Category Archives: Customer Highlights

Jumping into the Shark Tank: How VerbalizeIt Swam With the Sharks and Prepped Their App With Twilio

VerbalizeIt co-founder Kunal Sarda (pictured right) shares four keys to preparing your communications app, which he and co-founder Ryan Frankel learned from appearing on the ABC Television series “Shark Tank.” After a harrowing experience being unable to communicate in a … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on May 16, 2013 Tagged , , ,

CallTask Helps You Get The Most Out Of Your Call With Twilio

CEO Joel Gross built CallTask as a training tool for his sales team at Coalition Technologies. He used Twilio to record sales calls that his team could download and listen to when on-boarding a new salesperson. Pretty soon, CallTask was … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 29, 2013 Tagged , , ,

RETZ Brings Telephony To The Theatre with Twilio

Typically, the  telephone is the enemy of live theater. When someone’s phone rings in the middle of a climatic scene, it distracts the audience and disrupts the story. However, one U.K. based theatre troupe, RETZ, is encouraging audience members to … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 19, 2013 Tagged , , , ,

Twilio Fund Winner Profile: Babelverse Bridges Language Barriers with Twilio

Building Around The Language Barrier Phrasebooks, calls to friends who could act as language interpreters, and Google translate queries weren’t cutting it while developers Mayel and Josef were travelling abroad. The language barrier was getting the best of them and … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 18, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Twilio Fund Winner Profile: Wedgies, Making Social Polling Easy and Fun w/ Twilio

“Wedgies are fun to give. And it’s fun to watch what happens after,” explains Jimmy Jacobson, co-founder of social polling service Wedgies. “But we aren’t talking about in real life wedgies, like you got in school.” Las Vegas based members, … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on April 10, 2013 Tagged , ,

Wello Brings Personalized Workouts To You with Twilio SMS

I am an expert at finding reasons not to go to the gym. If a Law and Order re-run is on, I’m staying on the couch. But, now I may have run out of excuses. Wello is bringing the gym … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 28, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Max Temkin Fights Robocallers with Charles Dickens and Twilio

It’s unlikely Charles Dickens intended for his prose to be used to ward off robocallers and telemarketers. But it just works so well. Using Twilio, Max Temkin, co-creator of Cards Against Humanity and Humans vs Zombies, created a Twilio-powered line … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 27, 2013 Tagged , ,

Metablocks Helps Bands Reach Fans via Social Apps with Twilio

Oliver Muoto built many successful companies. Now, he’s helping musicians build their fan base through social media apps. His company, Metablocks, helps artists interact with their (thousands of) fans easily and intuitively. Metablocks’ clients range from punk labels like Tooth … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 15, 2013 Tagged , , ,

Uber Storms #SxSW: Free Uberx Rides, New Luxury Cars and Pedicabs

SxSW is in full swing. You have a million events to get to around Austin, so why not travel in style for free? Our friends at Uber are offering a ton of perks for SxSW attendees. Here’s the rundown: Free … Continue reading →

Posted by Kyle Kelly-Yahner on March 8, 2013 Tagged , , , ,