MobileStorm

In 1998, at the age of 19, Reitzin dropped out of college to start a record label called Katalyst Music Group.^[4][5] Within Katalyst, Reitzin started a technology division where they built websites for larger labels.^[4] Early in the company’s founding, Jonathan Schreiber, an advisor, inspired Reitzin's interest in mobile technology.^[6]

mobileStorm officially launched in 1999 and incorporated in August 2000.^[7] They raised $40,000 initially from friends and family and were entirely self-funded.^[5]

In 2007, mobileStorm announced an angel round of funding with eonBusiness and opened additional offices in San Francisco and Orange County.^[2][8][9] The San Francisco branch will focus on new accounts, sales, and customer service.^[2][10] In 2008, mobileStorm was named the email service provider of FreemantleEnterprises, which manages shows like American Idol and The Price Is Right.^[11] mobileStorm’s former products include Stun!, which allowed small to medium-sized businesses to build a database of customers and market to them via text messaging, email, voice and fax, and Bolt, a hosted service designed for large enterprises that deployed marketing, customer service, and transactional messaging programs.^[4][7] The two platforms are currently integrated into "mobileStorm for Marketing."