Kendall Tucker ’07 Named to Forbes’ “30 Under 30”

Kendall Tucker ‘07, founder and CEO of Polis, a door-to-door canvassing app, was named to the 2017 Forbes Magazine “30 Under 30” list celebrating young entrepreneurs and innovators.

 

The Polis app was created to help political campaigns organize and track the data analytics from their door-to-door canvassing operations. The app automatically creates efficient walk routes for each canvasser, allowing them to knock on 10% more doors per hour. The data they input into the app is automatically shared with headquarters, giving the campaign a valuable real-time window into the issues and their performance at a grassroots level. The desire for more and better data is clearly an issue that all parties can agree on, as Polis worked with 109 political organizations in the 2016 election cycle from across the political spectrum.

 

However, Polis has big plans to expand its reach outside the political world. Tucker’s next move is to sell an enterprise-version of the Polis software to businesses that also run door-to-door sales operations like home security firms and solar companies. The pitch is that Polis can use data from online search forms and social media to help companies knock on the right doors by identifying target customers that may already be interested in their good or services.