RSS2011 was a big year for Jama. In addition to record revenue growth this year, we pulled off the largest Q4 ever. It’s exciting to see the growing number of companies adopting Contour to help them execute on their projects. I’m proud of our team for accomplishing this growth profitably and without the need for outside investment – we’ve never been stronger as a company and this gives us great momentum headed into 2012. I wanted to reflect and share some of the highlights of last year.
Jama’s growth and success in 2011 will enable us to make major investments this year in Contour. We have been ramping up the product and engineering team in preparation and they will be making some exciting and significant announcements throughout the year with regards to new product releases starting in just a few weeks.
2011 brought a number of awards and recognitions that helped energize and reinforce we’re on the right path:
- #20 fastest growing private software company in the US – Inc 500
- #52 most promising company of 2011 – Forbes
- #4 fastest growing private company in Oregon – Portland Business Journal
- Finalist for the Rising Star Company of the year – Oregon Tech Awards
- Finalist for the OEN Working Capital Stage company of the year – OEN Awards
- Top 5 Enterprise Startup to Watch in 2011 – ReadWriteWeb
This summer the Myhre Group architects and R&H Construction designed and built an amazing new office for the expanding Jama team. We moved in November and are filling up the office quickly.
Jama culture was alive and well in 2011 with signature Jama micro-brews, “Movember Wheat” and “Early Beer’d,” from our in-house brew-masters, we held kids art night, a mustache competition, a day at the ropes course, mystery bike tour, photo-booth and more. We worked hard but also enjoyed the journey.
Another chart that’s up and to the right is our loans at Kiva (http://www.kiva.org/lender/jamasoftware). We’ve been making donations in the form of micro-loans to entrepreneurs in Africa and other developing regions since March of 2008.
We have big plans for 2012 across the company and I look forward to sharing these and they unfold in the coming months. If you are in the Portland area, we are holding an open house on February 2nd, so please stop by and say hi.
