Tag Archives: Doers

Startups from Five Developer Communities Featured in the TwilioCon Community Hall

At TwilioCon 2012, eighteen startups from five developer communities will be joining us in the Community Hall to demo their products. We’re excited for you to get to know these great companies and see what they are building. The Community … Continue reading →

Posted by Tony Mataya on October 11, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

London Calling: UK Mobile Innovators, Alexander Graham Bell and Kid Coders

This month was full of activities as we hit the road across the UK to meet DOers, learn code with young developers, be inspired by new entrepreneurs and more. August launched with the amazing Young Rewired State Festival of Code, … Continue reading →

Posted by James Parton on August 29, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Your Milestone Stories: From First Calls to First Companies

In June we celebrated a huge milestone, reaching 100,000 developer accounts. In honor of this community of DOers, we asked you to share your milestone stories from experiences in your life related to entrepreneurship, hacking, and taking those scary leaps. … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on August 24, 2012 Tagged , , ,

DOers in Africa: Empowering People Through Mobile Technology

This past June I was fortunate enough to play host to an entrepreneur by the name of Assane Seck.  Assane is the founder and CEO of Djanoa, a cloud SMS platform that is currently in beta in Senegal.  Assane was … Continue reading →

Posted by Carter Rabasa on August 15, 2012 Tagged , , ,

15 Startups Earn a Spot on the DOer Express to the International Startup Festival

We were overwhelmed with the incredible submissions for this unique bus ride to Startup Festival 2012. With so many great pitches, it was difficult to narrow down the choices. We chose the winners based on their entrepreneurial passion and readiness … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on June 26, 2012 Tagged , , , ,

Celebrating 100,000 Heroes with Your Milestone Moments

Today we’re celebrating you, the DOers and heroes who are changing the way we communicate. We couldn’t have done it without you, and together we’ve passed a huge milestone reaching 100,000 developer accounts. In celebration of what you do, we … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on June 5, 2012 Tagged ,

DOer Lyle Pratt Launches BuildANumber alongside BetterVoicemail

Lyle Pratt is a DOer by nature, with a business-focused education on paper, he’s been writing software for years. After missing API Hack Day because of the flu, Lyle reached out to share with us the app he built anyways … Continue reading →

Posted by Ladan Mahini on May 15, 2012 Tagged , , , , , , , ,

DOers in Action: Behind the Scenes of Cat Facts SMS App

Akiva Bamberger is a software engineer at Google. While lurking on reddit one night, he came across a post where a user was manually sending his friends cat facts via SMS. Akiva was inspired to write his own “cat facts” … Continue reading →

Posted by Jonathan Gottfried on March 23, 2012 Tagged , , ,

DOers in Action: Ricky Robinett, NYC Developer

Meet Ricky Robinett, a DOer extrodinaire and long-time Twilio developer among many other talents. Ricky is the master-mind behind Your Fake Girlfriend, Sndchk and the recently launched Happstr. Though he moonlights by the evening as a code hero, by day he … Continue reading →

Posted by Meghan Murphy on March 22, 2012 Tagged , , ,