I build things and organizations. Periodically, I ramble on about them here. See https://colopy.com for information about Colopy Ventures.
I build things and organizations. Periodically, I ramble on about them here. See https://colopy.com for information about Colopy Ventures.
Bronto was featured in this week’s Triangle Business Journal (TBJ). The TBJ used an old picture of Chaz and me from a couple years ago. Fortunately, I am proudly wearing my Bronto belt buckle. The article is fairly short and speaks broadly about our growth. You can read the full article on their website or […]
Things often have a way of coming full circle. Back in May 2002, Bronto purchased its first server to host its email marketing application. The server, originally named bronto, was built by Blake Watters, a freshman at UNC Chapel Hill, for about $1000. It was a big purchase back in the day. What a long […]
I was recently quoted in this article about running a paperless office. It’s not too related to email marketing but I do despise clutter and, as a company, have fully embraced web-based / SaaS solutions. You can read the full article from the August 2008 edition of MyBusiness Magazine or the relevant bit inline here: […]
Bronto is on the move and we’ve won some notable awards lately. Here’s a rundown: Earlier this month Karalyn and I went to the awards ceremony for the Triangle Business Journal’s Top 40 Under 40. The event was good and like a very big wedding. In presenting the awards, the announcer ran through a short […]
As a surprise, we had a “pancake extravaganza” this morning to celebrate the new Spring 2008 product release. Chaz, Carolyn, and I did our finest to serve up delicious pancakes off of a couple electric skillets. Everything went and think everyone enjoyed them. How couldn’t you? Everyone loves pancakes. To make the event extra unique, […]
We released the Spring 2008 Release of our email marketing product this weekend. It is very nice and I strongly recommend checking it out when you get a chance. Some of the major features include: Email automation. There are a number of new feature that allow easy remailing, sending recurring messages, activating triggered-based messages, etc. […]
Bronto is focused on developing our email marketing product for online retailers. Why? We strongly believe that strong email marketing segmentation, analytics and reporting can be driver of revenue online. The latest research from Shop.org, the online retail arm of the National Retail Foundation, and Forrester seem to agree with us. Recently, they published the […]
Tomorrow, there are two big changes happening at Bronto. We are changing our pricing model to the more standard CPM pricing and tiering our product into multiple editions. We’ve been looking at this change for over a year and have been very focused on it for the last three months. Of course, transitioning over 750 […]
Bronto is making a big push to recruit a number of talented developer and product people to join the product development team. Here is a rundown of the kind of folks we are seeking: UI Engineer. This person would improve the user interface and user experience throughout our web application. The ideal candidate is a […]
This week has been dominated with pricing and packaging. We are offering some exciting new pricing and edition offerings to our customers in February and I (along with others) have been hard at work nailing down the final details. It should be well worth it. More details to follow in the next few weeks. The […]