Monthly Archives: November 2010

Super Startup Weekend Part 3: Indianapolis Raises the Bar for All Startup Weekends

I arrived at the Purdue Research Center in Indianapolis a little weary from my travels but was instantly reinvigorated by Lorraine Ball whose infectious enthusiasm was still in full force at 10pm on Saturday night. In case you think I’m … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on November 15, 2010 Tagged , ,

Super Startup Weekend Makes a Stop In Cleveland

This is part two in a series of posts about my adventures on a Super Startup Weekend. You can read part one (Detroit) here. I got to the Cleveland State University Nance School of Business building on Saturday morning and … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on November 13, 2010 Tagged , , , ,

Kicking off Global Entrepreneurship Week at Startup Weekend Detroit, Cleveland, Indy and Chicago

The Kauffman Foundation is sponsoring Global Entrepreneurship Week 2010 which runs November 15-21. GEW is bookended by two weekends full of Startup Weekend events across the globe. The Startup Weekend teams are also participating in the Global Startup Battle which … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Julian Gay, Winner of the Twilio + Kynetx Developer Contest

Congratulations to Julian Gay, the winner of the Twilio + Kynetx developer contest. Julian developed Playdate, an easy way for parents to coordinate play times with each other via SMS. Playdate works by allowing one parent to broadcast where they … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on November 12, 2010 Tagged , , ,

New Developer Contest: Python-powered Twilio Apps (ends Nov 14)

For this week's contest we're calling on all Python developers to build the best app they can using the Twilio API for a chance to win some great prizes. It doesn't matter if you're into Django, Flask, web.py, Pylons, Juno, … Continue reading →

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Apigee Launches Twilio API Console

Our friends at Apigee have launched a version of their API Console for the Twilio REST API. The Apigee API Console is a completely web-based utility that lets you easily view all the available resources and methods an API supports. … Continue reading →

Posted by John Sheehan on November 11, 2010 Tagged , , ,

We've Raised $12M Series B with Bessemer, USV, and 500 Startups

Wow, what a crazy week!  We’re excited to announce that we have raised our second round of venture capital financing from new and existing investors totalling $12 million dollars.  Bessemer Venture Partners led the round, which included Union Square Ventures, … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on November 9, 2010 Tagged , , ,

Ding, ding, ding! Ring the bell for AppSumo Round Two

Just over a month ago we joined in on the AppSumo Lean Startup Bundle. The response was so overwhelming (we sold out our part) that when AppSumo put together their latest developer bundle, we couldn’t help but jump back in … Continue reading →

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Join Twilio for Cloudstock at Dreamforce 2010

Dreamforce is the biggest cloud computing event of the year, and this time around the organizers have added Cloudstock to the schedule. Cloudstock is a FREE event focused on developers leveraging the cloud, and Twilio is proud to be among … Continue reading →

Posted by twilio on November 8, 2010 Tagged , , ,