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Grasshopper is a privately held company that provides a virtual phone system for entrepreneurs. It works just like a traditional phone system, but requires no hardware to purchased. It can all be managed online or by phone. They provide toll free or local numbers in the United States and Canada (only toll free numbers) with call forwarding, unlimited extensions, custom main greeting and many more. With their online management system, it is possible to tag and move messages.

History

Grasshopper was formerly known as GotVMail and founded by Siamak Taghaddos and David Hauser in 2003. In May 2009, the company re-branded and is now called Grasshopper. They ran a very successful marketing campaign in May to get the buzz going about the new name. The clever idea was to Fedex 5,000 real chocolate covered grasshoppers to influential entrepreneurs throughout the United States. Pretty quickly the word spread and Grasshopper was mentioned in many publications and stations such as Mashable Social Media Guide, Fox News, Entrepreneur, Network World and Channel 3 News. “Dead Grasshoppers Give Life to Social Media Marketing Campaign.” June 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.</ref> Grasshopper was recently named a finalist by Search Engine Watch as a finalist for Best Social Marketing Campaing.“Grasshopper named finalist for SEW Award in Best Social Marketing Campaign.” August 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.</ref>

Offerings

Grasshopper offers 3 different plans that start at $9.95 to $199 a month.“Aspiring entrepreneurs: Here's how to set up shop for less than $1,000.” July 13, 2009. Retrieved August 24, 2009.</ref> They mention on their site that the middle “Grow” plan is the most popular. They say that there are no long term contracts and a 30 day back money guarantee.

Other companies that offer virtual PBX services include Ringcentral, Virtual PBX, Onebox and Phone.com.

References

• SEW (August 2009). [1].
• Paul McNamara (May 11, 2009). [2]
• Janice Fioravante (July 13, 2009). [3]
• Van Grove, Jennifer (June 15, 2009). Dead Grasshopper give life to social media marketing campaign
• Paul, Rochelle (June 10, 2009). Grasshopper is the place for Entrepreneurs to grow