James Siminoff

CEO and Chief Inventor, Ring

Jamie is currently the CEO and Chief Inventor of Ring. He is also the Founder and CEO of the design laboratory, EdisonJr. Previously, Jamie was the Co-Founder and CEO of Unsubscribe, Inc. Unsubscribe.com is a technology platform to stop unwanted e-mail at the source. Before that, Jamie founded PhoneTag, the first voicemail to text service in the U.S., which was acquired by Ditech Networks (Nasdaq:DITC) in 2009. Prior to PhoneTag, Jamie founded and is still an active advisor to NobelBiz, a provider of telecommunications services to contact centers. Jamie has received numerous awards for his entrepreneurial accomplishments including being recognized as one of New York’s top six entrepreneurs by Crain’s Magazine (2007) and Laptop Magazine’s top ten mobile mavericks. Jamie holds a bachelor’s degree in entrepreneurship from Babson College in Wellesley, MA and went to Harvard Business School in Cambridge, MA where he bought a t-shirt that he still wears today.

Articles by James Siminoff

How Shaun Merritt Vibe-Coded Karrot.ai As A Solo Builder

I recently had the opportunity to chat with Shaun Merritt, cofounder and CTO of Karrot.ai, a LinkedIn ABM tool. Shaun was kind enough to share a comprehensive breakdown of how...

7 Steps to Build a Product That Sells Itself

Learn the 7 steps to product-led growth (PLG) to build a product that sells itself. Drive activation, boost conversions, and scale efficiently with Wes Bush from ProductLed....

The Founder’s Mental Health Playbook: What I Learned After Nearly Burning Out

A hard-won guide to staying mentally healthy while building a startup I founded Stitcher, the podcast platform, in 2007 and ran it for seven years until we sold in 2014....

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) for Early Stage Companies

In our latest session from the Mucker Growth Series featuring Ethan Smith from Graphite, we explored AEO, a significant new approach for optimizing visibility in AI-driven search, particularly relevant as...

Startup Guide to AI Visibility: Be the Brand ChatGPT Recommends

Introduction Today, users aren’t just searching on Google. They’re asking ChatGPT, Claude, Google’s Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI systems for advice. AI visibility is the new frontier of brand awareness....

Practical Uses of AI & Automation for Startup Operations

In a recent Mucker Growth Series session, we invited Rock Vitale, Founder & CEO of Easie, to share how he’s helped early-stage teams move from manual, fragmented workflows to streamlined,...