socalTECH

APRIL 25, 2011

Scott Lahman is co-founder of Los Angeles-based GOGII (www.gogii.com), the developer of group text messaging application textPlus. We spoke with Scott about GOGII and textPlus, the shifting mobile market, and also what lessons he's applied to his new startup. What's the story behind GOGII?

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 24, 2011

I invested in LA-based Gogii , one of the fastest growing, most exciting mobile social networking companies you’ve never heard of and maker of a product called textPlus. But who exactly is Gogii, what is textPlus and why are they so exciting if I’ve never heard of them? More on that later.

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 16, 2012

The company said the fourth round of funding will go towards international expansion, product development and strategic acquisitions. textPlus--which was previously known as GOGII--also said it has dropped its old corporate name and now will just be known as textPlus.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 22, 2011

For me it is a useful shorthand for a very clever set of product features that in my mind would be hard to remain a stand-alone business or themselves to generate enough revenue to justify the company’s existence. Just sending messages is a utility product and Apple killed that, not me.” . Sure, it’s intended to shock.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 11, 2015

Gogii [the original company name] was an early leader in the free text messaging space and we had tens of millions of downloads of our product. We toughed it out together with other board members and encouraged the company to rebuild the team and the product from ground up. He’s with you in good times & bad.

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SoCal Delicious

SEPTEMBER 19, 2012

His second venture was Tesla Motors, creating the first production electric car of the modern era. For the Scott Lahman fans, the inclusion of Sky Dayton cover JAMDAT which is a lot of the Gogii team. Your former Activision early hire Scott Lahman is not on this list as CEO of Gogii/TextPlus. Follow PandoDaily: Search.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Matthew Graczyk is founder of angel-backed Zubican (www.zubican.com)--saw a problem, which was the difficulty of finding suppliers for products for businesses--and decided to solve the problem, with a site specifically targeted at helping B2B buyers and sellers connect. He's now at Gogii, which has received investment from Kleiner.

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