Gunderson: Over 300 million people interact with Mapbox maps monthly
“So we're touching over three hundred million people a month right now, or better said, three hundred million people a month are touching our maps.”
Wintroub: Mapbox is the world's only independent mapping platform
“I mean, you all, you have the only independent mapping platform in the world.”
Gunderson: Only three full global mapping datasets exist worldwide
“There are three full global data sets in the world.”
Gunderson: Mapbox took no outside funding between 2008 and 2013
“Literally I bought Mapbox and the domain name in 2008, and we didn't take any outside funding until 2014, 20 13.”
Gunderson: Mapbox is the default location platform like Stripe for payments
“When a developer goes out and is gonna build something, they're gonna go get a cloud provider, like, Amazon, or if you're going to use Payments, you might use Stripe, or if you're going to use Notifications, Twilio. But if you're going to use Locations, you're…”
Gunderson: Consulting keeps founders close enough to customers to build products
“The good news about consulting is you stay close enough to your customer, so you really know what's needed.”
Gunderson: Mapbox grew to 35 people profitably before raising venture capital
“We grew it to 35 people profitably.”
Gunderson: Mapbox prioritized cash reserves over higher valuations
“And I've, what I always did was I optimized to have cash on hand. I didn't try to optimize valuation.”
Gunderson: Mapbox uses Snapchat data to improve car navigation
“The reality is we, ah, we power better turn-by-turn directions for car companies. Because of Snapchat.”