ChamberBiz Announces Partnership With DigitalWork.com; DigitalWork.com to Provide ChamberBiz Users With Self-help Business Resources.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 31, 2000 ChamberBiz, a new Internet See Web 2.0 and Internet2. company serving small businesses, has announced a partnership with DigitalWork.com, a leading do-it-yourself business agency. The partnership will integrate DigitalWork.com's business services into the ChamberBiz Web site. ChamberBiz content and capabilities, including DigitalWork.com's online business services, will be accessible to users from the ChamberBiz home page and the home pages of more than 300 participating chambers. "Our partnership with DigitalWork.com allows us to substantially increase the value and utility of our Web site, and the Web services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. we are offering state and local chambers of commerce and their half million member businesses," said Evan McDonnell, vice president of ChamberBiz. "DigitalWork's focus on small-business services and do-it-yourself Web-based business workshops make for a perfect fit with the ChamberBiz mission to help our users improve their businesses through the use of the Internet." DigitalWork's business services are organized into workshops, enabling users to complete routine business tasks easily and effectively. DigitalWork.com offers workshops in various categories including public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most , online advertising, direct mail, recruiting, credit, sales, market research, tech support, training and business software. During June, DigitalWork.com helped ChamberBiz by providing content and service offers for The Biz Report, a new weekly e-zine launched by ChamberBiz in May. Rob Schultz, DigitalWork.com chairman and chief executive officer, said, "We're excited about this partnership and the opportunity it creates for DigitalWork.com and the ChamberBiz member network. DigitalWork.com is reaching a highly targeted group of small- and mid-sized businesses, and those businesses are being introduced to a new, highly efficient way to work. ChamberBiz has been a strong producer for DigitalWork.com since our co-branded platform was launched in May." About ChamberBiz ChamberBiz is the ultimate online small-business resource that provides users with networking opportunities, solutions to everyday problems and resources for using the latest in technology to expand their businesses and improve profitability. It has partnerships with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is the world's largest not-for-profit federation of businesses, representing more than 3 million businesses and organizations in the United States. As of 2003, the chamber was comprised of 3000 state and local chambers and 830 business associations. , more than 300 state and local chambers, and the American Chamber of Commerce Executives Association (ACCE ACCE Acceptance ACCE American Chamber of Commerce Executives ACCE American Council for Construction Education ACCE American College of Clinical Engineering ACCE Australian Council for Computers in Education ). ChamberBiz content and capabilities are accessible on the home page (www.ChamberBiz.com) and through the home pages of participating chambers. Funding for ChamberBiz is provided by Telcom Ventures, a highly successful venture capital firm in Alexandria, Va. About DigitalWork.com DigitalWork.com is a leading provider of web-based services to small and growing businesses. Established in April 1998, Chicago-based DigitalWork.com helps businesses grow and save time by streamlining and automating more than 30 critical business functions online, including generating sales leads, writing and distributing a press release, launching a direct mail campaign, collecting bad debts and recruiting employees. DigitalWork.com's services can be accessed at www.digitalwork.com, or through more than 55 portal and destination sites, including AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. , AT&T, Dell, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) and Office Depot Office Depot (NYSE: ODP) is one of the world's leading suppliers of office products and services. The Company's selection of brand name office supplies includes business machines, computers, computer software and office furniture, while its business services encompass copying, . DigitalWork.com has attracted investments from leading venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] and strategic partners, including Attractor Capital Management, Draper Fisher Jurvetson Draper Fisher Jurvetson (DFJ) is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California with affiliate offices in more than 30 cities around the world and over $4.5 billion in capital commitments. , TL Ventures, Dell, Office Depot and PurchasePro.com. |
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