Fastcall Version 8.0 – Winter 2022
Fastcalll Version 8.0 is a significant application update. [Five min highlight video] The application’s front end now uses Redux to manage and centralize our application state (user status, call status etc). We’ve made changes to the user experience (UX) to deliver more relevant information to the user in a streamlined design. You will also notice… Read more »
Release notes: Fastcall V 2.10 (December 2014)
In this update – V 2.10 FastCall introduced call goals and other improvements to task creation. The improvements to Task and Call Score are detailed in this deep dive. In the current development cycle we are again focusing on inbound call routing. Today, FastCall inbound call routing will pop an incoming call to the softphone only… Read more »
Phone Sales: Train Early, Train Often.
Clients often ask my advice on building their sales team and the best time to use FastCall. Sometimes I hear “let us get our team hired and trained, then we can use FastCall.” The BEST time to have FastCall is during new hire on ramp. Logging, scoring and recording calls are great tools used to train a new team. Heck, use FastCall… Read more »
FastCall411 Reinvents the Local Directory at DEMOfall07
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 24 /PRNewswire/ — FastCall411 (http://www.fastcall411.com/) today unveiled its innovative local search product at DEMOfall07, the premier launch venue for new products, technologies and companies. Using patent-pending technology — including artificial intelligence, VoIP, open source Asterisk and parallel dialing — FastCall411 reinvents the local directory around the consumer experience. “It is an honor… Read more »
Battling Angel Investors Agree to Kiss, Make Up and Fund Communications Start-Ups Together
Dave McClure and Ron Conway, the two investors most publicly associated with last year’s “AngelGate” scandal over power struggles between seed-stage investors, have set aside their differences to invest in the second round of the Twilio Fund, dedicated to start-ups built on top of the Twilio communications platform. The new Twilio Fund consists of $125,000 from McClure’s 500… Read more »
Twilio Fund Winners from Twilio Conference 2011
The Twilio Fund is a micro-fund that was started by 500 Startups and SV Angel in September of 2010 to invest one quarter of a million dollars of seed capital into Twilio- powered startups. Since the launch of Twilio Fund, ten companies received funding including FastCall411, KnockKnock, Magnolia Prime, Order Mapper, Proven, Qwipd, Textaurant, Voicendo, and Volta. At the first… Read more »
Emergency Hotline Service, Sexting App & More Find Funding via Twilio Fund
On Tuesday, seed fund and startup accelerator 500 Startups is announcing a batch of seven SMS and voice-focused applications selected to its Twilio Fund. Each is being awarded $10,000 in funding; one will receive an additional $50,000 and a spot in the accelerator program. The new Twilio Fund startups — WorkersNow, Callyo, Magnolia Prime, FastCall411, Volta, Qwipd and knockknock… Read more »
FastCall411 Presents at Twilio Conference and Announces Second Round Financing
LOS ANGELES & SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–FastCall411 was one of three Twilio Fund alumni firms to present at the Twilio Conference on Thursday, where they also announced their second round of financing from 500 Startups, the fund created by Dave McClure. Twilio Fund is a microfund also created by 500 Startups. FastCall411, an intelligent sales automation… Read more »
Fastcall Update in the AppExchange (V 1.50, 1.51, 1.52)
FastCall Updates (Free 1.50 / Training 1.51 / Sales 1.52) In this update you will find many front-end application improvements. We also spent much of the last few weeks working on a few backend tasks getting ready for major release in early May: Phone number provisioning and inbound call routing Implementing OpenCTI Release Notes: Updates… Read more »
V 1.47 Fastcall Click-to-Call “Sales Edition” – w Sales Console
V 1.47 FastCall Click-to-Call “Sales Edition” – w Sales Console Salesforce Console is so totally awesome. I am now using it every day w my own leads. This latest update is another major release for FastCall. Some key updates in this release: Support for Console Improved support wi the app (open a case) Users can… Read more »
