Tradepal (est. in 2009) is an education technology company based in San Francisco, California. The Company designs online tutoring software for collaborative learning to increase student success and retention in schools and colleges.
During their early initiatives, the Company developed technologies to facilitate the building of a proprietary interest graph leading to the discovery, sharing, and trading of items among like-minded people. The company developed a mobile application to provide students with a platform to support fellow students struggling with food and housing insecurity along with a growing number of campus initiatives including Keep America Beautiful with RecycleMania, Campus-based Food Pantries, and the Food Recovery Network (FRN).[2]
Tradepal introduced its people-centric marketplace at the DEMO conference held in Santa Clara, California on September 12 to 14, 2011.[3][4] The peer-to-peer (P2P) product was well received by the Silicon Valley technical community, and was named one of the top 10 favorite startups at the DEMO Conference.[5][6] As of April 2013 Tradepal.com offered P2P sharing of resources to college communities.[7]
Tradepal originally designed a P2P platform where counterparts would buy, sell and trade and ultimately take steps to reduce their carbon footprint by promoting sustainable behaviors through reuse.[8] In 2014, the Company created a mobile-first application to engage students promoting sustainability on college campuses. The Company collaborated with student organizations located in California, Florida, and Texas who were part of the American College & University Presidents' Climate Commitment (ACUPCC) network of colleges and universities. In 2018, the Company transitioned into a business-to-business (B2B) service where it develops educational, training and collaborative learning software platforms.
Original operationsedit
Tradepal was made up of a core principle and multiple functionalities. Central to the experience on Tradepal is the social and interest graphs of the user, commonly called the Cluster of Friends, which includes both Facebook friends on Tradepal and Tradepal friends. The functionalities evolve around a User Profile that comprises the user’s Items, the Friends’ and Friends of Friends’ listings, the user’s Wishes and individual Carbon Savings Calculator. Both Profiles and Listed Items could be shared internally with Tradepal friends, or externally with Facebook friends and Twitter followers. Users can trade with peers by instantly buying an item using the Buy Now option or by sending an offer using either cash and/or barter[9] Users can also communicate with one another using messaging, item comments, or online chat. The concept of trust is based on both the use of Facebook identities as Tradepal identities as well as a rating system derived from all transactions conducted on the platform. All payments are conducted through PayPal's Adaptive Payments and benefit from PayPal’s Buyer’s Protection.
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May 01, 2024
tradepal, 2009, education, technology, company, based, francisco, california, company, designs, online, tutoring, software, collaborative, learning, increase, student, success, retention, schools, colleges, type, businessprivatefounded2009headquarters535, miss. Tradepal est in 2009 is an education technology company based in San Francisco California The Company designs online tutoring software for collaborative learning to increase student success and retention in schools and colleges TradepalType of businessPrivateFounded2009Headquarters535 Mission Street San Francisco CA 94105 USAFounder s Karim Guessous Co founder CEO 1 Tamar Burton Co founder CXO IndustryVirtual learning environment Contents 1 History 2 Original operations 3 See also 4 ReferencesHistory editDuring their early initiatives the Company developed technologies to facilitate the building of a proprietary interest graph leading to the discovery sharing and trading of items among like minded people The company developed a mobile application to provide students with a platform to support fellow students struggling with food and housing insecurity along with a growing number of campus initiatives including Keep America Beautiful with RecycleMania Campus based Food Pantries and the Food Recovery Network FRN 2 Tradepal introduced its people centric marketplace at the DEMO conference held in Santa Clara California on September 12 to 14 2011 3 4 The peer to peer P2P product was well received by the Silicon Valley technical community and was named one of the top 10 favorite startups at the DEMO Conference 5 6 As of April 2013 Tradepal com offered P2P sharing of resources to college communities 7 Tradepal originally designed a P2P platform where counterparts would buy sell and trade and ultimately take steps to reduce their carbon footprint by promoting sustainable behaviors through reuse 8 In 2014 the Company created a mobile first application to engage students promoting sustainability on college campuses The Company collaborated with student organizations located in California Florida and Texas who were part of the American College amp University Presidents Climate Commitment ACUPCC network of colleges and universities In 2018 the Company transitioned into a business to business B2B service where it develops educational training and collaborative learning software platforms Original operations editTradepal was made up of a core principle and multiple functionalities Central to the experience on Tradepal is the social and interest graphs of the user commonly called the Cluster of Friends which includes both Facebook friends on Tradepal and Tradepal friends The functionalities evolve around a User Profile that comprises the user s Items the Friends and Friends of Friends listings the user s Wishes and individual Carbon Savings Calculator Both Profiles and Listed Items could be shared internally with Tradepal friends or externally with Facebook friends and Twitter followers Users can trade with peers by instantly buying an item using the Buy Now option or by sending an offer using either cash and or barter 9 Users can also communicate with one another using messaging item comments or online chat The concept of trust is based on both the use of Facebook identities as Tradepal identities as well as a rating system derived from all transactions conducted on the platform All payments are conducted through PayPal s Adaptive Payments and benefit from PayPal s Buyer s Protection See also editeLearning Workforce development Learning Management System Knowledge Management Collaborative learningReferences edit Lonoff Schiff Jennifer February 21 2012 9 Ways Google Can Help Your Business CIO magazine Archived from the original on March 22 2018 Retrieved March 22 2018 Nellum Chris Fighting Food Insecurity on Campus Higher Education Today Retrieved 29 June 2015 Tradepal DEMO conference 2011 Archived from the original on March 22 2018 Retrieved March 22 2018 Sprouter 16 November 2011 Sprouter Punchtab Pressly Kibits Tradepal Financial Post Retrieved 16 November 2011 Chima Chikodi 15 September 2011 Our 10 Favorite Startups of the DEMO 2011 TheNextWeb Retrieved 15 September 2011 Takahashi Dean 12 September 2011 DEMO Here s the list of Demo Fall 2011 presenting companies VentureBeat Retrieved 12 September 2011 Cargo Kathryn 24 April 2013 Program allows trade with pals increased sustainability The ShortHorn Retrieved 24 April 2013 CO and other Greenhouse Gas Emissions OurWorldinData org OxfordUniversity May 2017 Kelly Meghan 13 September 2011 DEMO Tradepal brings bartering of physical goods online VentureBeat Retrieved 13 September 2011 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tradepal amp oldid 1148993716, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
