WAllBusiness.com provides business information and resources for small businesses, those companies with fewer than 500 employees. The company also conducts research to measure the health and direction of the small business sector.
WArchon Information Systems, L.L.C. (“Archon”) is a Delaware corporation that provides technology and collection services to government clients.
WAsk.com is a question answering–focused e-business founded in 1996 by Garrett Gruener and David Warthen in Berkeley, California.
WClipix is a privately funded company offering an online bookmarking, file sharing, and organizational tool. The utility is available in 13 languages, and as of 2014 had users in 154 countries. Clipix allows users to save online content and other documents to private or public "clipboards." By dragging a “clip” button onto the browser bar, users click and clip online items for later reference. Clipix users can also add digital files they want to access, including Excel spreadsheets, Microsoft Word documents, PDF files, and email messages. To organize content further, Clipix also offers multiboards, which are created by dragging several clipboards into one "Main Category" clipboard. Syncboards are synchronized clipboards that multiple users can access and add to, in order to work collaboratively. The company’s "Price Drop Alert" allows users to name the price they’d like to pay for any item that is sold online. Once a "Price Drop Alert" is set, Clipix notifies the user when an item has been discounted to his or her preferred price. The Clipix app for iPad, iPhone, and Android synchronizes with the Clipix web interface.
WCotendo, Inc. was a content delivery network and an application delivery network service provider. The company's headquarters are in Sunnyvale, California, with research and development based in Netanya, Israel. In March 2012, Akamai acquired Cotendo for over US$250 million.
WCucumbertown was a food blogging platform. Based out of Palo Alto, California, it was founded by Cherian Thomas, Chris Luscher, Arun Prabhakar and Dan Hauk. It was acquired by Japanese recipe network Cookpad in June 2015.
WDEFCAD, Inc. is a startup that has created a search engine and web portal for designers and hobbyists to find and develop 3D printable and other CAD models online.
WDigiboo LLC, founded in 2009, is a location-based retail download service providing movie and TV show downloads to mobile devices. Kiosks with thousands of movie and TV show titles available on demand, allow the downloading of media direct to phones, laptops and USB 3.0 storage devices, at speeds of 1–3 minutes per full-length movie.
WElectronic Data Systems (EDS) was an American multinational information technology equipment and services company headquartered in Plano, Texas.
WEveryday Health Group is a digital media company which owns websites and produces content relating to health and wellness. As of December 8, 2016, it was acquired by Ziff Davis, a subsidiary of j2 Global.
WEvite is a social-planning website for creating, sending, and managing online invitations.
WFarmers Business Network (FBN) is a farmer-to-farmer network and e-commerce platform based out of San Carlos, California. The company was co-founded by Amol Deshpande and Charles Baron, and launched as a startup in 2014. Deshpande currently serves as CEO. As of 2020, FBN has approximately 13,000 farmers in their network between the U.S. and Canada.
WFlightAware is an American multi-national technology company that provides real-time, historical, and predictive flight data and flight-tracking products. It is currently the world's largest flight tracking platform with a network of over 32,000 ADS-B ground stations in 200 countries. FlightAware also provides aviation data and predicted ETAs to airlines, airport operators, and software developers. FlightAware is privately held, with headquarters in Eleven Greenway Plaza in Houston and sales offices in New York City, Austin, Singapore, and London.
WFree Law Project is a United States federal 501(c)(3) nonprofit that provides free access to primary legal materials, develops legal research tools, and supports academic research on legal corpora. Free Law Project has several initiatives that collect and share legal information, including the largest collection of American oral argument audio, daily collection of new legal opinions from 200 United States courts and administrative bodies, the RECAP Project, which collects documents from PACER, and user-generated Supreme Court citation visualizations.
WGab is an American alt-tech social networking service known for its far-right userbase. Widely described as a haven for extremists including neo-Nazis, white supremacists, white nationalists, the alt-right, and QAnon conspiracy theorists, it has attracted users and groups who have been banned from other social media and users seeking alternatives to mainstream social media platforms. Gab says it promotes free speech, individual liberty, and "the free flow of information online", though these statements have been criticized as being a shield for its alt-right and extremist ecosystem. Antisemitism is prominent in the site's content, and the company itself has engaged in antisemitic commentary on Twitter. Researchers note that Gab has been "repeatedly linked to radicalization leading to real-world violent events".
WGaia Online is an English-language, anime-themed social networking and forums-based website with Chibi-style animations. It was founded as go-gaia on February 18, 2003, and the name was changed to GaiaOnline.com in 2004 by its owner, Gaia Interactive. Gaia originally began as an anime linklist and eventually developed a small community, but following a statement by founder Derek Liu, the website moved towards social gaming and eventually became forum-based.
WecoATM, LLC doing business as Gazelle is an eCommerce company founded in 2006 that helps people donate used electronic devices, such as cellular phones and mobile phones, smart tablets and laptop computers. The company, in some instances may offer money to consumers for used or broken smart devices. It is headquartered in San Diego, California with operations in Louisville, Kentucky.
WGettr is an alt-tech social media platform targeted to American conservatives. It was created by Jason Miller, a former Donald Trump aide and spokesman, and launched officially on July 4, 2021. Its user interface and feature set have been described as very similar to those of Twitter. Journalists noted the prevalence of extreme content on the platform, including racism and antisemitism. The platform also experienced issues beginning shortly after launch, including users flooding it with pornography, and the hacking of some high-profile accounts.
WGlobalSpec is a technology services company which provides a search engine of engineering and industrial products, indexing over 180 million parts divided into 2,300,000 product families, from over 24,000 manufacturer and distributor catalogs. GlobalSpec is a domain-specific tool, in that its focused domain allows for optimized results. Within product families, searches can be narrowed by selecting values for parameters that are specific to that product type.
WGreatAuPair is an American au pair organization based in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 2001 by Shannon and Jamie Pitts, who were living in San Ramon, California, and had hired au pairs in the past to take care of their children. By 2013, the firm had connected more than one million families and caretakers.
WAlfred, also known as Hello Alfred, is a resident management software application that enables real estate developers and property managers to provide in-home services and experiences to their residents. Residents in Alfred buildings are assigned a personal home manager, or Alfreds, who are W-2 company employees, and can make requests in the company's app. The Alfred platform integrates with Real Page, Yardi and Entrata so that building management teams can operate their buildings through a single platform.
WIndaba Music is a web-based company that provides a music collaboration environment for musicians: "a place to build a profile, promote their tunes and collaborate with other musicians" as well as enter opportunities like remixing and songwriting contests with popular artists.
WKerbango was both a company acquired by 3Com and its lead product. Kerbango was founded in 1998 in Silicon Valley by former executives from Apple Computer and Power Computing Corporation. On June 27, 2000, 3Com announced it was acquiring the Kerbango company in an $80 million deal. As part of the deal, Kerbango's CEO, Jon Fitch, became vice president and general manager of 3Com's Internet Audio division, working under Julie Shimer, then vice president and general manager of 3Com's Consumer Networks Business.
WKoofers is a private company, founded in 2008 and headquartered in Reston, VA. Koofers is an interactive community that serves the academic needs of college students through information sharing. College students have access to the service by creating an account with their e-mail address.
WLiveops is a cloud call center company based in Scottsdale, Arizona. It was formed by the merger of Silicon Valley startup CallCast, founded in 2002 by Wendell Brown and Bill Trenchard, and competing startup Liveops, founded in 2000 by Steve Doumar and Doug Feirstein in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
WMahalo.com was a web directory and Internet-based knowledge exchange launched in May 2007 by Jason Calacanis. It differentiated itself from algorithmic search engines like Google and Ask.com, as well as other directory sites like DMOZ and Yahoo! by tracking and building hand-crafted result sets for many of the currently popular search terms. President Jason Rapp exited the company in September, 2012.
WMetromix LLC was a Chicago entertainment website at Chicago.Metromix.com, owned by the Chicago Tribune division of Tribune Publishing. It served the Chicago metropolitan area. The website now redirects to that of the Chicago Tribune.
WmobileStorm is a SaaS based product for multi-channel communications. Businesses use mobileStorm to build a database of customers and gives them the ability to reach people on smart phones via email, text-message, push notification, secure messages to mobile apps and sites, as well as voice and fax broadcast. The communications firm started by Jared Reitzin is based in Los Angeles, California. To date, the company has sent billions of messages and launched more than a million marketing campaigns. Some of their clients include Overstock.com, NASCAR, American Idol and Kaiser Permanente.
WModSquad is a global digital engagement services company based in the United States. The company currently has over 10,000 moderators in its network. ModSquad provides managed, on-demand customer service, content moderation, social media, and community management services and teams across online, e-commerce, in-game, in-app, and social media channels.
WMountain Project is a website which serves as a guidebook to more than 170,000 climbing routes across the world. The website is operated by Adventure Projects Inc., a Boulder, Colorado-based company, founded by Nick Wilder and Andy Laakmann in 2005 and purchased on June 11, 2015 by REI. Adventure Projects Inc. has since expanded by creating MTBProject.com, a website for mountain bike trail maps, HikingProject.com for hiking trails, PowderProject.com for backcountry skiing trails and TrailRunProject.com for cross-country running trails.
WTheneeds is an online and mobile content discovery platform that helps its users discover articles, news, videos, social posts, and other media tailored to their specific interests.
WNext Jump is an e-commerce company. The company handles loyalty programs for Dell, AARP, Intel, and Hilton Hotel.
WOnFaith is a commercial website of OnFaith, Inc., Austin, Texas, for sharing and commenting on faith-based content such as scripture, sermons and religious music.
WOptimizely is an American company that provides digital experience platform software as a service. Optimizely provides A/B testing and multivariate testing tools, website personalization, and feature toggle capabilities, as well as web content management and digital commerce.
WPanjiva Inc. is a global trade data company based in New York City. It is a subscription-based website with import and export details on commercial shipments worldwide. Panjiva was founded in 2006 by Josh Green and James Psota.
WParler is an American microblogging and social networking service. It has a significant user base of Donald Trump supporters, conservatives, conspiracy theorists, and far-right extremists. Posts on the service often contain far-right content, antisemitism, and conspiracy theories such as QAnon. Journalists have described Parler as an alt-tech alternative to Twitter, and users include those banned from mainstream social networks or who oppose their moderation policies.
WPFSweb, Inc. is a provider of business-to-business (B2B) and direct-to-consumer (DTC) order fulfillment and customer service for eCommerce.
WRelcy was an American corporation specializing in mobile search. It was a stealth mode company funded by Sequoia Capital and Khosla Ventures. Relcy was founded by Rohit Satapathy and Nitin Gupta in mid-2013, notably with funding obtained by a cold tweet to Keith Rabois of Khosla Ventures.
WSandhills Global is a privately held American information processing company that produces a diverse range of products and services from well-established trade publications and websites to hosted technology services. The company primarily serves the transportation, agriculture, aircraft, heavy machinery, and technology industries. Its trade publications include TractorHouse, Machinery Trader, Machinery Trader Auction Results, Truck Paper, RentalYard, and AuctionTime, in addition to Controller, Executive Controller, and Charter Hub. Each print publication also has a companion website. Sandhills' portfolio also includes software and online services such as www.AuctionTime.com, BidCaller, Auction Flex, HiBid, Aircraft Cost Calculator, FleetEvaluator, Fast Track Iron, CraneTrader, EquipmentFacts, RV Universe, MotorSports Universe, Power Systems Today, Oil Field Trader, The Gage Team and others.
WShow-Score is an independent leisure website founded in 2015 as a New York City theatre review aggregator, community review site, and ticket finder. It has been likened to "the Rotten Tomatoes for theatre" and also to TripAdvisor, and provides a 'leaderboard' of most active reviewers and most liked shows. However, it is not limited to numerical reviews. As of March 2017 its userbase of 125,000 had submitted nearly 200,000 reviews, an increase of more than 50% over August 2016. Founded by Tom Melcher and co-founded by Deeksha Gaur, it is currently focused on New York City but hopes to expand by virtue of increased funding received in early 2017. It has been used as a source for USA Today, ABC News, and others. It was acquied by Today Tix in July 2020.
WSiteworx, LLC is a digital consultancy. The agency is best known for its work with large companies such as Time Warner Cable, Citrix, and Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group.
WSpotHero is a digital parking marketplace that connects drivers looking to reserve and pay for parking spaces with parking lots, parking garages and valet services. The company, which operates a mobile app and website as well as a parking developer platform, is available in over 300 cities in the United States and Canada. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.
WSteel Connect, Inc. is a company that provides supply chain management services to software companies. During the dot-com bubble, the company, which was then known as CMGI, had a market capitalization of $41 billion and owned the naming rights to the home stadium of the New England Patriots. Between 1995 and 1999, its stock was the best performing stock in the United States, returning 4,921%. After the crash of the bubble, the stock price fell 99%.
WstickK.com is an American internet company that enables users to make commitment contracts in order to reach their personal goals.
WThinkspot is an online social networking service started by Jordan Peterson following the banning of several content producers from the membership platform Patreon. Peterson and Dave Rubin conceived of the site together as a platform centered on free speech. Currently in public beta release, it has received mostly negative reviews from media critics.
WUpverter is an EDA system delivered in a web-browser which enables hardware engineers to design, share, and review schematics and printed circuit boards. It additionally features the ability to generate a bill of materials, Gerber files, and a 3D rendering. Upverter provides web-based tools for editing schematic diagrams and for laying out printed-circuit boards. It does not require payment for open-source projects.
WViant Inc. was a multi-national Internet consulting firm, founded in San Francisco in April 1996, that was one of the first web consulting firms during the early stages of the Internet era.
WViddler is an online sales training platform with integrated tools for practice and evaluation. The Viddler service offers video-based instruction and optional coaching and allows customers to engage with course content through guided assignments and self-recorded practice sessions.
WWebstaurantStore is an online restaurant supply company based in Lititz, Pennsylvania. The company offers commercial-grade equipment to the foodservice industry through online ordering and commercial shipping, and carries over 342,000 products. Like sister brand The Restaurant Store, WebstaurantStore is a division of Clark Associates, Inc., which was named Central Pennsylvania's fastest growing company in 2013 and 2018 by the Central Penn Business Journal, making the list of the region's fastest-growing companies nine years in a row. In 2020, Clark Associates, Inc. was also rated as the second largest distributor of restaurant supplies by Foodservice Equipment & Supplies Magazine (FE&S), and was awarded FE&S' Dealer of the Year Award in 2015. In 2017, the company received a Management Excellence award from Foodservice Equipment Reports Magazine. WebstaurantStore was chosen as the featured e-commerce business for Pennsylvania in Google's Economic Impact Report for 2013.
WWheels Up is an aviation company that primarily serves members in the United States. It was founded in 2013, by Kenny Dichter, Bill Allard, and Justin Firestone, using a membership/on-demand business model.
WYelp, Inc. develops, hosts, and markets the Yelp.com website and the Yelp mobile app, which publish crowd-sourced reviews about businesses. It also operates Yelp Reservations, a table reservation service. It is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
WYola is a website builder and website hosting company headquartered in San Francisco. However, it was founded in Cape Town, South Africa. People without programming and graphic design skills can make web sites using Yola. Its drag and drop system allows users to incorporate widgets without knowing HTML. Yola also integrates e-commerce and blog software and acts as a domain registrar. It competes with other web hosting and creation such as Wix, Weebly, Jimdo and Webs.