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👤 Chris Brisson (Ran Call Loop (SMS) for 5 years and built a 36K email list, then relaunched all that audience and know-how as Salesmsg.)🌐 siteLinkedIn
In 2015 he shut Call Loop down, then relaunched its 36K audience and SMS expertise into two-way texting for HubSpot.
Will it work? · our read
Distribution won. He didn't win on a new idea — business texting was crowded. He won because he already had the audience and years of SMS know-how from Call Loop, and he took no outside money.
01How the money moves
Business signs up to text customers two-way
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Monthly plan $25-$249 plus message credits
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Recurring SaaS revenue
02The numbers
$10M+Statedrevenue, founder-stated
Jul 2025
Revenue and team are the founder's public numbers (Jul 2025). The 36K was his Call Loop email list from 2015 — the audience he relaunched to. Practical Founders
Over $10M revenue, 65 on the team, and no outside investors.
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Practical Founders #153 — Chris Brisson states over $10M revenue, 65 staff, and no outside investors (Jul 2025).Salesmsg About — origin from Call Loop; claims one of Florida's Fastest Growing Companies.Salesmsg pricing — plans from $25 to $249/mo plus message credits.Salesmsg on LinkedIn — founded 2017, Delray Beach FL, 51-200 employees.
Revenue is STATED, not filed: Chris Brisson's public figure of 'exceeding $10 million in revenue with 65 employees,' printed on the Practical Founders episode page (Jul 17, 2025) — first-party, unaudited. The same page confirms the company is 'independent and has no outside investors' (bootstrapped). Founded 2017 per its LinkedIn company page (Delray Beach, FL). The 'Florida's Fastest Growing Companies' recognition is the company's own claim on its About page; I could not open a specific ranking list to pin the exact year. The 36K figure is Chris's 2015 Call Loop email list, not a current Salesmsg metric — included to show the distribution head start. Rival prices are from each vendor's live pricing page (SimpleTexting $39/mo+, referencing sister product Sinch Engage; EZ Texting $20-3,000/mo); Twilio is usage/API-priced and public. Rival bar weights are our rough read of reach, not revenue. No SEC or Companies House filing exists for this private US company, so no FILED grade is possible. We never score you.