Polis (app)

Polis
IndustryDoor-to-door campaigning
Founded2015
HeadquartersBoston
Websitepolisinc.com

Polis is an American app company.

Founding

Polis was cofounded by Steven Liss, and Kendall Tucker, as Polis Politics, after Tucker found that she was not able to find efficient enough campaign tools while running a state senate campaign in 2012.[1][2] Tucker serves as the firm's CEO. Founded in 2015 in Washington DC, the company moved to Boston in the same year.[3]

App use

Polis produces the Polis app, which was developed to be used by candidates and campaign volunteers while canvassing door-to-door[3] in local and national campaigns.[4] In 2016 it was used to knock on around three million doors[5] by 109 different electoral campaigns. In 2017[6] Polis added features that could be used in door-to-door sales[7] with seed funding from Jennus Innovation[6] and later Haystack VC.[8] For businesses, the app provides efficient routes to houses more likely to be interested in products.[5]

gollark: Less than 15 what? Bees?
gollark: <@600772070263226384> <#645777807275851776>
gollark: Have you tried actually interacting with the server a significant amount before randomly calling it toxic?
gollark: It would have been funny if the other Drake responded instead, but alas, no.
gollark: Interesting. Added to your psychological profile.

References
  1. "The Magazine for People in Politics - Campaigns & Elections". www.campaignsandelections.com.
  2. Kimble, James A. (19 November 2015). "Running a council race? Try the app". The Boston Globe.
  3. https://www.americaninno.com/dc/dc-startup-polis-politics-campaign-canvasing-smartphone-app/
  4. "This 25-year-old wants to become the youngest woman elected to Congress". TODAY.com.
  5. "Polis is reinventing the door-to-door salesman".
  6. https://www.americaninno.com/boston/door-to-door-sales-software-provider-polis-raises-1-3m/
  7. https://www.americaninno.com/boston/techstars-demo-day-preview-polis-is-an-app-for-canvassing-more/
  8. "Polis Wants to Bring Its Door-to-Door Sales Tech to Everyone's Front Door". Xconomy. 26 February 2019.
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