Coast

“Coast has fundamentally changed how we sell our APIs. Every solutions leader seeking to demonstrate an API needs Coast. It’s not just a demo tool - it’s a strategy.” These are a few of our favorite quotes from a conversation with Tyler Hodgins, Spreedly’s Senior Director of Customer Success. For Spreedly, demonstrating the power of its API during the sales process is critical for qualifying leads, accelerating sales cycles, building trust with buyers, and positioning itself as the world’s leading open payments platform. After implementing Coast, Spreedly achieved a 47-day reduction in enterprise sales cycles, collapsed qualification stage, spike in customer conversion rates, standardized solutions motion, and revamped product readiness framework. Huge thanks to Tyler and the Spreedly team - we’re thrilled to be a small part of your success story! https://lnkd.in/g5_CAet9

We're actively hiring engineers, designers (+ a number of other roles). Send your talented friends our way and if we hire them, we'll give you a $10,000 referral bonus. Check out the job board here: https://lnkd.in/eQuKNAWd. Coast is growing fast, supporting category leaders and household names. Join us as we change the way APIs are bought, sold, and used across banking, fintech, insurance, communications, and more. I'm a little biased, but it's a unique opportunity to join an awesome team with a huge opportunity, serving the very best customers around.

Really enjoyed getting to talk with Zack Miller on the Tearsheet podcast about my career in fintech, where I consistently heard customers & prospects ask: "How does your API work?" "What can I build with your API?" "Can I see what these APIs power?" It was a great conversation about driving the adoption of #APIs in financial services/#fintech, Open Banking & Section 1033, and what's next for the industry. Thanks again for having me! https://lnkd.in/evUZgHc3

I absolutely loved watching my Solutions Engineer, Angela Wieber, lead an awesome session with JPMC using Coast to demo a secure and seamless payment experience - all made possible with Twilio APIs, of course!

Last night was special. As we wrapped up an incredibly productive #Money2020, Coast hosted our inaugural dinner for our champions, clients, partners, & friends in the industry… And I don’t know how else to describe it. It was just special. Overcome with gratitude for this community we’re building, and for the friends and clients (early, new, and soon-to-be!) that are helping us build something special. I loved what Spencer Levitt closed with last night in saying that at Coast “we’re building for you all. Quite literally, our mission is to bring yours to life.” It really is. And we can’t wait to keep building with and for the industry. Thank you all for spending your time with us at Money2020! #APIseverywhere Austin Pager James Smith Ross Brookshire Lauren Becker William Artingstall Ayesha D'Souza Erica Pilon Don Parker James (Jim) Minnis, CFA Steve DuPerrieu Dan Holt Wade Arnold Kunal Bist Colin Terry Brian Muse-McKenney Andrew Weatherl Jake Tupa Angela Wieber JK Karlsson Ruthann Paulin Glyman Tara Schultz Myles Blumberg Ron Parker

“I’ve felt this pain for my entire career, and I didn’t know that I had other options before Coast. I feel like every marketer who is selling an API product should be using Coast,” says Kate Blumberg, Middesk’s former Head of Growth. The growth team at Middesk, a leader in the business identity space, is responsible for building demand for its powerful API product. The team focuses heavily on the mid-funnel pipeline to ensure leads are properly nurtured and educated. Within 60 days of implementing Coast across its website, the team saw leads that interact with a Coast demo convert to qualified buyers 50% more often than previous funnels. Josh Leviloff has been shocked at how prepared and educated leads are before the first sales call: “I know immediately if it’s a Coast lead. They have already seen real examples of what the APIs can do. On average, I’ve seen my leads that interact with a Coast demo move through the sales funnel 30% faster than those who don’t.” Huge thanks to Kate, Josh, and Kyle Mack. We love working with the Middesk team! https://lnkd.in/enQ8Yeg8

“I’ve felt this pain for my entire career, and I didn’t know that I had other options before Coast. I feel like every marketer who is selling an API product should be using Coast,” says Kate Blumberg, Middesk’s former Head of Growth. The growth team at Middesk, a leader in the business identity space, is responsible for building demand for its powerful API product. The team focuses heavily on the mid-funnel pipeline to ensure leads are properly nurtured and educated. Within 60 days of implementing Coast across its website, the team saw leads that interact with a Coast demo convert to qualified buyers 50% more often than previous funnels. Josh Leviloff has been shocked at how prepared and educated leads are before the first sales call: “I know immediately if it’s a Coast lead. They have already seen real examples of what the APIs can do. On average, I’ve seen my leads that interact with a Coast demo move through the sales funnel 30% faster than those who don’t.” Huge thanks to Kate, Josh, and Kyle Mack. We love working with the Middesk team! https://lnkd.in/enQ8Yeg8

I believe in the power of the startup ecosystem. Utilizing products from fellow startups isn’t just about networking; it’s about leveraging innovative solutions that are often more adaptable to our unique challenges. - Innovation-Focused: Startups operate at the cutting edge, and their products reflect that. They are built to solve problems in new and efficient ways, unlike more traditional solutions. - Cultural Alignment: Startups understand other startups. Their empathy for customer pain points, agility, and customer service excellence align with what we, as startup teams, experience and expect. - Enhanced Support & Flexibility: When you use products from another startup, you benefit from direct access to their teams, often coupled with a willingness to adapt features to suit your needs. - Cost-Effective Scaling: Many startups offer competitive pricing and scalable product options ideal for businesses looking to grow efficiently. At OwnID, we use Mintlify to build our developer docs and Coast for product-branded demos. I also try to get inspiration from other fantastic products like Resend. And the list goes on. What other cool products am I missing? #startups #innovation #collaboration #growth #community

We love partnering with the incredible Whereby team - check out their one-of-a-kind API demo live on their site!

🎉 ANNOUNCEMENT 🎉 I am BEYOND thrilled to be joining Coast, at a very exciting time of growth for the company, as the Head of Strategic Accounts! For those of you that know me, you know this has been a very thoughtful process and pursuit. I’ve loved working this last decade to help scale two great tech companies: first at Built, joining in the early days with <20 employees, and then as VP of Business Development and Chief of Staff at MX during a time of hyper growth. My experience in fintech has shown me that APIs power our entire world. From sending money to a friend, to verifying your identity, or even the promo discount texts you get from your favorite store - APIs are the connective technology powering our digital experiences... But we struggle to convey their value… At API-first companies, it’s heaps of technical documentation, schematic diagrams, stitched together slide decks…. and 100s of hours on a custom demo for a single customer to try to help visualize the final product… And that’s why Coast (trycoast.com) has built the first platform to visualize the invisible for the API economy. Coast powers integrated demos personalized to a prospect and their user case. In just a year, leading software companies like Twilio, Zurich Insurance, SoFi (Galileo), Sardine and countless others have built on Coast to empower their sales, solutions, marketing and product teams. Every company building or selling an API needs Coast. I’ve gotten to know Spencer Levitt & Austin Pager these past few months, and have been consistently impressed by their vision, drive, work ethic, focus, & relentless dedication to do right by the customer. They are founders I believe in, and I am honored to build alongside them during this exciting time for Coast. If you’ve ever been frustrated trying to showcase the power of your API product…email me at kara@trycoast.com