<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
is	O
a	O
Cincinnati-based	O
business	O
innovation	O
firm	O
that	O
provides	O
recruiting	O
,	O
training	O
,	O
job	O
placement	O
and	O
additional	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
’s	O
Besomebody	B-Application
Paths	O
training	O
program	O
provided	O
selected	O
candidates	O
hands-on	O
skills	O
training	O
resulting	O
in	O
guaranteed	O
jobs	O
with	O
partner	O
employers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
’s	O
Partner	O
Services	O
division	O
provided	O
partner	O
employers	O
a	O
full	O
suite	O
of	O
services	O
,	O
including	O
business	O
strategy	O
,	O
culture	O
mapping	O
,	O
design	O
,	O
and	O
content	O
and	O
software	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
by	O
former	O
Procter	O
&	O
Gamble	O
and	O
GoPro	B-Device
employee	O
Kash	O
Shaikh	O
in	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
original	O
#besomebody	O
app	O
was	O
launched	O
and	O
scaled	O
globally	O
in	O
2014	O
but	O
sold	O
in	O
2017	O
after	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
appearance	O
on	O
Shark	O
Tank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
’s	O
Paths	O
program	O
also	O
began	O
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
began	O
as	O
Shaikh	O
’s	O
personal	O
blog	O
in	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
,	I-Application
Inc	I-Application
.	I-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2014	O
in	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
originally	O
acted	O
as	O
an	O
intermediary	O
for	O
users	O
to	O
book	O
sessions	O
with	O
what	O
it	O
called	O
'	O
passionaries	O
 '	O
:	O
trainers	O
,	O
instructors	O
,	O
or	O
motivational	O
speakers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Besomebody	B-Application
raised	O
$1	O
Million	O
from	O
media	O
company	O
E	O
.	O
W	O
.	O
Scripps	O
Company	O
,	O
and	O
in	O
2015	O
it	O
raised	O
an	O
additional	O
$1	O
million	O
from	O
angel	O
investors	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
November	O
4	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Shaikh	O
pitched	O
Besomebody	B-Application
on	O
Episode	O
7	O
of	O
Season	O
8	O
of	O
ABC	O
's	O
Shark	O
Tank	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
was	O
unsuccessful	O
in	O
securing	O
an	O
investment	O
,	O
as	O
the	O
panelists	O
either	O
felt	O
Besomebody	B-Application
's	O
business	O
model	O
or	O
central	O
premise	O
was	O
flawed	O
,	O
or	O
took	O
issue	O
with	O
Shaikh	O
's	O
pitch	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Besomebody	B-Application
pivoted	O
its	O
focus	O
and	O
in	O
February	O
2017	O
sold	O
its	O
experience	O
marketplace	O
app	O
to	O
Utivity	O
Holdings	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
Denver-based	O
company	O
which	O
offers	O
similar	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2018	O
,	O
Besomebody	B-Application
acquired	O
Opening	O
Minds	O
,	O
LLC	O
,	O
a	O
Cincinnati-based	O
multimedia	O
and	O
event	O
firm	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
acquisition	O
broadened	O
Besomebody	B-Application
's	O
capabilities	O
in	O
creative	O
,	O
digital	O
and	O
event	O
management	O
services	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2019	O
,	O
Besomebody	B-Application
added	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
capabilities	O
to	O
its	O
suite	O
of	O
offerings	O
when	O
it	O
acquired	O
Pixelbug	O
Technologies	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
firm	O
based	O
in	O
Montreal	O
,	O
Canada	O
.	O
</s>
