GutCheck, the startup that wants to make focus group research more affordable, just won the top prize at DEMO.
The Denver-based company has built a database of possible interview subjects, along with relevant demographic information. So if a business wants to do consumer research, they specify the kind of consumer that they want to interview, and GutCheck connects them for one-on-one chat room interviews. The service costs $40 per person, compared to what the company says is a standard focus group cost of $500 per person.
GutCheck was by the attendees at DEMO, the technology launchpad conference coproduced by IDG and VentureBeat. They selected the Peoplea4‚¬a4„s Choice winner from the 47 companies doing full launches at the conference. Now GutCheck will receive $1 million in free advertising from IDG publications. (GutCheck co-founder and CEO Matt Warta is pictured above.)
And here are the other DEMOgod winners, chosen by VentureBeata4‚¬a4„s Matt Marshall, who is the eventa4‚¬a4„s executive producer, in consultation with the VentureBeat editorial staff and the DEMO team:
[image via Flickr/Stephen Brashear of New Media Synergy]
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Companies: ecoATM, GutCheck, Manilla, Nimble, V3, Zugora
People: Matt Warta
Companies: ecoATM, GutCheck, Manilla, Nimble, V3, Zugora
People: Matt Warta
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