This is a subscriber-only article.

Save 20% on Entrepreneur+ during our Spring Growth Flash Sale

Use code SPRING20 at checkout.

Subscribe Now

Already have an account?

Sign in
Entrepreneur Plus - Short White
For Subscribers

How Signal Stands Out in the Crowded Text-Message Marketing Space Learn how two friends built their SMS-marketing startup into a web success story -- without a dime from outside investors.

By Jonathan Blum

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own.

Signal CEO Jeff Judge
Signal CEO Jeff Judge
Photo courtesy of Signal

It's hard to stay focused in the digital world, but Signal founders Jeff Judge and Chris Watland have turned their SMS-marketing startup into a web success story by emphasizing the fundamentals. The duo got in on the ground floor of the exploding text-marketing industry, building an easy-to-use platform for firms managing SMS campaigns. Today Signal has evolved into a cross-channel marketing platform for managing text campaigns, e-mail marketing, social media and even coupons and sweepstakes from a single cloud-based account.

And they did it without a dime from outside investors.