost responses, saving time and money. The network exchange offers the ability and information to choose which response best suits your business model.

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