Leeds start-up quiz supports homeless charity
A Leeds-based entrepreneur has supported a homeless charity by playing his innovative online quiz, raising more than £1000.
Successful businessman, Mark Walsh, developed the unique smartphone interactive quiz, Kwizzbit, just four months ago.
Kwizzbit aims to transform the traditional quiz by providing a unique cloud-based on demand quiz solution which customers can access on their smart phones.
More than a dozen teams battled to give speedy answers to several rounds of questions last Thursday 17 November at Arts@Trinity who kindly donated the venue for free. The hardest round was the sobering questions set by charity, Simon on the Streets’ Trustee Louise Lapish on homelessness.
The audience bought over £450 worth of Christmas prize draw tickets. In addition, attendance at the event raised more than £1,000 for the charity.
Mark commented:
“I was so pleased about the buzz we created, the response of those playing Kwizzbit and most importantly that we were able to support the great work that Simon on the Streets do.”
Charity trustee Louise Lapish added:
“Playing Kwizzbit was a new way to get across an important message about the realities of the homeless and rootless in our society and I’d like to thank Mark Walsh and Tim Collins for organising the successful event.”
Serial entrepreneur, Mark Walsh, is the inventor and creator of the successful pub game, Rock and Roll Bingo. Having exited the business and sold his trademark, Mark went on to develop Kwizzbit. Built on the learning’s of past success with the findings and feedback from customers, Mark, along with his business partners John Sheard and Steve Saul, have validated the game and look forward implementing the interactive solution into pubs across the UK.
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Issued on behalf of Kwizzbit by MacComms. For more information, contact Ellie MacDonald on ellie@maccomms.net / call 079891 59138.
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About Kwizzbit
Kwizzbit is a new online platform supporting interactive quizzes.
Founded in 2016 by Mark Walsh CEO of Rocket Horse Ltd, the Kwizzbit platform and the technology behind the game are being developed into an interactive solution for other markets. Kwizzbit has already been trialled by Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) as a learning development tool, endorsed by Leeds MP Greg Mulholland, and has received interest from national giants including KPMG and Sky.
Following his previous success with the successful pub game, Rock and Roll Bingo, Mark gained key insight into customer findings and feedback and used his learning experiences to develop Kwizzbit. Kwizzbit has also been validated by business partners John Sheard and Steve Saul, who add their experience in quiz and business development, technical expertise and project management to the mix.
A multi-faceted online quiz platform, Kwizzbit provides a unique cloud-based solution which customers can access on their smart phones. Having attracted attention from a variety of sectors, Kwizzbit has ambitious plans to roll out the game through pubs and clubs across the UK
Kwizzbit enables hosts and venues to deliver a unique interactive quiz through an internet browser and broadcast to people’s smartphones and tablets creating a game show format in a real-time quiz environment. Originally intended to transform the traditional pub quiz, Kwizzbit is currently being tried and tested with several pub chains and has already been part if a major industry showcase.
Currently based in Leeds, West Yorkshire, Kwizzbit is set to deliver interactivity for a variety of purposes including audience participation during conferences and events, as a learning tool for training and development and the next generation of interactive marketing.
About Mark Walsh:
With more than 10 years’ experience delivering unique entertainment formats to the licensed and entertainment industries, Mark Walsh is the founder of Rocket Horse Ltd and subsequently Kwizzbit.
To date, Mark’s games have been played in more than 3000 venues and he has delivered a return of over 1.7 million in turnover from initial conception.
Recognised within Pitchfest 2016, and as part of his successful position on the Entrepreneurial Spark programme, Mark was one of just eight entrepreneurs shortlisted in the Acceler8 awards.
Mark is a serial entrepreneur with an impressive history of forming successful businesses. He has progressed to launch Kwizzbit with innovative new software set to both revive the Great British Pub and take a variety of further sectors by storm. Mark has ambitious growth plans and aims to become a true innovator for businesses within the digital age.