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tomplace

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    Comment #11633619

    Tom from Utiliz here. While dissapointed to miss out we were pumped to get into the final 20. The Q&A was enlightening and enjoyable. Good luck to the winners and thanks to Kevin a…

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    Comment #11627271

    Sure. Shoot me an email to info@utiliz.co

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    Comment #11623231

    Hi Ig1. We shared top down as it's easier for people to visualize the size of the opportunity. Bottom up our revenue model projects CAC between $5-$8. We think this business is inh…

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    Comment #11620895

    Ig1. Absolutely it is enough to build a sustainable business. Lets look at NY as an example. Over 7.2MM households and at our low end price point and a 0.5% penetration (36K custom…

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    Comment #11620347

    Shanacarp, Tom from Utiliz here, thanks for the feedback. To clarify we have zero exposure to energy fluctuations. We don’t hold any credit, counterparty or price hedging risk as t…

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    Comment #11620331

    pjc50, a very good question. There are many 'comparison' sites out there. Some are government run (energize CT), some are energy brokers (chooseenergy) and others are bundlers (com…

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    Comment #11617034

    Bcoates, At Utiliz we have spent a significant amount of time looking at the energy market, average usage and addressable customers and our estimate on savings is more than a few d…

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    Comment #11616939

    nickysielicki. Tom from Utiliz here, thanks for your vote! We are super excited to make the final cut as we realize the opportunity here is skewed towards the north east, great to …

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    Comment #11516726

    Sure. But why scan? A phone pic is enough. That was the plan. How they send it in is the customers choice but in my view a simple web form is easier than asking them to write a bes…

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    Comment #11503214

    Hi there. Are you thinking for inbound (original bill upload) or outbound notification? We thought about it for the inbound but while we believe we can get the registration down to…

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    Comment #11496191

    This is the best map we have showing our market opportunity. http://www.eia.gov/electricity/policies/restructuring/restru... - Notice how skewed to the north east it is? While we b…

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    Comment #11496174

    When we looked at the competitive landscape to this project we did review Comcast Energy Rewards and what they have done is partnered with an energy provider for their customers in…

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    Comment #11485132

    Absolutely. While our MVP is residential electricity in CT we are building a model that scales to all 14 deregulated states, all consumer types (commercial, manufacturing etc.) and…