As the world navigates the challenges posed by the unprecedented spread and containment efforts of COVID-19, rest assured that we at SuperPhone® are here to support you. Our commitment and dedication to serve our customers and partners remains unchanged. As a distributed team, we have always understood the nuances of…

Being a moderately known lover and creator of music with my direct cell number readily available, I receive a good number of texts with requests that I listen to their music or watch their latest video. …

This year, on the 1st of January, I posted a call for candidates to apply for a one-on-one mentorship opportunity that would challenge and inspire them. The concept: employ technology to scale their productivity and make them more efficient versions of themselves, with an emphasis on relationship-building. Our selected candidate…

Two years ago today, on my birthday, RollingOut published this cover story written by Yvette Caslin. The article covers my entrepreneurial journey, from my start as a self-employed barber on Harvard’s campus to my current role as CEO of SuperPhone®. Rolling Out’s readership is so important for the simple reason that diversity can only increase the already substantial value being created in Silicon Valley.

Three years ago today, The NPR Tech Team featured SuperPhone® in their All Tech Considered column written by Justina Vasquez. At the time, I was personally managing 54k text conversations with fans all around the world. Today, SuperPhone helps our users manage more than 3M text conversations with the people that matter most to them. The takeaway: SMS beats social media in every category except discovery.

Three years ago today, I sat with Arjun Kharpal for this piece on CNBC following my keynote at The Next Web in Amsterdam. Today, luxury watchmaker Parmigiani Fleurier is among the “smart ones”, brands who have adopted SMS as a communication protocol to build a personal relationship with their clientele via SuperPhone®. Read the full article here: Ryan Leslie gears up to launch SuperPhone to allow fans to text artists, brands | CNBC

Three years ago I sat down with Jesse Kirshbaum and Tat Wza on Hot97’s Hot in Tech and described to them my vision of the future for text and the music industry. Give feedback by leaving your number at textryan.com - I’ll shoot you a message back.

Spotify has continued to raise the bar for artists over the years in terms of analytics. Their Spotify for Artists portal gives you the flexibility to include a phone number in your bio and Artist Pick sections . Collect phone numbers and text your fans when you release new music…

Three years ago today, Josh Constine broke the news that Ben Horowitz was leading a $1.5M seed round to launch SuperPhone®. Since then, we’ve powered 1-to-1 communication at scale for Gary Vaynerchuk, Overtime Sports, TD Jakes, and hundreds of others. In most cases, SuperPhone® was the first time they texted with their audiences. Today, we’re continuing to innovate on the concept of BRM (Business Relationship Management) with integrations, segmentation, automation and up-to-the-minute analytics on one of our most important forms of communication: texting.