Next Jump

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NextJump
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Type of business Private
Type of site
eCommerce
Founded1994
Headquarters,
United States
Area servedUnited States and United Kingdom
Founder(s) Charlie Kim
Key peopleCharlie Kim, founder
Employees129
URL www.nextjump.com

Next Jump is a privately-held technology and services company that provides employee engagement and rewards programs to large corporations. The firm was founded in 1994 by Charlie Kim and is headquartered in New York City, with offices in Boston, San Francisco, and London.

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Partnerships and acquisitions

LivingSocial

In April 2011, LivingSocial announced a partnership with Next Jump that allows LivingSocial to present its daily offers to consumers in the Next Jump network. [1] On June 9, 2011, Next Jump introduced OO.com as the first product from this partnership. On this site, people enter their zipcode and are presented with a map showing LivingSocial deals, and get rewarded with points if they buy something. [2] As of 2021, the partnership effort is known as WOW Perks.

Flightcaster

In January 2011, the firm acquired a start-up called FlightCaster that helps people predict flight delays. [3]

Management style

Next Jump is featured as a case study in the 2016 book, "An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization", as an example of a "deliberately developmental organization". Authors Kegan and Lahey say that Next Jump incorporates a number of management, coaching and teaching practices that are "organized around the simple but radical conviction that organizations will best prosper when they are more deeply aligned with people's strongest motive, which is to grow." [4]

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References

  1. Kris Ashton, Daily Deal Media. "LivingSocial Partners with Next Jump to Turn Up the Volume on Sales." April 13, 2011. Retrieved June 9, 2011.
  2. Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch. "Next Jump Introduces OO.com: Local Deals Powered By LivingSocial, Plus Points." Jun 9, 2011. Retrieved Jun 9, 2011.
  3. Jason Kincaid, TechCrunch. "Next Jump Acquires FlightCaster, The Flight Delay Prediction Engine." Jan 10, 2011. Retrieved Jun 9, 2011.
  4. Kegan, Robert; Laskow Lahey, Lisa (March 2016). An Everyone Culture: Becoming a Deliberately Developmental Organization. Harvard Business Review Press. ISBN   978-1625278623 . Retrieved October 11, 2021.