ZURB

ZURB

Type	Privately held company
Industry	interaction design
Founded	1998
Headquarters	Campbell, California, United States
Products	web applications
Number of employees	14 (As of September, 2010)
Website	www. zurb.com

ZURB is a privately held interaction design company based in Campbell, California, United States. The firm was founded in 1998 by Chief Instigator Bryan Zmijewski as a strategy and interaction design consulting firm which helps companies create better products & services through consulting, products, education, training and events.^[1]

History

Since 1998, ZURB has designed sites including eBay, Facebook, Photobucket, NYSE, and ClickTracks, which was purchased by J.L. Halsey (now known as Lyris HQ).^[2] In 2004, ZURB helped design Zazzle’s web-based apparel and stamp design tools. In 2007, ZURB helped design and launch Britney Spears’s comeback website.

Recently, ZURB has worked with a variety of high-profile startup companies, including Intuit, Walmart, eBay, Facebook, Yahoo!, Vevo, Cisco, Fox Racing, Orange, Equinix, McAfee, Dun & Bradstreet and VMware.

ZURB has helped more than 250 startups generate more than $1.6 billion in exits. Notable exits include DemandForce, Terracotta, Felix, Clicktrax and Outright, among others.

Products

In September, 2009 ZURB launched its first web-based application called Notable.^[3] The primary goal of Notable is to give people a simple way to provide feedback on websites and iPhone applications. Notable allows people to capture the visual, code, and copy portions of any website, annotate these captures, and share them with their team and collaborators. Notable iPhone app allows users to screen capture any application, upload it to Notable for annotation and share the feedback with others.^[4][5][6] Since then, ZURB has launched other design products, such as Verify,^[7] Influence,^[8] Plunk,^[9] Foundation, and others.

References

1. "CrunchBase: ZURB". CrunchBase. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
2. "J.L. Halsey Acquires Clicktracks and Hot Banana". Lyris Inc. Retrieved 2006-09-21.
3. "MacWorld: Zurb launches Notable Web service and iPhone app". MacWorld. Retrieved 2009-10-02.
4. "PCWorld: Collaborate on Web Site Designs And Code With Firefox Add-on Notable". PCWorld. Retrieved 2009-09-24.
5. "BuddhaSEO: You Collaborate On Web Docs. Now Collaborate On Web Designs With Notable.". BuddhaSEO. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
6. "Forbes: ZURB Releases Notable - Easiest Way to Provide Website Feedback". Forbes. Archived from the original on September 26, 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-23.
7. "Verify Now Lets Designers Test More Of Their Ideas In More Places", TechCrunch
8. "An inside look at ZURB’s latest tool for designers: Influence", The Next Web
9. "Your mobile design is pretty, but is it touch friendly? Plunk lets you find out", VentureBeat