Polymail

includes Polymail Pro

10 statements across 3 episodes · 2 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Nov 16, 2016 by Brandon Foo · said 53 times in 9 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Nov 16, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Foo: Polymail has reached over 150,000 total downloads and signups
“We're probably at over a 150,000. We've had a lot of people who signed up for our beta early on, so we grew a pretty large list of users from there.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 8:11 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016 negative
Insight
Brandon Foo: Gmail web interface with plugins creates a slow, cumbersome experience
“What we found is that, you know, a lot of people are unsatisfied with the Gmail web interface, you know, having to install multiple web plugins that results in a very cumbersome experience that slows down the browser, and then none of those features, you know,…”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 3:34 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Foo: Polymail has just over 20,000 daily active users
“So we're at just over 20,000 daily active users right now.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 8:01 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Foo: Employees at Dropbox, Twitter, and Airbnb independently adopted Polymail
“We have multiple users at Dropbox, Twitter, Airbnb where a lot of the users there have just adopted the product on their own.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 13:24 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016 positive
Assertion Supported
Foo: Polymail became the third most upvoted product on Product Hunt
“We launched sort of an early Mac prototype on Product Hunt in December of last year, and that actually ended up becoming the number three most upvoted product of all time on Product Hunt in one Mac after the year.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 4:59 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Polymail operates with a lean team of about five people
“So we're still a pretty small team, actually. It's just about five of us. So three co-founders and a couple of employees.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 9:23 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Nov 16, 2016 neutral
Disclosure
Polymail has raised around $1 million total, including YC funding
“We have raised just around a million dollars including YC's investment.”
Brandon Foo Nov 16, 2016 ▶ 8:54 EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo
Jan 6, 2017 neutral
Insight
Babin: Email winners will offer convenience over the best product
“I guess not the best one, but the one who will penetrate the market with the most convenient way for the user, for the customer, because what we experienced is that when we started targeting customers specifically corporate customers, we saw that they just don…”
Alex Babin Jan 6, 2017 ▶ 5:19 EP 531: $5m Note Cap Pre-Revenue? How? With ZeroApp CEO Alex Babin
Mar 2, 2023 neutral
Disclosure
Foo: Polymail sold in a small exit to an early investor
“Ultimately we sold it to one of our investors. So again, it was a very small exit.”
Brandon Foo Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 2:15 Paragon Grew from $1m to $3m ARR Last 12 Months to Help you Connect To your customers apps faster
Mar 2, 2023 bearish
Opinion
Foo: Email software lacked venture-scale growth potential despite strong adoption
“We had tens of thousands of active users but the email space is tough. And I think, you know, it wasn't necessarily something that had the potential to grow into a venture scale business.”
Brandon Foo Mar 2, 2023 ▶ 3:04 Paragon Grew from $1m to $3m ARR Last 12 Months to Help you Connect To your customers apps faster
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