Cozi

Cozi Group Inc.

Type	Private
Industry	Internet, Computer software
Founded	Seattle, WA (March 14, 2005)
Headquarters	Seattle, WA, USA
Key people	Robbie Cape, CEO/President Jan Miksovsky, Co-Founder, Chief Products Officer
Products	Calendaring and Family Software
Employees	35 (June 24, 2011)
Website	www.cozi.com

Cozi is an American startup company, that provides mobile and Internet-based applications to help families stay organized. The company had 35 employees as of June 24, 2011,^[1] and is based in Seattle, Washington. Cozi's tag line is "Family Life. Simplified."

Cozi was co-founded by Robbie Cape and Jan Miksovsky after the two of them left Microsoft.^[2] Most of the company's employees worked previously at Amazon.com, Expedia, or Microsoft. The company's first product was called Cozi Central and released on September 25, 2006, and includes a family calendar, shopping lists, family messaging, and a photo collage screensaver. Cozi was relaunched as a web-oriented company on June 3, 2008.

Corporate Culture

Cozi uses Tupperware-style events called Mom's parties to conduct market research.^[3]

Recognition

2011

On June 5, 2011, Cozi set a Guinness World Record for the longest line of ducks in a row. The line stretched for one mile and was made up of 17,782 rubber ducks.^[4]

2010

Cozi received the 2010 Industry Achievement Award organized by the Washington Technology Industry Association (WTIA)^[5]

Cozi was a finalist for the 2010 "Washington Best Workplaces" by the Puget Sound Business Journal.^[6]

The same year, Cozi was named in Lead411's Hottest Seattle Companies list.^[7]

The company also won the Gold Medal in the 2010 Mom's Choice Award.^[8]

References

1. ^ Cozi Web Site Team Member Page
2. ^ PodVentureZone
3. ^ Seattle Times Article
4. ^ TechFlash Venture Blog
5. ^ Xconomy.com Seattle Awards
6. ^ Puget Sound Business Journal
7. ^ Lead411 launches Hottest Seattle Companies awards
8. ^ Mom's Choice Award 2010

External links

• Cozi Homepage
• Business 2.0 Article on Cozi