Inkling Introduces Self-Service Prediction Market Platform
Payment and Deployment Options Let Small Businesses, Teams and Departments Tap the Wisdom of the Crowd
| Source: Inkling Markets
CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwire - March 19, 2008) - Inkling Incorporated, a leading prediction
market software company, today introduced a version of its prediction
market platform that has been specifically designed for small businesses
and departmental usage. Leveraging the same technology used by its Fortune
500 clients to decrease operating risk, improve sales and financial
forecasting, gather competitive intelligence, and foster innovation,
Inkling's new self-service offering provides a secure, convenient,
pay-as-you-go method without the need for elongated contractual
negotiations or termination fees.
The newly introduced self-service prediction market offering allows
applicants to choose from four different starter plans based on the amount
of traders participating in the marketplace and number of active markets,
as well as other systematic operations, features, and functions. These
plans are ideal for cross-functional teams, product design and marketing
teams, planning and sourcing departments, work groups and smaller
organizations.
"Use of prediction markets has been increasing in big business," explains
Adam Siegel, co-founder and CEO. "But through our pilot program, we
realized there was also great demand from smaller groups who want to
leverage the wisdom of the crowd. We specifically created these starter
plans which enable them to easily run their own secure, private marketplace
and avoid the hassle typically associated with procuring enterprise
business software."
To learn more about Inkling's starter plans, please visit
http://inklingmarkets.com/plans.
About Inkling Incorporated:
Inkling Incorporated is a Chicago-based company that helps organizations
and individuals tap into the collective wisdom of their employees, peers,
and customers to improve forecasting processes, predict key corporate
metrics, identify promising future innovations, and forge new communication
and collaboration channels. Inkling's prediction market platform, Inkling
Markets, is leveraged by numerous industry-leading corporations, start-ups,
academic, non-profit, and Government institutions. Information about
Inkling's services can be found at http://www.inklingmarkets.com.