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Voice - Wednesday, November 28, 2007

SimulScribe: What Your VC Is Reading On His Blackberry

We had a chance to talk with the Founder and CEO of SimulScribe, James Siminoff, today who got in touch because he claims VCs are some of his best clients. SimulScribe transcribes voice mails to emails so that VCs, who are stuck in meeting rooms at least a few hours a day, can get their voice mails on their Blackberrys.

UPDATE: Simulscribe has offered a free 30 day trial to ac readers.

Siminoff told us that his startup has been growing through word of mouth and expects to take in about $1M in revenue this year. But he also said that he got a marketing offer that he could not refuse. A SimulScribe user in LA who had launched an outdoor advertising company running small billboards on top of New York City cabs, offered a massive taxi-based marketing blitz for free in exchange for a small amount of equity in SimulScribe. Working with Big Fish Communications, Simulscribe got its "Voice Mail Sucks" message on 4% - or about 500 - of New York's taxis. In conjunction with that event, Simulscribe ran a media stunt in New York for press and bloggers that was a game in which participants had to down a shot when a taxi passes with SimulScribe's slogan.

SimulScribe offers a two-week free trial on its Web site. After that, its pricing is $9.95 a month, with 40 transcribed messages, and each additional transcription is 25 cents. Unlimited service is available for $29.95 a month.

Simulscribe has taken a sick amount of free TV, print and blogger attention

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