2020: Olive Wins Techstars, Secures $1m in Funding
With early customers, they realized there were pain points in the software procurement process that we could solve immediately. Olive would be a tool for IT consultants and buyers to find solutions that drive innovation. In 2018, Chris and Dan set to work on reimagining the current technology evaluation process to remove the inefficiencies and bias from the buying process.
The solution? A technology evaluation platform for IT consultants and IT leaders that’s efficient and free of bias, revolutionizing the technology evaluation process. #RIPRFP! 2018–2019: Research and Development They would develop a solution that would benefit buyers and sellers alike, enabling visibility into company-wide needs, automating tedious tasks, reducing time, effort, risk, and cost of evaluations, and retiring the traditional RFP process.
Long-time colleague (and now co-founder of Olive) Dan Harrison agreed. Salespeople, it was obvious that the scales were heavily weighted in favor of the vendor. Looking at tools available for vendors Vs. This resulted in vendors with the best sales teams winning their business, while the vendors with the ideal solution went unnoticed. They handed control of the buying process to salespeople. Buyers had become tired of complex buying processes and wanted to simplify their buying process so they could innovate faster. Over the years, Chris noticed a rapid increase in the software selection process being controlled by the sales teams. “This is not how companies should buy and sell software.” Nine months into the sales cycle, he realized his solution might not be the right fit for this customer. By investing in digital Bible study tools, you will be able to get the answers you need wherever you are-even offline.A veteran in enterprise software sales, Olive’s co-founder Chris Heard found himself in an Airport Bar, having spent months trying to influence a buyer into purchasing his solution. There’s no need to spend lots of money on paper resources. Not only is this a free Bible app, but we also have 100s of free resources. Our passion is inspiring you to connect with God and His Word. We also have popular translations available for in-app purchase! We also have Bibles in Spanish, Portuguese, Chinese, French, and more. Our app comes with NIV, ESV, KJV, NKJV and more. Best part? Your highlights, notes, and resources sync between all your devices. You can highlight and save your favorite passages, drop a book ribbon, create a note, add tags, and sign up to receive a daily Bible verse. It even does all the hard work of tracking with you, verse by verse. Use the Study Center and Resource Guide tab to access any of the resources available in our app and read them right alongside the Bible of your choice. Studying the Bible is the easiest it has ever been.
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