Entries from July 2006

July 28, 2006

your privacy/our policy

As a company works up toward an open beta, it’s refining a lot of things…user interface and experience, marketing, and its own internal operations. All are geared toward generating the best possible customer experience.
For a company like jangl, a big priority is the privacy policy. It’s huge. Why is it huge? Is [...]

July 24, 2006

what is jangl?

n1. jangl is a company that provides phone 2.0 services. These are services that haven’t been offered before, and represent a new and improved way of doing things, leveraging patent pending technology. Usage: I got a job at jangl.
n2. jangl is a service that provides a new way to manage your lifestyle through your phone. [...]

July 17, 2006

fun with video

See how Josh jangls

July 17, 2006

we love a challenge

Om posted this morning and announced our funding among other things. It’s always interesting to see what resonates with whom. Most early
stage company coverage must have a contemplating question (like is this going to work?) otherwise it wouldn’t be early stage. Om posed three challenges to jangl, which I’d like to riff on [...]

July 15, 2006

funding and thai food

jangl spent the past month fund raising. It wasn’t nearly as painful as it was in the past, but some moments were packed with angst. See, when you go out and raise venture capital, you’re selling a piece of your company, as you probably know. When we did our first round last Fall, we were [...]

July 9, 2006

mobilecrunch talking privacy

MobileCrunch posted an article recently about a company that provides a widget for users to post in a MySpace profile. This widget allows visitors to send a text message to the user from the web, without incurring a fee on the sender’s end. Oliver at MobileCrunch, along with many of his commentators, pointed out several [...]