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<h3 class="white"><i><b> <span data-typer-targets=" Our Mission:"></span></b></i>
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<h2 class="white">Create a rich community engagement platform that
connects community managers and members, creating meaningful relationships between real
people in the real world.</h2>
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<h3><i class="ico cmt-meeteor red"></i> <b>The Origin Story</b></h3>
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<h4 class="mb30 cmt red"><i>Where did the idea for Commet come from?</i></h4>
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<p>In 2009, my wife and I were travelling to Philadelphia to see a series of four Pearl Jam
concerts at The Spectrum. They were the last act to play at the old barn before it was to be
torn
down. The sold-out shows were attracting tens of thousands of Pearl Jam fans from all over
the country to Philadelphia for the week.</p>
<p>As we were exiting I-76 East, my wife started calling friends in the community, trying to
find out where our friends were currently, where they were staying, looking up directions,
and also trying to get multiple groups to meet up at places together. As one can imagine, it
wasn't easy.</p>
<p>That's when I had a thought, "It sure would be great to have an app that tells me where all
my Pearl Jam friends are."</p>
<p>Over time that idea evolved. If I can do this with the Pearl Jam community, then we can do
the same
for any community - and not just music groups, but social groups, school groups, non-profit
organizations, local businesses and even national brands.</p>
<p>It became clear what kind of power these geo-social connections gives community managers
to communicate with their members. They could send news and announcements, event
notifications, and even deals on their products and services.</p>
<p>And finally, these geo-social communities give users the power to meet new people, in the
real world, and possibly form relationships that can last a lifetime.</p>
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<h3><i class="fa fa-filter red"></i> <b>The Commet Funnel</b></h3>
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<p><b>Social media networks do not prioritize community-based content.</b></p>
<p>The way social media networks "curate" your content feeds is not about giving you the best
user experience, but is about maximizing their profits.</p>
<p>Sure they allow you to know your friends' political views (all too well), see their baby
photos, or what their cat has gotten into this time - but when it comes to actual valuable
content from the communities you care most about, it's a huge fail.</p>
<p>The fact is, this content is withheld from you purposefully.
The people who run your group and business pages are constantly prodded to pay to "promote"
their content on a post-by-post basis simply to deliver content to people who already "Like"
and "Follow" them!</p>
<p>Commet is the solution to this all-too-real problem.</p>
<p>With Commet, all of the content generated by your community managers is fed into three
distinct buckets: News, Events & Deals.</p>
<p>Imagine having all of this content, from your
favorite sports teams, your child's school, your favorite music groups, your sorority or
fraternity, that great coffee shop down the street, your most meaningful non-profits, or
even the fast-food joint you just can't give up - all delivering you content you care about,
directly into your Commet app.</p>
<p>This is the Commet vision: delivering quality content from the communities you most care
about.</p>
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<h3><i class="ico cmt-communities red"></i> <b>Strengthening Communities</b></h3>
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<h4 class="mb30 cmt red"><i>I like what I'm hearing, but how does Commet grow communities?</i></h4>
<p><b>Commet leverages the geolocation data from your phone to connect you with people in your
communities with two pieces of funcationality:</b></p><br/><br/>
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<h4 class="mb30 "><i class="ico cmt-radar red"></i> Social Radar </h4>
<p>Looking for a great new place to go where your fellow community members also
frequent?</p><br/>
<p>Maybe a new place to watch the big game with fellow fans, meet people in your
professional network, or get together with people from your high school or university.
That's why Commet created the Social Radar.</p><br/>
<p>Simply specify which communities you'd like to find, and a few demographics that you're
interested in, and Commet will show you a list of nearby places and the number of people
there that matches your search criteria.</p><br/>
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<h4 class="mb30"><i class="ico cmt-meeteor red"></i> Meeteors</h4>
<p>So you've used your social radar, and are now at a place where you know there are community members. Now what?</p><br/>
<p>You need a way to announce to those people that you're interested in meeting. Enter Meeteors!</p><br/>
<p>Meeteors are an alert that gets sent to all the people in your current place, matching your search criteria, letting those people know you'd like to meet up.</p><br/>
<p>Meeteros display your real name and private avatar, so be sure to only use them when you're serious!</p>
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<h3><i class="fa fa-lock red"></i> <b>Protecting Your Privacy</b></h3>
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<h4 class="mb30 cmt red"><i>Sounds great, but I don't know if I want people knowing where I am all
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<p><b>Neither do we!</b> That's why we've built the platform with common-sense protections of
your security.</p><br/>
<p>And since Commet is built to allow people to connect both within the app and in the real world,
these protections are built to both protect your data security, and keep your identity safe
while you are
out and about.</p><br/>
<p>Here's how:</p><br/>
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<li><b class="red text-uppercase">No Geolocation History</b>
<br/>Commet keeps an updated record of your current coordinates and the place that our
algorithms determine you to be. Commet <b><i>does not</i></b> keep a history of your
previous coordinates
or locations.<br/><br/>
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<li><b class="red text-uppercase">Context-Aware Profiles</b>
<br/>Your profile is presented differently depending on who is viewing your content. Friends
see your real name and a <b>friends-only</b> avatar image, while others see your username
and <b>public</b> avatar.
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<li><b class="red text-uppercase">Geographic Anonymity</b>
<br/>When Commet users search the social radar, search results display <b><i>how
many</i></b>
people that match search criteria are in a place, but never specifically <b><i>who</i></b>
is there.<br/>
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