Tribevine

{{Infobox company

| name = Tribevine, Inc.

| logo = tribevine logo.png

| logo_size = 250px

| foundation = Oulu, Finland, Finland (2008)

| key_people = Juho Risku, Co-Founder in 2008, CEO, Riku Karjalainen, Co-Founder, Ossi Karhunen, Co-Founder, Mikko Hopia, Co-Founder, Ville Jurkkala, Co-Founder

| industry = Internet

| homepage = [http://www.tribevine.com www.tribevine.com]

}}

Tribevine is a company that collects sports and outdoor gear information using crowdsourcing into a user edited semi structured product information database.{{cite web | url=http://www.arcticstartup.com/2011/03/29/tribevine-to-launch-public-beta | title = Tribevine To Launch Public Beta | author = ArcticStartup, Anna Bessonova |date=March 2011 | accessdate = 2011-10-29}}{{cite web | url=http://www.investinoulu.com/index.php?id=503&news_id=907 | title = Oulu-based company uses the Internet’s new business model | accessdate = 2011-11-06}} In effect it is a Wikipedia-type of free / open community edited product information database, where users can add their own items, enrich the existing items as well as rate and review them.{{cite web | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hightechforum.fi%2F%3Fj%3D873472 | title = Google Translate: Tribevine beta will be opened | author = Hightech Forum / Kaleva | accessdate = 2011-11-06}}{{cite web | url=http://theelectronicmountainleader.blogspot.com/2011/05/tribevine.html | title = Electronic Mountain Leader, Tribevine | accessdate = 2011-11-06}}{{cite web | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=ru&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fmachiavelli-g.livejournal.com%2F55193.html | title = Live Journal, Tribevine | author = Machiavelli_g| accessdate = 2011-11-06}} Right now most of the content is climbing, mountaineering, ski touring and other mountain sports related. The business model of Tribevine relies on crowdsourcing of market research information.{{cite web | url=http://angel.co/tribevine | title = Angellist, Tribevine | author = Angellist | accessdate = 2011-10-29}} Tribevine has been established in 2008 by Juho Risku and four other co-founders. In 2011 Tribevine was selected to present at the Nordic Venture Forum among the roughly 50 other most promising start-ups from the northern Europe.{{cite web | url=http://www.e-unlimited.com/events/view.aspx?events_pages_id=1212 | title = Nordic Venture Forum 2011, presenting companies | author = E-unlimited | accessdate = 2011-10-29}}{{cite web | url=https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kauppalehti.fi%2F5%2Fi%2Fyritykset%2Fyritysuutiset%2F%3Foid%3D201111100785 | title = Google Translate: Kauppalehti, New Finnish start-up business upswing | author = Kauppalehti | accessdate = 2011-11-02}}

How It Works

Tribevine gets the initial set of data from brand owners. Users can then edit this information, rate and review the products as well as add new products. As a part of this refining process Tribevine sees the users' relation to products and activities, information which is then used to match the products and the users that are interested in those products. Tribevine also re-packages and sells non identifiable market research data which is based on users activities in the system.{{cite web | url=http://www.tribevine.com/jsp/about.jsp | title = About | author = tribevine.com |date=November 2011 | accessdate = 2011-12-02}}

History

Founded in 18.12.2008 {{cite web | url=http://www.ytj.fi/yritystiedot.aspx?yavain=2181770&kielikoodi=1&tarkiste=6B22B238CF8781531F473094EF7966AC9D4ED281&path=1547;1631;1678 | title = YTJ - Tribevine Oy | author = Finnish Trade Register | accessdate = 2012-03-04}}
Open beta opened in 29.3.2011
IFMGA partnership announced in 21.2.2012 {{cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.com/ifmga-tribevine-co-operation-183216298.html | title = IFMGA and Tribevine into co-operation | author = Yahoo News |date=February 2012 | accessdate = 2012-03-04}}

References

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=Other references=

https://web.archive.org/web/20111030004001/http://www.crowdsourcing.org/site/tribevine/wwwtribevinecom/7506
http://www.mountainenthusiast.com/2011/03/introducing-tribevinecom.html
https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=nl&tl=en&js=n&prev=_t&hl=en&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sport28.nl%2Fberichten%2F20110329_tribevine_nooit_meer_gevangen_in_een_niche

External links

[http://www.tribevine.com Company web site]

Category:Online companies of Finland