John Lauer is an entrepreneur and telecommunications industry veteran, and the CEO and co-founder of Zipwhip, a Seattle-based business-texting software provider. Zipwhip pioneered the concept of texting for landline, VoIP and toll-free phone numbers, and built the original business-texting network. Lauer established breakthrough relationships with mobile carrier networks to deliver unrivaled message reliability and security for any phone number in North America. He created Zipwhip to help companies of all sizes have better conversations with their customers. Zipwhip now has over 200 employees, more than 20,000 customers and has received more than $41 million in funding.
John is an entrepreneur and telecommunications industry veteran, and the CEO and co-founder of Zipwhip, a business-texting software provider. Zipwhip pioneered the concept of texting for landline, VoIP and toll-free phone numbers, and built the original business-texting network. Zipwhip now has over 200 employees, more than 20,000 customers and has received more than $41 million in funding.
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John Lauer is an entrepreneur and telecommunications industry veteran, and the CEO and co-founder of Zipwhip, a Seattle-based business-texting software provider. Zipwhip pioneered the concept of texting for landline, VoIP and toll-free phone numbers, and built the original business-texting network. Lauer established breakthrough relationships with mobile carrier networks to deliver unrivaled message reliability and security for any phone number in North America. He created Zipwhip to help companies of all sizes have better conversations with their customers. Zipwhip now has over 200 employees, more than 20,000 customers and has received more than $41 million in funding.
Mike or Michael Grabham is a curious start up guy that has been delivering revenue, new products and creative solutions in the startup chaos for 20+ years. He is a five time founder and is in relentless pursuit of knowing the customers better than any competitor. He recently invented a new product called Package Guard, to help stop package theft. He is a “make it happen” person driving growth across multiple revenue streams while inspiring and teaching employees on how to have fun and get things done, yes you can do both.
He has raised $3M from angel investors over the past 20 years, sold two companies and failed and has managed marketing, product, engineering and sales staffs throughout his career.
He is constantly learning from others having conducted more than 100 interviews with startup leaders at Startup Grind in Seattle and Bellevue each month. He loves helping smart people change industries, studying consumer behaviors and searching for the perfect glass of wine.
He and his wife started a nonprofit Survive the Streets which they help homeless in Seattle. He received his MBA from Seattle University and has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, if that matters to anyone.
