This week’s employee spotlight is on Domenic Tambascia. Dom is the manager of systems operations here at Grasshopper. He manages the team that ensures our systems achieve the highest uptime possible and he’s also responsible for leading the charge on all of our virtualization efforts. Basically, as he says he, “hears phones ringing in his sleep.” 
Added values can mean the difference between a prospect and a sale. Bonuses, special offers and freebies convince buyers they’re getting more for their money. Today’s consumers are savvy deal-seekers, and they’ll gladly shop around for the best bargain even if it is from a competing company. Gasp!
The good news is, these same bonuses that make your offers more attractive don’t have to cost thousands of dollars, or even a penny.
Today’s customer spotlight is on Sensible Sitters. Sensible Sitters is a babysitter’s club turned small business, founded by Vanessa Wauchope. Vanessa started this company back in 2005 at the age of 22 when she saw an opportunity in the market to make a difference in the world of babysitting.
How’d she do it? Let’s take a look.
This week’s employee spotlight is on David Hauser. OK, so maybe he’s not technically an employee here but he sure is a big part of Grasshopper as the co-founder and CTO. He’s also an angel investor and has launched more than five companies including Chargify, PopSurvey and PackageFox.
Large multinational firms have been excited about cloud computing for years. For them, cloud computing means freeing up technology resources, software, and hardware needed to build and run parts of their businesses.
The move toward the cloud has enabled companies like Salesforce and Amazon, to turn traditional technology solutions into value-added services. By moving resources to the cloud, Fortune 500 firms have abandoned developing their own business-critical applications and instead, essentially rent them from another company whose specialty is in delivering services over the Internet. This has saved these firms big money in time and resources.
