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14: Focusing on the Message with John Lauer
John Lauer is the CEO of Zipwhip, a Seattle based businesses that enables businesses to text message their customers through software and API solutions. Zipwhip is one of Seattle's fastest growing private companies and was the first business that made it possible for landlines and cellphones to communicate with each other.
Prior to Zipwhip, John was already neck deep in entrepreneurship. John started coming up with business ideas ever since he was thirteen. John started his first company, Rootlevel, at the age of 21 - Rootlevel was a web design firm based in Detroit and had included GM and Ford as their clients. John dropped out of college one semester from finishing his computer science degree because he made a commitment early on to never do something that would require a resume.
In today's episode, we talk about John's storied history and start in entrepreneurship, we talk about the makings of Zipwhip and the state of texting, and we talk about the focus and people that it takes to start a business.
Quote
If you contribute to humanity, humanity rewards you back, which gives you more ability to contribute. It sort of pancake layers on top of itself.
– John Lauer
Notes
how John got started with entrepreneurship
dropping out of college and commiting to startups
Zipwhip, how it got started and where it is today
importance of texting to businesses and consumers
closed vs open systems
predictions about communication platforms going forward
finding the right people to start a company with
staying focused and deciding what to focus on
ways of recharging
Closing
inspiration
week without at Zipwhip - two weeks without office food, raised $5000 to donate to Mary's place
surprising fact
walk around with smile on face but there's a great amount of simulation happening inside of what might happen at Zipwhip
principle
do the right thing
closing notes
Zipwhip will keep plugging forward and texting is adding huge value to peoples lifes, lots of new releases coming out later this year
Links
Zipwhip
Only the Paranoid Survive
2019 State of Texting Report
Zipwhip Jobs
GeekWire's Deal of the Year Nomination: Zipwhip's been nominated, click here to vote
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John Lauer is the CEO of Zipwhip, a Seattle based businesses that enables businesses to text message their customers through software and API solutions. Zipwhip is one of Seattle's fastest growing private companies and was the first business that made it possible for landlines and cellphones to communicate with each other.
Prior to Zipwhip, John was already neck deep in entrepreneurship. John started coming up with business ideas ever since he was thirteen. John started his first company, Rootlevel, at the age of 21 - Rootlevel was a web design firm based in Detroit and had included GM and Ford as their clients. John dropped out of college one semester from finishing his computer science degree because he made a commitment early on to never do something that would require a resume.
In today's episode, we talk about John's storied history and start in entrepreneurship, we talk about the makings of Zipwhip and the state of texting, and we talk about the focus and people that it takes to start a business.
Quote
If you contribute to humanity, humanity rewards you back, which gives you more ability to contribute. It sort of pancake layers on top of itself.
– John Lauer
Notes
how John got started with entrepreneurship
dropping out of college and commiting to startups
Zipwhip, how it got started and where it is today
importance of texting to businesses and consumers
closed vs open systems
predictions about communication platforms going forward
finding the right people to start a company with
staying focused and deciding what to focus on
ways of recharging
Closing
inspiration
week without at Zipwhip - two weeks without office food, raised $5000 to donate to Mary's place
surprising fact
walk around with smile on face but there's a great amount of simulation happening inside of what might happen at Zipwhip
principle
do the right thing
closing notes
Zipwhip will keep plugging forward and texting is adding huge value to peoples lifes, lots of new releases coming out later this year
Links
Zipwhip
Only the Paranoid Survive
2019 State of Texting Report
Zipwhip Jobs
GeekWire's Deal of the Year Nomination: Zipwhip's been nominated, click here to vote