Remove Demand Remove Design Remove Patents Remove Software Engineering
article thumbnail

CallFire Bootstraps 50,000 Signups and Hires Former NetZero CEO

Tech Zulu Event

In particular, CallFire has answered unusually strong demand coming from political campaigns, the insurance sector and emergency notification. CallFire serves clients in a diverse array of industries, from automotive, education and entertainment, to finance, healthcare, marketing and real estate.

article thumbnail

Interview with Cliff Rees, XCast Labs

socalTECH

Running on a Dell pizza box, we can run 20 times as many calls as other software, giving us the lowest cost basis in the industry. Our major designer was the number two guy on the Lucent 5E development program, so we understand how to design scalability into telecom apps, and scale seamlessly, better than our competitors.

IP 165
article thumbnail

Why Has LA Suddenly Gotten So Much Attention from VCs and Entrepreneurs?

Both Sides of the Table

The monetization engine of the Internet that powers the most profitable business perhaps in history was invented and perfected in Los Angeles and is what you now know as Google Ad Words. The patents Overture held became known in small circles as Google’s ’361 problem as outlined here. He built & IPOd Demand Media.