The entrepreneur behind Google Voice

Craig Walker, Google Voice, Sell Your Business

Today’s guest created a company called GrandCentral which sold to Google and became Google Voice.

It was his second foray into voice over IP. Before that, he had one of the pioneering companies that he led in voice over IP, called Dialpad. Their mission was to do free web-based phone calls, and they pivoted and adjusted.

We’ll talk about how he helped turn that business around and sold it to Yahoo. We’ll also talk about why he founded GrandCentral next and then sold it to Google less than two years later.

Craig Walker

Google Voice

Craig Walker is the founder of Google Voice, Dialpad and GrandCentral Communications.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they build their businesses. I got to start this interview like this. Hang on. Standing ovation clapping. Listen to me, Craig. I am so excited to talk to you. Here’s why? I remember when I waited my turn to get Google Voice, formally GrandCentral. The whole thing was going to change my life and unlike other technology that didn’t really come through. Let’s be honest, Craig. Where you get excited about new technology, and you think this going to be life-changing or exciting, and then it becomes okay, another new thing.

Here is why I love Google Voice, this product that Craig Walker created. It’s one of many different voice over IP companies that he has run, internet cloud-based communications companies that he has created. Here’s what I loved about it.

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