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December 1, 2017
Bolste Receives the Best Small Business Sterling Award
Company honored for demonstrating innovation, quality, professionalism and commitment to the community.
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., December 1, 2017 – Today Bolste (bolste.com) announced that it has received the Sterling Award for Small Business from the Scottsdale Area Chamber of Commerce. The prestigious award recognizes local companies in the micro-business, small-business, big-business and nonprofit categories every year.
November 1, 2017
Bolste Named Business Social Software Innovator – Aragon Research
Company Recognized for its Complete Work Hub
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., November 1, 2017 – Today Bolste (bolste.com) announced that Aragon Research has recognized the company as an innovator in The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2017: Focus on Customer Journeys report. As one of 18 Enterprise Social Network (ESN) vendors evaluated in the annual report, Bolste was recognized as an innovator for its pioneering work in the emerging Digital Work Hub Market and delivering a mobile-first work experience.
October 24, 2017
Bolste Announces Leadership Transition
Bolste moving to next level with SaaS leadership change
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., October 24, 2017 – Today Bolste (bolste.com) announced that company founder Leif Hartwig, has stepped down from his position as chief executive officer, but will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
October 24, 2017
Bolste Announces Leadership Transition
Bolste moving to next level with SaaS leadership change
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., October 24, 2017 – Today Bolste (bolste.com) announced that company founder Leif Hartwig, has stepped down from his position as chief executive officer, but will continue to serve as a member of the Board of Directors.
October 19, 2017
The power of AI in the workplace
We’ve all experienced small benefits of AI on some level at work, even if we’re so used to them that we fail to give it a second thought. It may be as minor as your word processing app correcting the spelling of a word. Or chat bots on websites that can answer at least simple user questions.
August 20, 2017
Why digital work hubs are the key to citywide collaboration?
A smart city must collaborate beyond the public work departments. They must also coordinate with network service providers, data centers and private parking companies. So being able to work efficiently or “smart” on these initiatives requires technology that allows all of these groups to communicate and share files and resources in one place.
June 30, 2017
How Will AI Transform Our Digital Workplace?
Research indicates that on an average, employees spend roughly 25-35 percent of their time looking for information they need to get their jobs done. That’s why the advent of Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an exciting new chapter in our evolving digital workplace – it promises to usher in a new era of productivity in our work environments like we’ve never seen before.
June 8, 2017
Bolste Partners with Current powered by GE
Focuses on Bridging the Collaboration Gap
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., June 8, 2017 – Bolste (bolste.com) is pleased to announce that they have joined Current, powered by GE’s partner ecosystem, aiming to provide collaboration and communication technology to customers and partners worldwide.
May 23, 2017
Bolste Named Innovative Player in “Digital Work Hub” Category
Bolste Offers Holistic Platform for the Modern Workplace
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – May 23, 2017 – Collaboration software startup, Bolste, Inc. today announced that Aragon Research has identified the company as an innovative player in a new and emerging category called the “Digital Work Hub.” According to Aragon Research, the Total Available Market (TAM) for the “Digital Work Hub” category is about $9.5 billion.
April 25, 2017
Bolste Unites Businesses’ Launches New iOS Mobile App
Bolste Unites Businesses’ Internal and External Stakeholders On-the-Go, Launches New iOS Mobile App
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 25, 2017 – Bolste (bolste.com) announced the launch of its mobile iOS app today, giving businesses the ability to connect their teams and external partners, vendors, consultants and customers in one platform, on-the-go.
The mobile version, which is now live on the App Store, gives Bolste users (and their guest collaborators) the ability to access individual digital environments, called “Bolsters,” built to house details on interactions like images, files, activity, and updates.
February 6, 2017
Bolste Named a Mobile Collaboration Top “Contender”
In this research note, we provide an update on the Mobile Collaboration market and how technologies such as Chatbots and Digital Assistants are poised to disrupt the collaboration market by accelerating knowledge delivery and automating tasks, all while interfacing with humans in a lifelike way. The Tech Spectrum also evaluates 16 major providers, some of which are already offering these next-generation technologies.
October 19, 2016
Bolste Recognized as Leading Innovator in Enterprise Social Software
Aragon Research market study features Bolste as a leading innovator among 21 knowledge sharing platforms
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 18, 2016 – Bolste (bolste.com) was recently named as a leading “Innovator” in “The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes.”
The research firm, which looked at 21 Enterprise Social Network (ESN) providers, added Bolste to the list for the first time this year. The study focused on a number of parameters throughout its analysis, including Bolste’s product strategy, market understanding, management, visibility, pricing/packaging, product, customer experience and R&D.
August 26, 2016
Scottsdale tech startup raises another $1.2 million
Scottsdale-based communication and collaborative operating system Bolste has raised another $1.2 million, is hiring another 25 people and is expanding into more Scottsdale office space.
Bolste, which launched its operating system in January, has now raised $6.2 million after its latest funding in a Series A round that closed in July, said Leif Hartwig, Bolste’s president and CEO.
August 4, 2016
Bolste Named 2016 Hot Vendor in Collaboration by Aragon
Research Recognized by Silicon Valley Research Firm for Excellence and Innovation in Work and Social Collaboration
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – August 4, 2016 – Bolste (Bolste.com), today announced the company has been named a 2016 Hot Vendor in Work and Social Collaboration by Aragon Research. Work platforms are going beyond the original concept of social to focus on what users really need to get their work done. Bolste’s easy-to-use, unified platform optimizes interactions within your team and organization. The Bolste solution includes all the essential and familiar work and social tools using one login. Features include chat, video chat, file sharing, document storage and project management all for one price.
January 14, 2016
Bolste Launches New Business Operating Solution
New Launch is Backed by $5 Million in Funding
SCOTTSDALE, AZ – January 14, 2016 – Bolste™ the new Business Operating System (BOS) that simplifies the lives of business teams launches today, backed with $5 million in funding. The launch comes after a strong beta testing period in which more than 18,000 users joined the platform, including teams from Accenture, Harley Davidson and the Arizona Small Business Association.
January 13, 2016
No more app integration, Bolste launches all-in-one team communication tool
Slaying the dragon of endless email is just one of the many challenges of streamlining team communication. Add in daily engagement with other productive app services such as DropBox, Evernote, Slack and BaseCamp, you have one chaotic dragon farm to manage all the clutter.
A new Scottsdale-based company Bolste drew its sword and launched an all-in-one business operating solution for teams to communicate and collaborate more effectively without the need for app integration.
January 13, 2016
Scottsdale startup launches new communication and collaborative operating system
A Scottsdale startup backed with $5 million in funding has launched a new business operating system today designed to help companies communicate and collaborate better.
Bolste is meant to fix the “broken system” of online communication using a cloud-based website and mobile apps, said Bolste CEO and founder Leif Hartwig.
“Most people get over 200 emails a day. It’s becoming chaotic,” Hartwig told me. “It’s hard to collaborate, from project management and tasks. The system is broken right now.”
January 13, 2016
Bolste challenges Slack with “insanely easy” collaboration
Even though Slack Technologies, Inc.’s namesake collaboration platform was a viral phenomenon in 2015, former business coach Leif Hartwig says Slack still isn’t enough. Having watched clients and airport travelers wrestle with the difficulties of integrating disparate technologies for videoconferencing, document sharing and messaging for years, Hartwig says his company has come up with a better way.
October 19, 2016
Bolste Recognized as Leading Innovator in Enterprise Social Software
Aragon Research market study features Bolste as a leading innovator among 21 knowledge sharing platforms
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Oct. 18, 2016 – Bolste (bolste.com) was recently named as a leading “Innovator” in “The Aragon Research Globe™ for Social Software, 2016: Shifting to Work and Outcomes.”
The research firm, which looked at 21 Enterprise Social Network (ESN) providers, added Bolste to the list for the first time this year. The study focused on a number of parameters throughout its analysis, including Bolste’s product strategy, market understanding, management, visibility, pricing/packaging, product, customer experience and R&D.