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Anonymous

10,000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Top notch

Support and customization options are wonderful. Just a good product

PROS

Great performance. Great product. Great team. Great support.

CONS

None. This is a good product. There are small Things but not impacting performance

James

Education Management, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

We could not have done it without StartupTree

I’ve tried close to a dozen other software platforms in the past, but StartupTree is the only one that actually meets our needs. We moved every part of our programming onto StartupTree and I could not recommend doing so enough. Alternative solutions only go so far and it really adds up when you need one for each section of your operations from marketing and promotions to a CRM to an events software. We would not have been able to grow nearly as fast without the power of StartupTree and the only regret I have would be not getting on sooner.

PROS

The best part is that I can pull everything my team needs for our newsletter each week, track granular user activity and event RSVPs, and collect application data all in one place. I’ve saved much time with reporting since StartupTree eliminates the need for data tracking to be manual. Having all our community activities centralized on one platform does wonder for both my team behind the scenes and for students to get the most out of our programming.

CONS

The product has changed a lot over the years, but it hasn't always been clear what changes are going to be made. Recently they've implemented a product newsletter that gives greater visibility into upgrades being made which helps a lot.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

Price and feature set

Reasons for switching to StartupTree

The pivoted the software out of the education space

Taqio

Research, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

3

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

2

Reviewed April 2023

LinkTree

PROS

Easy for networking the fact that there are many depaulians

CONS

Error in submission when I try to submit an internship application

Vendor Response

Hi Taqio, thanks for the feedback! DePaul has a vibrant network on StartupTree as well as robust programming, glad you're taking advantage of it! We're going to upgrade our validation error messages — for responses that exceed the Character Limits, etc — since that's one of the reasons why submissions don't go through.

Replied April 2023

Joshua

Program Development, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2021

The Perfect Platform!

Overall our team has had an amazing experience with StartupTree. We have transitioned most of what we do to be managed or partly managed/set-up through the platform and it has made our work much better and efficient. The customer service is excellent and the platform continues to evolve and be updated which is great. Overall, I would highly recommend this platform to any Entrepreneurship centre looking to expand and organize their offerings into a single place.

PROS

The ability to be able to have students view my calendar, directly book a meeting with me and communicate with me all through the platform is such a great feature. Also really like how easy it is to navigate through and use the platform.

CONS

There isn't anything I don't like about the platform... there are however things I think that could be added such as more features and integration to other software (such as MailChimp etc...) that would be beneficial.

Vendor Response

We have good news! StartupTree now integrates with Mailchimp. Thanks for the invaluable feedback, Joshua. Our team will continue to look for ways to save you time!

Replied November 2021

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Julie

Verified reviewer

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

StartupTree for Entrepreneurship Programss

PROS

This is a startup company that has grown quickly over the past years. However, they have managed their growth well and are adding features and responding to customer needs in a responsive and efficient way. The functionality is good and they have helpful programming to engage users and administrators.

CONS

Their analytics could be better but I know they are working on this.

Brittany

Education Management, 11-50 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2021

ASU's use of StartupTree for Venture Development

PROS

The customer service is by far the best I've experienced with any platform, especially since we started using StartupTree with a program that exceeded any other program they'd worked with in the past. Their staff was willing to create more robust functionality to meet the needs of our program and always responsible when we had an urgent issue.

CONS

N/A- they have been very helpful in creating new funcitonalities for our specific program use-case. We have over 700 ventures in our program and 40+ venture mentors that use this platform.

Christiana

Education Management, 10,000+ employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed September 2023

Excellent Customer Service Support

Great! We use it for matching mentors, student founders and gigs within the platform.

PROS

The ability to create community with founders, students, mentors and staff.

CONS

Wish it was more user friendly for chat features as we use the system to help facilitate connectedness with founders and mentors

Reason for choosing StartupTree

n/a

Beatina

Education Management, 201-500 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed July 2023

Helpful cross campus tool for startup ecosystems

PROS

Startup Tree is intuitive for students and provides an inexpensive and impactful platform for the university ecosystem to grow and thrive. Students can remain engaged as they become alumni, and community members can engage as well.

CONS

I always look forward to the Startup Tree upgrades. They've been shipping new product features left and right, and they are always happy to discuss customization. We wanted more control over our mentor systems and they were able to provide it.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

Startup Wind and Trusted Peer were more complicated and more expensive. Notion would have been way more work on our end building the platform backend ourselves.

James

Events Services, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

FIU - Startup Tree Review

Startup Tree has helped me to manage our Blackstone LaunchPad platform at FIU.

PROS

The platform is easy to use and very user friendly.

CONS

I have no problem with Startup Tree, great service.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

Value of services.

Jean Charles

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed June 2023

No more spreadsheets!!

PROS

I love having access to the user dashboard and smart filters, took me hours to do the same task in google sheets, now it takes minutes!

CONS

No export to google sheets, I have to manually export to csv's

Cameron

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed August 2021

A good platform that's getting better

The platform has been improving steadily and I'm optimistic that this will continue. Their leadership and technical staff are talented and responsive which makes me very optimistic about the future of Startuptree.

PROS

We have had great experiences with the coach scheduling, events, and competition functions in Startuptree. Having the competition module connected to other functions is especially useful for getting eyes on a center's offerings and "gamifying" engagement throughout the year. We are looking forward to utilizing other functions such as jobs, applications, projects, etc. in the future.

CONS

The communication features such as messaging, coach goal setting, notes from coaching meetings, etc. are not well integrated with other functions and require considerable navigation effort to access. User interfaces have been significantly improved, but there is still room for improvement to make navigation better for users and admins.

Steffany

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed December 2021

Excellent Customer Service

Thank you to [SENSITIVE CONTENT] from the Startup Tree support team-- he has been super responsive, always helpful and always reliable in terms of solving any queries I (program management) or the students might have! He is a huge help in terms of keeping our program dates on track!

PROS

The ease of onboarding students onto the platform and the ease in which they can create their teams is great!

CONS

A direct option to upload video content to the platform (startup pitches) would be helpful instead of having to use an external platform like Youtube or Vimeo and link share would be nice.

Deven

Sports, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

4

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2022

StartupTree is a must-have for all startups and small businesses.

Using StartupTree really helped me and my team stay engaged with the startup community at our school which allowed us to grow through membership, funding, and mentorship.

PROS

This software was a great tool that allowed us to host our entire startup in one place. Using StartupTree allowed us to keep our information up to date and relevant to the startup community in order to secure funding, find competitions and events, post hiring applications, grow our network, and find mentors.

CONS

I felt that the website could be a little more streamlined. There's some empty space that could be utilized (some information is shortened (Internships is shortened to "Intern..." on my screen). Also the 'Events' calendar seems to be somewhat empty as there were more events going on (that I found through StartupTree) that weren't on the calendar or were on the calendar but I didn't know about them until a few days before.

Debra

Education Management, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used weekly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Platform fits all of our needs!

I use Startup Tree to manage our summer internship program. It has been such a time saver and now pretty much runs itself. I did have some updates the first couple of years but Startup Tree got them made immediately!

PROS

Startup Tree is very easy to use and I have found the team to be so quick to respond to tweaks I request.

CONS

Eventually I'd like the system to tell me when interns have made commitments with companies but that requires more thinking and planning on my end before I can send to Startup Tree for implementation.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

I had been managing our summer internship program "by hand" for close to 25 years. It was extremely time consuming as it was only a small percentage of my job description. By using Startup Tree it practically runs itself and I have plenty of time to tackle other projects!

zachary

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used daily for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2021

Director, Entrepreneurship at Cornell

Very positive.

PROS

The different modules are great for ecosystem management. And the Startup Tree team has been responsive in adding more modules.

CONS

Sometimes I have difficulty navigating a module to find what I am looking for. Doesn't happen often.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

The company was started "in my office" by a staff member. Now it has taken off!

Carlos

Non-Profit Organization Management, 2-10 employees

Used weekly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra
This review was submitted organically. No incentive was offered

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

3

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed December 2022

Startup Tree Review Nonprofit Utilization and Entrepreneurship programs

NO problems.

PROS

The most important features of the platform would be the pages, mentors, competitions, and applications. We use these every day in some form or fashion and are directly related to the growth of our center.

CONS

The backend has a learning curve and is difficult to manage sometimes although after walking through it with your expert team it was better understood.

Reason for choosing StartupTree

I did not look at another software solution because Startuptree staff at the beginning were helpful, considerate, and supportive of what we were trying to achieve as a new entrepreneurship center.

Sang Won

Computer Software, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed January 2022

Highly recommended platform for entrepreneurs of all industry

PROS

Having the ability to quickly search university related entrepreneurship events and competitions. Being able to form and find network with peers and alumnus.

CONS

It was a bit hard to navigate and find where everything is. The onboarding process might require a bit of learning curve

Mary

Health, Wellness and Fitness, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed June 2023

2x User!

After utilizing Startup Tree for a previous project, there was no question that this was our preferred solution for launching an all-in-one international platform to bring the Global Health Security Fund together in the digital space. In addition to tailoring our community through customizations and features, what sets Startup Tree apart is the superior customer service and commitment. From day one, Pam worked with us step-by-step, listening and making careful recommendations to ensure our community is an accurate and thorough representation of our organization and offerings. Thanks Startup Tree for creating a centralized solution for our growing ecosystem’s needs!

PROS

Functionality, customer service, quick response time

CONS

Wish some features for invitations/events/networking were more fully developed, but exciting to see progress

Dresden

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed October 2021

Major time saver

PROS

It’s easy to use without much instruction, the features like mentoring and competition judging are huge time savers, the startup data dashboard is critical to our reporting, inexpensive compared to other products with similar capacity

CONS

The home page is pretty static, I don’t think anyone uses the forum except the admins to make announcements

Lanette

Higher Education, 1,001-5,000 employees

Used daily for less than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2021

Impacts to capturing data

Very positive so far!

PROS

data capturing has been most impactful to sustaining our program

CONS

integration and pushing out to users - hesitation to learn another program

Julian

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used daily for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra
This reviewer was invited by us to submit an honest review and offered a nominal incentive as a thank you.

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

3

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed August 2021

Startup Tree Review

PROS

I like the fact that we can put all our events, applications, etc on one program.

CONS

I wish email notifications with the links were better and that everyone could add events to their calendar with the event link. I wish we incorporate constant contact for ease in sending emails

Wendy

Education Management, 501-1,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 12 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

3

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed April 2023

Great customer support

Our experience has been positive and it has helped us track our interactions with our students.

PROS

The customer support staff is accommodating and spent a lot of time getting us onboarded.

CONS

It can be hard to find the different areas to judge and review applications when we have several. I would prefer not to have to refer back to the Startup Tree email each time.

Nina

Higher Education, 2-10 employees

Used daily for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

4

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

4

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

4

Reviewed November 2021

StartupTree at The University of Texas at Austin

Beyond the software, what we appreciate the most is the responsiveness and collaborative nature of the StartupTree team. The team usually responses within 24 hours, are very proactive about getting user feedback, and are open to new ideas and recommendations.

PROS

Our team appreciates that most of our core functions as an entrepreneurship center can happen through StartupTree (events, applications, mentor matching, etc.).

CONS

The product is still relatively young, so there are still bugs to be squashed.

Kimberly

Education Management, 5,001-10,000 employees

Used weekly for less than 6 months

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

4

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

CUSTOMER SUPPORT

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed November 2021

Win-win-win: enhanced student experience, valuable data and responsive customer service

PROS

The StartupTree platform enhances our student experience in many ways, including making visible events and offerings across the country they can participate in. We are excited about using StartupTree to create and track data on participants in our entrepreneurship-related activities. The data that this platform collects will help us develop responsive new programs for our students and create engaging reports for stakeholders, legislators, and potential donors.

CONS

Because StartupTree has broad functionality and can be somewhat tailored, it is a complex platform to get up and running. But the customer service has been outstanding. Our rep has walked us through the whole process and has answered every question, no matter how basic.

Nicolas

E-Learning, 2-10 employees

Used monthly for more than 2 years

Review Source: Capterra

OVERALL RATING:

5

EASE OF USE

5

VALUE FOR MONEY

5

FUNCTIONALITY

5

Reviewed January 2022

An Awesome Resource For Student Founders

A huge plus as a student entrepreneur to build your network and find a community.

PROS

It was really easy to find quality connections with my college community. I found a co founder, hires, and advisors that I've worked with for years through the platform. The community aspect is the most important.

CONS

Have a more casual messaging interface to emulate the features and community you get in a service like Discord.

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