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Grasshopper News Archive
Grasshopper in the News: June-July
Between our rebranding campaign once again being discussed and summer launch parties, these past couple weeks have been big for Grasshopper! Check out where we have been in June and July.
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WorkBar Boston and Grasshopper Partner to Rev Up the BeIn Initiative for Boston’s Startup Community
The Summer entrepreneur launch party at Workbar Boston celebrated Boston’s large entrepreneurial population. Different companies networked and shared advice, good food and drinks. Read Boston Innovation’s recap of the story
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Webcast – Finally an affordable small business phone service for Small Business
Canadian Small Business features Grasshopper as a phone system solution for small businesses. Read the full article and listen to the webcast!
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20 Tips Your Small Business Can Use To Build Web Credibility
Every business today has a website, so how exactly do you make yours stand out? Small Biz Trends features Grasshopper in this article and how it can make contact easy.
- Five Ways to Increase Sales From Existing Customers
Jonathan Kay, Grasshopper’s Ambassador of Buzz, talks about the importance of customer connection via Twitter in Bnet’s article on key strategies to how to get even more sales from your current customers.
What’s Happening at Grasslands?
If you’ve been following our blog over the past year, you may have noticed a few changes lately, mainly we’ve had fewer updates. Well if you didn’t know already, this is due to the launch of Grasshopper Group.
Over the past seven years we’ve gone from GotVMail to Grasshopper, launched Chargify and are releasing our newest product, Spreadable in the next few months. There’s been a lot going on and basically we needed to create a better structure. That’s where Grasshopper Group comes in.
Grasshopper Group is the parent company of Grasshopper, Chargify, Spreadable and any other products we develop in the future. Grasshopper Group will be where we focus our entrepreneurial efforts, allowing our products to improve, evolve and be the best in their respective industries.
What does this mean for Grasshopper?
The only difference is we will have more time to focus on making sure our virtual phone system has everything Read more »
GH on TV: The New Grasshopper.com Commercial
We are happy to announce that next week we’re launching our national TV campaign on MSNBC. Check out the latest commercial featuring our favorite mascot, Gary.
Grasshopper in the News: May – June
With National Entrepreneurs’ Day gaining momentum, David speaking at Big Omaha and few guest posts by Jonathan Kay, Grasshopper was all over the internet this past month, including an article in the Boston Globe. Check it out!
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Beyond the Pedway Interviews Grasshopper
Tim Jahn interviews Grasshopper co-founder David Hauser and discusses Grasshopper, entrepreneurship and David got started. Watch the video or read the script at Beyond the Pedway.
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Big Omaha: Two minutes with David Hauser of Grasshopper
Geoff Wood of Silicon Prairie talks about David Hauser recent presentation at Big Omaha 2010. Read his overview and watch the video of David’s presentation.
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Entrepreneurs: Can they bring prosperity?
Boston.com talks with Grasshopper CEO and co-founder Siamak Taghaddos about Grasshopper, entrepreneurship and the National Entrepreneurs Day initiative. The article also offers some great statistics on entrepreneurship in the United States.
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A Day to Recognize Entrepreneurs: National Entrepreneurs Day!
Jonathan Kay of Grasshopper talks about the importance of entrepreneurs and why we should have a holiday to celebrate them. The company’s petition to have a National Entrepreneurs Day and how to get involved is talked about.
Grasshopper in the News: April – May
With the beginning of our National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign, there are a few great stories from this past month. Check em out!
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Bootstrapped SaaS Gains Critical Mass
Forbes discusses bootstrapping and how it you can build sizable companies without venture capital. Grasshopper is featured as one of the successful companies who have done so.
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Are You Ready for National Entrepreneurs’ Day?
AOL Small Business features the Grasshopper National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign and even takes an excerpt from the blog.
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Twitter Users Campaign for a National Entrepreneurs’ Day
Inc. Magazine breaks down the National Entrepreneurs’ Day campaign and the importance of Twitter as a medium.
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ZDNet covers Big Omaha 2010 where Grasshopper co-founder David Hauser is a speaker.
Free Grasshopper Accounts for Small Businesses in Nashville
With the recent flooding in the South many companies, including the Small Business Association, are unable to answer their phones.
Grasshopper is offering free service to small businesses in Nashville affected by the flooding. Set up custom greetings to let customers know what is happening or have your calls forwarded to another number.
Contact Grasshopper at 800-820-8210 to get set up.
Where’s Gary? Grasshopper on the Web
Here at Grasshopper we know how important it is for our customers to be able to reach us. We love getting feedback on what we’re doing well and what we can do to improve.
We also love helping other entrepreneurs succeed. Whether it’s getting press coverage, writing about their business or simply providing useful information, our goal is empower entrepreneurs.
Here are a few places you can find Grasshopper:
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Twitter
@grasshopper not only offers updates on the Grasshopper virtual phone system but provides information for and from entrepreneurs. Get tips on starting a business, running a small business, marketing ideas and more. Follow us now!
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Facebook
See what’s new on the blog, read what our customers have to say or watch one of our favorite Grasshopper videos. Read more »
Grasshopper in the News: March – April
With a few guest posts from Ambassador of Buzz Jonathan Kay and more great write ups on the success of the “New Dork” video, Grasshopper had another month of big news mentions.
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Social Media Dorks Get an Anthem
Mashable showcases the Grasshopper ‘New Dork’ video.
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“The New Dork”: Geek Anthem Spoofs Jay-Z (VIDEO)
The Huffington Post features the Grasshopper “New Dork” video.
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The Daily Start-Up: Which Company Will Be The Next Big Thing?
The Wall Street Journal features the Grasshopper “New Dork” video in it’s Daily Start-up Roundup.
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The Next Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Jeff Bezos, or Steve Jobs
My Northwest talks with Grasshopper co-founder Siamak Taghaddos about Grasshopper and the “New Dork” video.
Empowering Young Entrepreneurs to Succeed – GH Goes to DECA
High school kids rock. Especially the ones I had the pleasure of meeting last week at the Massachusetts State DECA Conference in downtown Boston. DECA is an organization that aims to empower young people to pursue careers in marketing, management, and entrepreneurship through education and leadership development events. 185,000 high schools students participate through 5,000 chapters across the U.S.
Along with my colleagues, Jeremy Butler (DECA alumni) and Jon Kay, I served as a judge in the Entrepreneurship category and Grasshopper donated scholarships for the top three participants in our category. The scholarships we gave will help out the winners of our category with travels costs for the DECA National conference. Over the course of three days, we each heard from between ten and fifteen groups of young entrepreneurs who pitched us their entrepreneurial ventures. Their businesses ranged from internet properties to landscaping companies and everything in between. The vast majority were outstanding.
We were also given the opportunity to do a couple of workshops on Friday afternoon. Jonathan presented on generating buzz and Jeremy and I teamed up for a workshop on the basics of ecommerce. The workshops were well received, but at that point I think our audience was ready to go to the pool or go shopping.
These were some of the most ambitious, smart, and outstanding young people I’ve met in a long time. When I was 18, I was, well, not doing anything close to what these kids are achieving. I was impressed by not only the events’ organization and production quality, but also by the sheer size. Read more »
Grasshopper in the News: February – March
It was a big month for Grasshopper in the news as our ‘Entrepreneurs Can Change the World’ video helped raise $20,000 for charity and the launch of our newest video ‘The New Dork’ made headlines all over the internet. Check it out!
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Learn Social Media by Example: Chocolate Grasshoppers!
Thoughtpick breaks down the Grasshopper re-brand campaign and explores how a small business can use social media.
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12 Useful Resources for Entrepreneurs
Fuel Your Venture gives us 12 great tools for entrepreneurs, including the Grasshopper virtual phone system.
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Does Your Small or Online Business Have a Toll Free Number?
Denise Griffits shows us how she uses Grasshopper and how a toll free number can be a great asset for any small business.
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“Entrepreneurs Can Change the World” Video Helps Charity
Youth Venture discusses how the Grasshopper “Entrepreneurs Can Change the World” video helped raise $20,000 for their organization.
