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TeamSnap CEO Dave DuPont Named Finalist for EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Award in the Mountain Desert Region

BOULDER, Colo., May 12, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, the leading tool for organizing and communicating every aspect of active sports life, today announced that its CEO and co-founder, Dave DuPont, was named a finalist for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2016 Award in the Mountain Desert Region which includes Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.

This year marks the 30th anniversary of the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year Program, which recognizes entrepreneurs in over 145 cities in more than 60 countries throughout the world who demonstrate excellence and extraordinary success in such areas as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities.

"This is an extremely prestigious award and being named a finalist is an honor," DuPont said. "The honor, however, is really my team's. I have only made it this far in the competition because of their efforts and accomplishments, and I thank them."

As a dedicated team athlete and the son of a career military man, Dave DuPont learned early the value of tenacity, adaptability and teamwork. He carried those lessons into his early career as an oil field engineer in Africa, honed them through leadership roles in the computer industry and made them a centerpiece of TeamSnap, the company he founded in 2009 to help coaches and managers easily run their teams.

Under Dave's leadership, TeamSnap has grown to 75 employees and raised more than $22 million in investor funding. Now, with 10 million addicted users and 10,000 more joining daily, TeamSnap has become the world's leading communication and coordination platform for sports teams, clubs and leagues. Part of the success of the company is due to Dave's leadership style, emphasizing honesty, transparency and respect. The company shares information to an unusual degree and encourages active participation in decision-making at all levels. He strongly pushes himself and his management team to walk the talk, and is rewarded by a highly invested and loyal team dedicated to success.

About TeamSnap:

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boulder, Colo., TeamSnap has taken the organization of youth, recreational and competitive sports into the 21st century. Ten million coaches, administrators, players and parents use TeamSnap's web and smartphone apps to sign up, schedule, communicate and coordinate everything for the team, the club and the season. TeamSnap makes organizing sports as simple as click, tap and go. For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

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TeamSnap Announces 10 Million Customers Now Use Its Sports Team Management Platform

BOULDER, Colo., April 19, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, the leading tool for organizing and communicating every aspect of active sports life, today announced that a milestone 10 million coaches, administrators, organizers, parents and players now use its online and mobile apps to streamline group activities.

"With our team management market dominance, our rich database of player and parent information and our constant customer engagement, we are rapidly becoming the unifying sports team platform and marketplace for sports-related products and services," said TeamSnap CEO and Co-Founder Dave DuPont.

Coaches, administrators, players and parents use TeamSnap to make organizing sports as simple as click, tap and go. The company closed a B-series round of $10 million in 2015, following a period of staggering growth that nearly doubled its customer base over the past 18 months to 10 million users in 196 countries. Since the company was founded in 2009, TeamSnap has been used to schedule 7.2 million games for 800,000 teams across 83 types of sports and groups.

The company's goal of engaging customers before, during and after the game is making TeamSnap the must-have brand they turn to many times a day for every kind of sports team activity. TeamSnap interacts with active users an average of 40 times per month, and its native mobile apps have been a particular hit with almost 2 million downloads. The iOS app has a 4.7 out of 5 customer rating in the App Store and consistently appears in the Top 10 Free Sports Apps category, and the Android app has a 4.1 out of 5 rating, with more than 2,000 five-star ratings.

Here's what some of TeamSnap's 10 million customers have to say about the TeamSnap app:
* "Awesome, can't survive in soccer without it!"
* "Absolutely the best app that I have on my phone! I've shared with other coaches who now share my excitement over the ease and value of this tool. Two thumbs up!!!"
* "Can't get through the weekends without it!!!"
* "This app is great! We have been using it for two years now and don't think we could function without it."
* "As a busy mom with kids in multiple sports, this app is a lifesaver!!"
* "This app is an amazing tool for organizing our team and keeping everyone informed easily! I don't know what I would do without it!"

In addition to its industry-leading product, TeamSnap's commitment to supporting and fostering the youth sports community has been vital to their customer growth.

"One reason TeamSnap has reached the amazing milestone of 10 million members and leads the team management and communication market is that, like PCA, they are committed to ensuring that all young athletes have a positive, character-building youth sports experience," said Jason Sacks, Positive Coaching Alliance's national director of business development. "Their lead sponsorship of PCA's Double-Goal Coach Awards has accelerated growth of that program and, in turn, recognition of coaches who put life lessons right up there with wins in importance. Their support of our online courses for AAU serves as another example of our friends at TeamSnap working hard and smart to make sure coaches have the resources they need to make a positive impact in the lives of young players."

About TeamSnap:

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boulder, Colo., TeamSnap has taken the organization of youth, recreational and competitive sports into the 21st century. Ten million coaches, administrators, players and parents use TeamSnap's web and smartphone apps to sign up, schedule, communicate and coordinate everything for the team, the club and the season. TeamSnap makes organizing sports as simple as click, tap and go. For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

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Twitter: @teamsnap

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Pat Benner Joins TeamSnap Leadership as CFO

BOULDER, Colo., March 21, 2016 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, the leading tool for organizing and communicating every aspect of active sports life, today announced that Pat Benner will join as the company's chief financial officer effective March 28, bringing more than 25 years of experience guiding top brands in the software, IT storage and healthcare industries.

Benner has decades of experience leading the financial and operational arms of respected companies, including TapInfluence, The Beryl Companies and McKesson Health Solutions. His achievements include significantly increasing shareholder value by boosting operating margins by five times while also enhancing corporate culture, employee benefits and satisfaction; and securing more than $50 million in funding for venture-backed companies. He has participated in more than 15 merger and acquisition transactions of both public and private companies, with valuations exceeding $1 billion.

Most recently, he served as CFO and board member of NexGen Storage, managing all aspects of the company's successful 2013 sale to Fusion-io, Inc. and delivering a 10-time return on invested capital. After the company's 2015 spin-out from SanDisk, he guided NexGen's merger with Austin-based Pivot3.

"TeamSnap has proven its ability to dominate the youth sports management and communication market while scaling quickly to accommodate the platform's massive growth. I'm excited to help the group grow even further to attract new teams, clubs and leagues," Benner said. "With an already amazingly engaged audience of 10 million, the opportunities for feature enhancements, partnerships and continued innovation abound."

Coaches, administrators, players and parents use TeamSnap to make organizing sports as simple as click, tap and go. The company closed a B-series round of $10 million in August 2015, led by Northgate Capital, following a period of staggering growth. TeamSnap nearly doubled its customer base over the past 18 months, now boasting 10 million users in 196 countries. TeamSnap interacts with active users an average of 40 times per month, and its native mobile apps have been a particular hit. The iOS app has a 4.7 out of 5 rating in the App Store and is consistently ranked among the App Store's Top 10 Free Sports Apps.

"The experience Pat brings to our leadership team, his passion for helping families and his financial insight into what makes a company successful will be invaluable to TeamSnap," said TeamSnap CEO Dave DuPont. "I look forward to working with him and the rest of our experienced leadership team to execute the financial strategy that helps solidify TeamSnap's position as the dominant sports management and communication platform."

About TeamSnap:

Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boulder, Colo., TeamSnap has taken the organization of youth, recreational and competitive sports into the 21st century. Ten million coaches, administrators, players and parents use TeamSnap's web and smartphone apps to sign up, schedule, communicate and coordinate everything for the team, the club and the season. TeamSnap makes organizing sports as simple as click, tap and go.

For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

VIDEO (YouTube): https://youtu.be/fx0vRXYGijU

Twitter: @teamsnap

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TeamSnap Named by Outside Magazine as One of America’s Best Places to Work

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 17, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, used by 9 million people worldwide for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, today announced that it has been selected by Outside Magazine as No. 16 on its list of 100 Best Places to Work 2015. Each year, Outside Magazine honors the Top 100 companies in America that raise the standards for work-life balance, company culture and employee benefits. This is the first time TeamSnap has been recognized by Outside.

TeamSnap was included in this list thanks to the company's progressive values, like flexible work hours, a remote workforce, the ability to work anywhere in the world, the offer of unlimited vacation time and the mission of judging employees on goals met rather than hours put in.

"We have employees who take breaks during the day to go to the gym, for a run or for a mountain bike ride," said Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Andrew Berkowitz, who doubles as TeamSnap's Minister of Culture. "One employee took a month off this summer to hike mountains in Peru. Our employees truly embody the Outside lifestyle, and our policies-or lack thereof-only serve to further our hobbies, passions and outdoor pursuits."

TeamSnap also offers employee perks like a wellness allowance to encourage a healthy lifestyle and an education allowance employees use to fortify career skills. Twice a year TeamSnap brings all 70 employees together in the mountains of Colorado to solve problems, connect in person, build team skills and give ample high fives.

"We're honored to be recognized by Outside Magazine," said TeamSnap Co-Founder and CEO Dave DuPont. "Fostering a culture that allows people to conquer projects in the way they see best with few constraints, while also giving them the flexibility to enjoy a true work-life balance, has resulted in a market-leading product used by 9 million people. Clearly, we're onto something, and it's not just our bikes."

About TeamSnap:

TeamSnap is dedicated to taking the hassle out of managing, coaching and participating in team sports. Founded in 2009 by a couple of social scientists, an improv comedian and an oil field engineer, TeamSnap is now a team of 70 people working remotely around the United States but all driven by the mission to build a great product that any parent, coach, team manager, group organizer or sentient robot can pick up and use immediately. Nine million coaches, parents, team managers and players use TeamSnap's web and mobile apps to save their sanity and stay in the know through email, text and instant alerts.

For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

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Jennifer Vescio Joins TeamSnap Board of Directors

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 9, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, the leading tool for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, today announced that Jennifer Vescio, a business development and strategy executive with more than 20 years of experience leading top brands like eBay and ESPN, has joined the company's board of directors.

Jen is a recognized leader in the consumer internet, entertainment, sports and digital media markets, with two decades of experience heading strategy and business development teams at global and early-stage companies, including ESPN, CBS, Yahoo! and most recently, eBay, where she has executed, grown and managed partnerships that drive over $400M in global GMV as their head of global strategy and business development. Passionate about the technology community, Jen also mentors early-stage startups at the R/GA LA Dodgers & Telluride Venture Accelerators. In addition to sitting on the TeamSnap Board of Directors, she also serves as an advisor to the PGA Tour, Sight Commerce, Slideline (acquired in 2015), The Pittsburgh Technology Council and Torque, a live TV broadcast ad agency. Jen previously served as president of the UCLA Anderson Alumni Network Board of Directors.

"TeamSnap is the market leader in youth sports team organization, and I'm excited to help them grow even further to attract new teams, clubs and leagues to their solution," Jen said. "The opportunities abound for feature enhancements and well as the chance to interact with an already amazingly engaged audience of 9 million."

TeamSnap is an easy-to-use, indispensable tool for organizing and communicating up-to-the-second updates on every aspect of team life, including game schedules, practices, equipment and volunteers. The company closed a B-series round of $10 million in August, led by Northgate Capital, following a period of staggering growth. TeamSnap nearly doubled its customer base over the past year, now boasting 9 million users in 196 countries. TeamSnap interacts with active users an average of 40 times per month, and its native mobile apps have been a particular hit. The iOS app has a 4.7 out of 5 rating in the App Store and is consistently ranked among the App Store's Top 10 Free Sports Apps.

"The experience Jen brings to our board, her passion for the technology community and her insight into what makes a company successful will be invaluable to TeamSnap," said Dave DuPont, TeamSnap Co-Founder and CEO. "With our recently completed investment round, our talented team of 70 and the guidance of our board, we are excited to bring more innovative sports management solutions to the market faster, solidifying our position as the single must-have app parents and coaches turn to many times a day for every kind of sports team activity."

About TeamSnap:

TeamSnap is dedicated to taking the hassle out of managing, coaching and participating in team sports. Founded in 2009 by a couple of social scientists, an improv comedian and an oil field engineer, TeamSnap is a Colorado company with a team of 70 people working remotely around the United States but all driven by the mission to build a great product that any parent, coach, team manager, group organizer or sentient robot can pick up and use immediately. Nine million coaches, parents, team managers and players use TeamSnap's web and mobile apps to save their sanity and stay in the know through email, text and instant alerts.

For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

Twitter: @teamsnap

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TeamSnap Ranked on Inaugural Top Company Cultures List Presented by Entrepreneur and CultureIQ

BOULDER, Colo., Nov. 4, 2015 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) -- TeamSnap, used by over 9 million people worldwide for organizing and communicating every aspect of team life, was recently ranked on Entrepreneur's Top Company Cultures list, a comprehensive ranking of U.S.-based businesses exhibiting high-performance cultures created in partnership with culture management software and service provider CultureIQ(R). The Top Company Cultures list has placed TeamSnap 11 out of 25 in the Medium-Sized Category. TeamSnap is recognized for creating an exceptional culture that drives employee engagement, exceeds employee expectations and directly impacts company success.

"Since the company's infancy, we've worked to foster a positive company culture by hiring talented, trustworthy people and trusting them to do their best work," said Co-Founder and Chief Creative Officer Andrew Berkowitz, who doubles as TeamSnap's Minister of Culture. "We hold progressive work-life values, like flexible work hours, a remote workforce, the ability to work anywhere in the world, the offer of unlimited vacation time and the mission of judging employees on goals met rather than hours put in. Our employees are happy and empowered to do their best work in an environment of trust and autonomy where productivity and effectiveness soars."

"Creating an entrepreneurial culture is a key priority for business leaders, yet no one until now has really assessed the role culture plays in success," says Ray Hennessey, editorial director of Entrepreneur.com. "This ranking celebrates the dedication that all teams, from entry-level to the C-suite, have in ensuring they are creating vibrant, healthy and sustainable work environments. That's good for employees, investors and customers."

The full list, presenting a total of 75 companies categorized as small, medium or large enterprises -- 25-49 employees, 50-99 employees and more than 100 employees -- is available on Entrepreneur.com. Core insights, behaviors and attributes that have helped to shape the high-performing cultures presented by the top companies are shared alongside practices to help other companies work on their own workplace environments.

"There is always an opportunity to learn from each other when running and growing a business, which is why we are excited to honor these companies and share their success in building an effective culture," says CultureIQ founder and CEO Greg Besner. "I find it particularly inspiring to see a wide variety of companies represented in the list, confirming that you can have a strong culture regardless of industry, size, or business maturity."

The rankings for all companies were determined using CultureIQ's methodology for measuring high-performance cultures. Employees at each company received a survey of 21 short, multiple-choice questions. The answers were used to assess a company's strength across 10 core qualities of culture - performance focus, support and innovation, to name a few. These quality strength scores were combined with the employee Net Promoter Score to create a cumulative CultureIQ Score. The companies with the highest CultureIQ Scores became the Top Company Culture list in ranking order. To be considered for the ranking, a company must have at least 25 employees, have been founded before Jan. 1, 2014 and be headquartered in the U.S.

To view TeamSnap in the full ranking, visit http://www.entrepreneur.com/topcultures.

About TeamSnap:

TeamSnap is dedicated to taking the hassle out of managing, coaching and participating in team sports. Founded in 2009 by a couple of social scientists, an improv comedian and an oil field engineer, TeamSnap is now a team of 70 people working remotely around the United States but all driven by the mission to build a great product that any parent, coach, team manager, group organizer or sentient robot can pick up and use immediately. Nine million coaches, parents, team managers and players use TeamSnap's web and mobile apps to save their sanity and stay in the know through email, text and instant alerts.

For more information, please visit https://www.teamsnap.com/.

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