Customer Spotlight Archive
Since 2012, we've shared over 70 stories of Business Extra customers from start-ups to established businesses. Here's a look at the Business Extra community.
Cliff Goldmacher Music Production
Cliff Goldmacher Music Production is an internet-based music production company with two recording studios in Nashville, TN and Sonoma, CA
Genesco Sports Enterprises
Genesco Sports Enterprises is an innovative sports, entertainment and music consulting company headquarted in Dallas TX.
Mother Beverage
Mother Beverage, from Dallas TX, is an apple cider vinegar drink infused with fruits, berries, and herbs.
Care+Wear
Care+Wear, based in New York, is the leading global provider of innovative healthwear focused on creating positive patient experiences.
gaan + co
gaan+co, based in Chicago, IL, takes the hassle out of packing and traveling with on-the-go all-natural mosquito repellent wipes and aluminum-free deodorant towelettes.
Chomps
Chomps, based in Naples, Florida, creates healthy, tasty and sustainably-sourced jerky snack sticks for everyone to enjoy.
1MORE
1MORE delivers revolutionary headphones to all music lovers.
Jiobit
Jiobit is the smallest and longest lasting location tracker for children and pets from Chicago, IL.
Unpakt
Unpakt is an online marketplace based in New York City, that enables consumers to shop, plan and book their move.
Chi Universe
Chi Universe is a wellness company based in Los Angeles, CA, featuring the Chi Mat & Yoga Game.
Tuxe
Tuxe is an apparel brand based in Philadelphia, PA, designed to empower women.
URB-E
URB-E, based in Pasadena, CA, is a fully patented and made-in-America foldable electric vehicle.
Happiest Baby
Happiest Baby, based in Santa Monica, CA, is dedicated to helping parents succeed at raising healthy and happy children.
Lovepop
Lovepop creates magical paper art to give to the special people in your life. Each of their cards hides an intricate 3D paper sculpture, and every card is blank because personal messages are the most meaningful.
Air Repair Skincare
Air Repair Skincare's brand ethos revolves around combating the skin-damaging effects of both flying and environmental changes that affect the health of the skin.
Helix
Helix is an innovative sleep brand that uses proprietary sleep technology to individually customize, design, and build a mattress specifically for you based on your sleep needs and preferences.
Nucleus
Nucleus is designed to improve family communication. Imagine a video intercom that allows you to instantly call from room to room in your home, home to home, or from device to mobile, no matter where you are.
CUJO
CUJO's smart firewall secures all home devices against web threats and hacking. Think of it like antivirus for all connected things - from laptops and tablets to smartphones and smart TVs.
SimpliSafe
SimpliSafe's mission is to help people live safely without introducing any complexity, hassle or annoyance into their lives.
TripScout
TripScout's mission is to help travelers travel more and experience the world deeper. We believe that if everyone traveled, the world would be a more compassionate, loving, and understanding place.
Qeepsake
Qeepsake created a low effort yet high fun technology to improve relationships between parents and children worldwide.
Paintzen
Paintzen is only painting company to combine an online booking engine with local market paint services for both homes and businesses.
Tranquilo
Tranquilo creates happier families and a more peaceful world, one baby at a time through innovative soothing solutions designed to keep little one?s calm and help them sleep.
Ivory Clasp
Ivory Clasp delivers in-season brand name handbags straight to your door for just $49 per month, and they are yours to keep.
Hawthorne
Ivory Clasp delivers in-season brand name handbags straight to your door for just $49 per month, and they are yours to keep.
ShotTracker
ShotTracker believes that you can't improve what you don't measure. The first generation of ShotTracker is a wearable device that tracks basketball shot attempts, makes and misses providing real-time statistics to players and coaches.
beGlammed
beGlammed's mission is to become the global leader of on-demand beauty services delivering a personal beauty team to clients anywhere, anytime.
SmartCoos
SmartCoos' mission is to create a world in which every child has the resources to exploit their innate ability to be fluent in multiple languages.
SOLS
SOLS is a foot focused company, merging great design with cutting-edge technology to deliver comfort and fit to feet across the US.
Filter Easy
FilterEasy's mission is to deliver fresh air, one home at a time.
PopUp Play
PopUp Play is empowering the next generation of engineers, architects and designers by helping kids learn to design and build their own toys.
Cissé
Cissé is a cocoa company selling gourmet and delicious products.
Try the World
Try the World is a gourmet subscription box company that delivers a box of artisan foods from a different country every month.
Fixt
Fixt makes the process of replacing broken things faster, cheaper, and more reliable than insurance.
Arccos Golf
Arccos makes golf more fun while enhancing the way millions of men and women worldwide play and experience the game.
Nomad
Nomad provides innovative smartphone and smartwatch accessories to keep you charged on the go.
Unshrinkit
Unshrinkit provides a product that is specially formulated to unshrink garments that accidentally shrank in the dryer. The solution works on wool, cashmere, and blends, and returns garments up to their original size.
YPlan
YPlan's mission is to be the answer to the question "What are you up to tonight?" in every city, globally. Browse through a curated shortlist of the best events in town every night and book in just two taps.
AnyRoad
AnyRoad connects the fragmented world of travel and modernizes the offline world of professional tour guides by providing a marketplace for tour guides and adventurers.
Artkive - The Kive Company
Artkive is the fastest and easiest way to take, tag, share, and chronologically store kids art and school work; then have it turned into a hardcover book with little more than the touch of a button.
thredUP
thredUP is the leading shop to buy and sell like-new women's and kids' clothes. Put in simple terms, we're the largest national online consignment site.
Waveborn
Waveborn changes how people see the world by selling high-quality Italian sunglasses and funding life changing cataract surgeries around the globe.
TalkLocal
TalkLocal is a local services marketplace and app that finds, matches and connects consumers to the right local professionals by phone in about 90 seconds.
ParkWhiz
ParkWhiz makes it easy for drivers to find and book a guaranteed parking spot in advance with the lowest possible price, unparalleled coverage, and directions.
TodayTix
TodayTix revolutionizes the way consumers buy tickets to live theatrical events by allowing customers from all over the world to purchase in under 30 seconds or less.
NailSnaps
NailSnaps is a free mobile app that lets you turn your photos into custom nail wraps you can apply yourself in minutes for personalized, wearable art.
TruFacet
TrueFacet is the authentic pre-owned designer jewelry marketplace, where individuals can shop and sell branded jewelry and watches with confidence.
August
August is a San Francisco-based startup that makes a smart lock and home access system to make your life simpler and more secure.
Monkey Mat
Monkey Mat is your portable floor - a large, clean surface you can take everywhere in its attached ultra-compact pouch. Monkey Mat is great for both indoor and outdoor use.
Little Passports
Little Passports provides children with the opportunity to learn about various countries and cultures through a box-of-the-month subscription program. Members receive activities, souvenirs, and access to online games.
OpenMe
OpenMe makes it simple to send and share thoughtful sentiments with greeting cards that can be delivered through email or postal mail. Choose a design to customize with text and photos then pass it along for electronic signatures.
Trunk Club
Trunk Club provides a personalized clothing service for men, offering designer clothing without the hassle of shopping. Simply complete a style survey online and your personal stylist will hand-select clothing items to suit your style.
Swing by Swing
Swing by Swing is a free smartphone app that lists 35,000 golf courses in 130 countries. The app helps to improve your golf experience by providing a GPS rangefinder, digital scorecard, and stats to track your progress over time.
MakersKit
MakersKit sells do-it-yourself craft kits to create terrariums, T-shirts, soap, and more. The company also offers customers access to instructional videos and the ability to socially share their projects with the MakersKit community online.
BucketFeet
Whether you're styling yourself or buying something for the kids, you can find a Bucketfeet sneaker that suits the occassion. BucketFeet works with artists from around the globe to create and sell shoes and wall art.
Zirtual
Zirtual.com is a virtual assistant service that makes it easy to get tasks off your to-do list. All virtual assistants are college educated, based in the U.S. and have had training to hone their organizational and time management skills.
Appy Couple
Appy Couple is a platform that allows couples to easily share details for their special day. Guests can access wedding details and interact with the soon-to-be newlyweds through a private, customized mobile app and website.
Modular Robotics
Modular Robotics makes Cubelets, small electronic, magnetic blocks that function independently to perform a variety of tasks, but when snapped together become a complex robotic machine.
Revolights
Revolights bike lighting system consists of "smart" rings of LEDs which attach to the bicycle wheel and provides forward path illumination (Lighting), plus a huge increase in 360-degree visibility to cars (Sighting).
Project 7
Project 7 is a for-profit venture with a do-good mission: make it easy for people to do good on the go through everyday purchases that make every day impacts in seven different areas of need.
Umba Box
Umba Box is a subscription service that sends monthly packages of curated handmade goods to our subscribers. Each package is a surprise, but includes two to three handmade goods ranging from jewelry to home goods to stationery.
Verbalize It
VerbalizeIt offers a variety of plans to assist with language interpretation. Whether you need translation services to conduct a business deal in China or to decipher a menu in a foreign land, they can help.
Fandeavor
Fandeavor helps sports fans enjoy VIP treatment by providing the ultimate game-day experience by offering a variety of customizable experience packages that allow customers to go behind the scenes with their favorite teams.
Fitdeck
FitDeck is a custom deck of playing cards, in physical and digital formats, that allows you to specify the type of workout you want. Shuffle your cards to create an ever-changing, always-fresh workout in 15 seconds or less.
Omaze
Omaze offers once-in-a-lifetime experiences with celebrities to raise money for charity. Instead of limiting these experiences to wealthy donors via auction, everyone has the chance to participate by donating $10 or more.
Soko
By providing tools and connectivity to global markets, Soko enables direct access to opportunities for entrepreneurial growth to artisans, streamlining trade and making it simple and transparent.
The Cellar Full of Noise
Taking the stuffiness and intimidation factor out of wine is a major part of the mission at A Cellar Full of Noise, a family winery by J&J Cellars located in Paso Robles, California.
Bespoke Post
Bespoke Post is a New York-based startup aimed at turning guys into gentlemen by equipping them with "mancessories" (their term for the essential items that every man should own).
Artaic
Artaic designs and fabricates custom mosaics. They developed unique software and robotic manufacturing tools to assist the creation of glass, porcelain, and stone tile artworks.
Music Mastermind
Zya allows you to easily make studio-quality music and use famous hooks to reimagine hit songs. In the Zya Studio, a revolutionary 3D environment, users are guided through the music creation process with the help of Zya producers.
Buzz Table
Buzz table is an app that notifies you of restaurant deals and also alerts you when your table is ready so you can run errands nearby instead of waiting in a crowded entryway.
Liquid Space
LiquidSpace is a marketplace for shared work and meeting space with over 1,000 locations in the U.S. Their platform allows users to find and book space in real-time, so even last minute needs are easily accommodated.
Stray Boots
Stray Boots games are a cross between a scavenger hunt and a walking tour. You receive clues on your phone that take you to cool spots around the city while learning fun facts about the area you're in.
Modify Watches
Modify Watches makes interchangeable watches with mix-and-match faces and straps that are fun, colorful, stylish. Modify introduces limited edition colors and designs voted on and named by the ModiFamily.
Book Shout
Bookworms, rejoice! Reading just got social. BookShout!, a reading platform for mobile devices, allows users to share the experience of reading books as a group.
Blank Label
Blank Label is making it easy to get that custom fitted look without the expense of hiring a tailor. Using each customer's exact measurements, Blank Label produces a custom fitted product.
Bright Box
Brightbox provides charging stations that allow users to lock their device in a secure chamber, giving them freedom to roam about public venues while their device charges.
Conservation Ambassadors
Formed with the idea of teaching people to make informed decisions about the wild world around them, Conservation Ambassadors have developed programs to educate and empower learners of all ages to conserve wildlife.