Company: Prositions, Inc.
Company Description: Prositions, Inc. is a rapidly growing Talent Transformation firm that offers career transition assistance, leadership development, performance coaching, and retirement planning. By combining the power of cloud-based technologies with an International network of coaching experts.
Nomination Category: Company / Organization Categories
Nomination Sub Category: Most Innovative Tech Company of the Year - Up to 100 Employees

Nomination Title: Prositions, Inc

Tell the story about what this nominated organization has achieved since January 1 2014 (up to 650 words). Focus on specific accomplishments, and relate these accomplishments to past performance or industry norms.

Prositions is a talent and career technology company that is revolutionizing the way organizations provide coaching and mentoring solutions to employees. Founded in 2011, Prositions was formed by a seasoned team of Human Capital professionals. Twice before these Founders have created highly successful companies in the Human Capital space that solved specific problems during times when the industry was undergoing significant transformation. http://prositions.com/about-us.html

Frank Russell, Prositions CEO, was the Founder of GeoLearning, Inc. one of the largest SaaS-based Learning and Performance Management Companies in the industry. He was also the Founder of Excellence in Training Corporation, a leading producer and distributor of video-based training products.

These companies have been recognized with numerous awards, including ranking on the Inc. 500/5000 list for seven consecutive years, six years on the Software 500 list, “Product of the Year” from HR Executive Magazine and several American Business Awards (including "Most Innovative Company").

Continuing with this tradition, Prositions was named “Outstanding Startup Company of the Year” by the Technology Association of Iowa at the 2013 Prometheus Awards.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/outstandingstartup/outplacementservices/prweb10622242.htm

Prositions revenues have grown rapidly (over 1,000%) from its first full year of operation. In 2014, it experienced its most significant revenue growth to date. Over that time period, Prositions expanded from a handful of customers to well over a hundred companies and government agencies. With the release of the latest version of its software application, MentorString, the growth of Prositions is expected to accelerate even faster.

To fuel this rapid growth, Prositions successfully completed two rounds of angel investments in 2014, bringing the total raised by the company to $5 million. The latest round, completed in October, added another $2 million. The funding will be used to scale the company, continue to enhance its cloud-based software application (MentorString), and grow and service the company’s expanding customer base.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/11/prweb12293596.htm

First released in April of 2014, MentorString is a revolutionary new Human Capital Management application that enables organizations to leverage virtual mentoring and secure social collaboration technology. It has a number of unique and patent pending features that allow administrators and users to actually architect communication “strings” between those who have information and knowledge and those who need it. By combining virtual mentoring tools with secure social collaboration, Prositions is fundamentally changing how organizations use coaching and collaboration technology.
http://www.pitchmediagroup.com/vid/hbbmtvipthio_h

October of 2014, Prositions released version 2.0 of MentorString, with several new features that included; automated user profile updates, expanded language and location support, enhanced search capabilities, and an expanded library of MOOC-style video content for mentor training and support.
http://insurancenewsnet.com/oarticle/2014/10/01/prositions-to-showcase-new-software-release-in-las-vegas-a-561864.html#.VGgKFUvtkyk

June of 2014, Prositions was recognized by CEO/CFO magazine as an up-and-coming technology company in the Human Capital Management space.
http://prositions.com/documents/PrositionsCEOCFO.pdf

Prositions was named to the “20 Most Promising HR Technology Solution Providers” list for 2014 by CIO Review magazine. A panel of HR experts and members of CIO Review’s editorial board chose the list of top companies. Publisher Harvi Sachar said, “We’ve been following Prositions for some time now. They’re creating a revolution in the virtual mentoring and social collaboration space, and we’re happy to showcase them this year because of their excellence in solution design and business execution.”
http://prositions.com/documents/CIO-review-aug-2014.pdf

Prositions began offering its career transition services and software free to veterans returning from overseas in 2012.
http://www.businessrecord.com/Content/HR-Education/HR-Education/Article/West-Des-Moines-firm-donates-its-job-services-to-veterans/165/799/45049

Based on the success of that program and a growing need to help all veterans, in 2013, Prositions expanded this effort to include any veteran who needed career coaching and assistance.
http://prositions.com/proveteran-career-program.html

November of 2014, Prositions again announced a major expansion of its veterans program. To assist, once veterans land a job, Prositions began offering its latest software application, MentorString, free to any US organization that would use it to help mentor and develop their internal employees who are veterans. This latest program provides a full circle of support and assistance to help veterans find jobs and then grow and succeed once they enter the organization.
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2014/11/prweb12337432.htm

In bullet-list form, briefly summarize up to ten (10) of the chief accomplishments of this organization since the beginning of 2014 (up to 150 words).

1) Successfully Completed First Angel Fund Raise of $1.25 million - January 2014
2) Topped 100 Customers - March 2014
3) Released MVP v.1.0 of New Software App, MentorString - April 2014
4) Released Interview of Frank Russell by CEO/CFO Magazine - June 2014
5) Named Top 20 Most Influential HR Technology Providers List by CIO Review - July 2014
6) Moved to Expanded HQ Office Space - September 2014
7) Released v.2.0 of the Software App MentorString at HR Tech Expo in Las Vegas - October 2014
8) Successfully Completed Second Angel Raise of $2 million - October 2014
9) Launched Free Veterans Program for MentorString App - November 2014
10) Achieved Rapid Growth of Over 1,000% YE 2014

Of the following types of innovation, which ONE do you want the judges to most appreciate about your organization's story of achievement since the beginning of 2014?

Technical Innovation