Press Room
Email press inquiries to press@thepoint.com, or call Lisa Gonzales at (415) 402-0230
Press Releases
- August 6, 2008: The Point’s Major Upgrade Further Empowers Collective Action
- April 7, 2008: The Point Awarded Illinois Information Technology Association’s Prestigious CityLIGHTS Newcomer Award
- March 4, 2008: The Point Named Finalist for 11th Annual SXSW Web Awards for Best Activism Site
- February 27, 2008: The Point Gives Facebook Ultimatums
- January 29, 2008: The Point Raises $4.8 Million in Funding
- November 12, 2007: The Point Unveils New Social Platform for Organizing Group Action
Press, Blogs and Podcasts
- August 11, 2008: Chicago Sun-Times, Tech Tidbits
- August 6, 2008: Information Week, Political Web Site ‘The Point’ Extends Reach Of Organizers
- August 6, 2008: Mashable, The Point Helps Users Promote Causes with Carrot Campaigns
- August 5, 2008: Netsquared.org, Not Just Whining Louder - Interview with Andrew Mason from The Point
- April 16, 2008: The Artful Manager, Removing one more reason for institutions
- April 14, 2008: NPR Marketplace, Website tries getting groups organized
- April 2, 2008: BusinessWeek, Fresh Entrepreneurs
- February 27, 2008: WIRED, New Facebook App Lets Groups Issue Ultimatums
- February 26, 2008: ReadWriteWeb, Ultimatums: Using Facebook to Organize Social Action
- February 18, 2008: Community Guy, 10 Questions with Andrew Mason of ThePoint.com
- *February 13, 2008: Actions Talk. Empowering the masses: The Point gets 4.8m
- February 12, 2008: Scott Heiferman’s Notes, ThePoint is brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, awesome, awesome, awesome, great, great, brilliant, awesome, hot.
- February 12, 2008: TechCrunch, The Point Organizes a $4.8 Million Series A For Itself
- February 12, 2008: The New York Times, The Point Raises a “Bunch of Money” ($4.8M) From New Enterprise Associates
- February 12, 2008: Moola Talk, Social entrepreneur site ThePoint.com raises $4.8 million
- February 8, 2008: Outside the Loop Radio, Andrew Mason, founder of The Point, on his Chicago Winter Dome campaign
- February 8, 2008: jspot.org, Do You Promise?
- *February 4, 2008: Columbia Chronicle, Dome, Sweet dome
- January 29, 2008: Eight-Forty-Eight, Interview with Andrew Mason
- January 29, 2008: Chicago Public Radio, To Dome or Not to Dome
- January 15, 2008: BlogTalkRadio, The Rundown
- January 3, 2008: Alexander Grundner, ThePoint.com Presentation
- December 28, 2007: Cranial Darwinism, Collective Kvetching on The Point
- December 20, 2007: Mashable, Interview: Andrew Mason of The Point
- December 20, 2007: Bay Area Reporter, Political Notes: Website Brings a Point
- December 18, 2007: O’Dwyer’s PR Blog, Safety in Numbers
- December 14, 2007: NetSquared, Organizing with the The Point: Act, Prepare, Connect
- December 12, 2007: Somewhat Frank, The Point: Helps Solve ‘Tipped’ Problems
- December 11, 2007: Mommycast, Mommycast Show #267
- December 6, 2007: Online Guide to Mediation, “The Point”: web site leverages the power of numbers to solve problems
- December 4, 2007: Gift Hub: Blogging Philanthropy, The Point
- November 16, 2007: Cookthink, Andrew Mason wants to make you a sandwich
- November 16, 2007: Small Business Arena, ThePoint.com People Solving Problems
- November 14, 2007: Open the Dialogue, The Point - Finally more than just a make-out spot
- November 13, 2007: TechCrunch, What’s the Point?
- November 13, 2007: CenterNetwork, Breakfast Conversation With “The Point” Team
- November 13, 2007: Moving from Me to We.com, Fresh Way to Attract Support for a Cause or Project
- November 12, 2007: PC Magazine’s AppScout, The Point: Power in Numbers
- November 9, 2007: KillerStartups.com, ThePoint.com - Solving Problems Together
- November 7, 2007: AccMan, Getting The Point
- November 5, 2007: C/Net News Blog, Join a complaint collective on The Point
