Entellium was a

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software company that developed

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(CRM) software for small and midsize businesses. It was sold to

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, but as of October 2009, Intuit was reportedly not using the software.

Company description

Entellium was founded in

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, in May 2000 by Paul Johnston, a former

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sales executive. The company moved its headquarters to

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, in 2003 but maintained a research and development office in

Wire fraud scandal

On October 7, 2008, Paul Thomas Johnston, the former

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(CEO) of Seattle-based Entellium Corp., and Parrish L. Jones, the former

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(CFO), were arrested and charged with

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for lying to investors in

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in Seattle. According to the

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, the two software executives “devised a scheme to defraud investors in the company by representing that company revenues far exceeded the actual figures.” The government alleges that actual 2006 revenues were $582,789 but the pair inflated the revenues to nearly $4 million; actual 2007 revenues were $1.4 million inflated to $6.2 million; and actual 2008 revenues were $1.7 million inflated to $5.2 million. The false revenue numbers, according to the government, were used by the pair to attract millions of dollars in private investment, including $19 million from Ignition Partners, of

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. Two Ignition partners told government investigators that they never would have made such an investment had they known the actual revenue figures. Forty Entellium staff were laid off after the arrests.

Bankruptcy

On December 2, 2008, Entellium filed for

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protection, paving the way for some assets to be sold to financial software maker

Products

Entellium's products include two

applications and an

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: *Rave, a smart client CRM application built on the

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*, a web-based CRM application built on the

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Framework *, a web-based

Gamer-influenced design

In building its Rave product, Entellium used gamer-influenced design (GID), a concept that incorporates video-game features into business software. Rave includes the following GID features: *Star rankings associated with prospects and opportunities *Animated effects *Contextual activity sets *Contact database *Custom user profiles *User performance ranking

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External links

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