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How Sendgrid Makes Sure Those App Emails Go Through, With Jim Franklin

socalTECH

We move transactional mail between web applications and end users. If you think of Pinterest, one of our customers, every time content is pinned or re-pinned, an email is generated to let users know that is happening. We now send over six billion emails per month on behalf of those customers.

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Ten of Southern California's Top Software Companies

SoCal Delicious

Are you trying to track and figure out what makes your customers tick? How do you use Big Data to profile your customers, and maximize revenue for your business? customers based on that data. SendGrid has seen massive growth and adoption, as thousands of web developers have discovered that the company--which has major.

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Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups

SoCal CTO

skip to main | skip to sidebar SoCal CTO Thursday, March 22, 2007 Discussion Creation Among Bloggers - LinkedIn, Blogging and Discussion Groups Ive been participating in a Yahoo Group that are users of LinkedIn and who are Bloggers: [link] Its an interesting group of folks from diverse backgrounds.

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Interview with Eric Hovanec and Steve Reich, LeisureLink

socalTECH

We help them distribute their product, and put it on the shelf, anywhere a customer might buy--whether that's with a tour operator, travel agency, or a travel website. There's content loading, customer service, and account management--the basic guts of the operation. Eric Hovanec: We've got some operational growth opportunities.

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VC Confessions: We Passed On Twilio’s Seed Round

InfoChachkie

Rather, we value entrepreneurs' time and thus our diligence generally includes introducing them to potential customers and partners. The difference is that VoiceXML does not leverage customers' knowledge of web development. Our approach is often additive to all parties, resulting in ongoing, productive relationships.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Startup 1.0: “The Bug Bite” - The Internet Needs a Card Catalogue (I guess that’s a search engine)

Frank Addante

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. It was an Internet search engine and directory "dot-com" (competitor to Yahoo!, we didnt even know Yahoo! At Starting Point, 100% of the interaction with our users/customers was via email.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Elements of Sustainable Companies

Frank Addante

Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I guess this is how a world-class firm like Sequoia Capital finds and invests in world-class companies such as Google, Yahoo!, Focus Customers will only buy a simple product with a singular value proposition.

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