Communispace Recognized in Boston Business Journal's Second Annual Pacesetters Award
Online Community Pioneer Communispace Continues to Lead the Industry
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Communispace, creator of
online customer communities for more than 100 of the world’s
leading brands, was named as one of the region’s
fastest-growing private companies in the Boston Business Journal’s
second annual Pacesetters awards. The honor recognizes the company's
skill in managing a rapidly-growing company, showing robust revenue
growth, and creating successful business strategies in a competitive
business environment.
The Boston Business Journal ranked Boston-based Communispace
number thirteen on a list of sixty based on information the BBJ gathered
and assessed detailing the company’s
performance from 2004 to 2007.
“Communispace was founded nine years ago on
the belief that small, exclusive, highly-engaged customer communities
are the best way to capture the voice of the customer to drive insight,
innovation, and business growth,” said Diane
Hessan, CEO of Communispace. “We’re
extremely proud of the long-term relationships we’ve
built with some of the biggest brands across the globe—in
industries ranging from CPG to Hotels to Pharma—because
we know that we generate meaningful insights for them year after year.”
“Most of all, we’re
proud of the people here at Communispace –
they’re experts at what they do and are
completely committed to each and every customer,”
continued Hessan. “They are the engine that
drives our clients’ successes and, as a
result, our own. This award is a testament to their hard work.”
“We are very excited to kick off the
Pacesetters this year,” said George Donnelly,
editor of the Boston Business Journal. “This
award acknowledges those private companies that skillfully navigate a
competitive national and international marketplace and are growing
quickly to be leaders in their field.”
“Pacesetters was created because it’s
important to raise the profiles of rapidly-growing companies,”
said Boston Business Journal Publisher Michael Olivieri. “This
will help give guidance to the business community as a whole as to what
makes a company successful and who they should be seeking out as
potential partners.”
About BBJ/Pacesetters
The Pacesetters list was determined by survey information gathered and
analyzed by the Boston Business Journal from private companies
throughout the Greater Boston region. Based on the information provided,
60 companies were selected on their revenue growth between 2004 and
2007, which had to exceed at least $1 million as of 2004.
About Communispace
Communispace Corporation is the leader in building, managing and
facilitating private branded communities that deliver the voice of the
customer and enable businesses to generate continuous insights, drive
faster innovation, and drive revenue. Founded in 1999, the company has
created more than 300 customer communities for industry leaders such as
Kraft, Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab, Hallmark, Unilever,
GlaxoSmithKline and Hilton Hotels. Headquartered in Watertown,
Massachusetts, the company has offices in New York, San Francisco,
London, Chicago, Austin, Atlanta and San Remo, Italy.