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YouMail Joins "Launchpad America" Consortium to Help Startups SucceedIRVINE, Calif., June 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- YouMail, a totally free robocall blocking app and call protection service for mobile phones, today announced its participation in Launchpad America, a kind of new business starter kit for startup entrepreneurs. A consortium of leading small business service providers came together to introduce Launchpad America in April, with the goal of helping startups succeed as the U.S. emerges from the Covid-19 pandemic. An array of well-known industry leaders in the small business arena have since joined Launchpad America, including YouMail, ADP, Intuit, Mastercard, SAP, Amazon Web Services, Thryv, Lendio, Squarespace and Concur. Visitors to the new Launchpad site will find the latest offers for tools and products to help start a new business, as well as information and resources provided by America's Small Business Development Centers (SBDC). YouMail's intelligent, cloud-based telecommunication services provide an automated virtual receptionist that replaces the entrepreneur's voicemail on iPhone and Android devices. This service stops robocalls, while instantly greeting, routing, and responding to calls, personally and memorably. "YouMail is proud to assist small businesses across the country in driving productivity and reducing their time spent on administrative tasks so they can better focus their attention on satisfying their customers," said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail. Operation Launchpad is designed to help businesses that were launched in 2020 or 2021, or that will be lauched later this year, and available products and offers will be updated over time. The new program offers products and tools related to legal, finance, credit, client management, communications, payroll, human resources, accounting, and websites and domains. In addition, visitors will find opportunities for mentorship and guidebooks on building and running a small business. "This is an industrywide collaborative effort to help small business owners succeed in today's challenging post-Covid environment," said Joe Walsh, CEO of Thryv, Inc. The diverse group of companies came together as they witnessed a surge of new business registrations being recorded by the Small Business Administration in late 2020 and early 2021. They felt they needed to do more to improve the chances for success among today's entrepreneurs. "Many of the people who were impacted by the pandemic decided to launch new businesses, and we as an industry want to support them in every way possible," said Michael Miebach, CEO of MasterCard. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that "Americans are starting new businesses at the fastest rate in more than a decade, according to government data, seizing on pent-up demand and new opportunities after the pandemic shut down and reshaped the economy." About YouMail, Inc. YouMail protects consumers, enterprises, and carriers from harmful phone calls. YouMail protects consumers with app-based call protection services. YouMail protects consumer-facing enterprises by detecting and helping to shut down imposter traffic that can lead to financial or brand damage. We protect carriers with robocall mitigation services that detect when bad traffic is originating, traversing, or terminating on their networks. Our direct consumer solutions answer over a billion live calls per year across well over 10 million registered users, powering America's most robust telephone sensor network in identifying and providing zero-hour protection against illegal calling campaigns and cyberattacks. We also operate the YouMail Robocall Index™, the nation's definitive source on telephone network activity and attacks. YouMail, Inc. is privately funded and based in Irvine, California. About Launchpad America Launchpad America was created by well-known small business providers to improve the chances for success for today's entrepreneurs. At www.launchpadamerica.com, entrepreneurs can find what they need to get their new business ideas off the ground. The program offers products and tools in legal, finance, credit, client management, communications, payroll, human resources, accounting, and websites domains. In addition, visitors will find opportunities for mentorship and guidebooks on building as well as running a small business. Launchpad America participants include Mastercard, Thryv, ADP, Intuit, Lendio, YouMail, and GoSmallBiz.com. For more information visit www.launchpadamerica.com. Contact: Rohan Notaney for YouMail
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