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.

Mo’ money, mo’ problems or “Touched by an angel.”

These two pearls of wisdom signify all those financial headaches, bursts of euphoria, and days when you just feel like you’re sitting at a desk between Michael Scott and Dwight Schrute.

Either all the money in the world won’t fix your problems, or it seems like all you need is just a penny more to get it done.

And even though you need the green juice to survive, countless entrepreneurs emphasize that finding the right match between your company’s vibe and your investors’ is even more important.

So before you grab the money and run, think about these tips and ideas to help guide your search for good match investors.

This week’s employee spotlight is on Eric Ayala. Eric is a network engineer here at Grasshopper and is on our network operations team.  Eric works on Grasshopper’s network infrastructure and firewalls.  If you’ve ever called into support with an issue on your account, you may have crossed paths with Eric who can also be found helping out the support team by troubleshooting issues for customers.