Boon vs SADDL

No good deed goes unrewarded

Boon founder Dakota Younger thinks it’s time for nice guys to finish first. Boosted by a recent $100,000 lead investment from Verifi CEO Matthew Katz, his vision could soon be a reality

Boon’s platform makes it dead simple to find and refer contacts to the perfect job opportunity. Even better, Boon automatically tracks every referral, issuing a hefty payment to members responsible for each successful referral.

By creating a direct referral network for family, friends and associates to use, Boon aims to transform the way businesses engage with potential hires. Leveraging this referral network along with its intuitive platform design and drawing from his previous experience as a tech recruiter, Dakota is confident in Boon’s ability to dramatically reduce hiring costs while simultaneously improving the strength and longevity of each hire.

The warm fuzzy feelings don’t stop there. “BoonBack” is a feature within Boon that enables both businesses and users to donate small portions of their rewards to non-profit educational programs across the globe. Making Boon a veritable Dr. Seuss machine of positive vibes and good karma.

SADDL is a mobile application that combines fitness and skill-based gaming

SADDL is a mobile fitness application that combines the world of skill-based gaming with stationary exercise bikes—users can win prize money while getting fit. The application collects data from the bike via Bluetooth (power, cadence) and translates it to a racing environment on screen where users compete with one another from their respective locations. As fitness equipment has developed to become compatible with apps, the evolution of “connected” exercise experiences—to hardware and to community—has become possible. Initially available on the Keiser M3i and Echelon Smart Connect bike platforms, SADDL provides the users with a multitude of racing options: public racing competition, challenges with friends, and a training feature. In both challenges and public events, SADDL operates as an asynchronous racing platform to accommodate different time zones and varying fitness schedules.

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