A local company has a technologically advanced way for businesses to say “thank you” to customers and clients this holiday season — and it has more than proved the product’s success since the company moved here.
The Post covered the gratitude-based tech company Thnks when it came to Middle Tennessee, but a lot has changed since it arrived during the pandemic. More businesses are now using new technologies every day because of the COVID years that kept people apart. And over the past four years, Thnks CEO Brendan Kamm reports the company has seen a more than 600 percent growth in sales. There are more than 10,000 teams that use Thnks, including 120 Fortune 500 companies.
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