Mailplane operates as a fully bootstrapped business with no outside capital
Lars Steiger · EP 504: MailPlaneApp 10,000+ Customers With BetterGmail with CEO Lars Steiger · Dec 10, 2016 · at 6:30
Lars Steiger, founder of desktop Gmail client Mailplane, confirms the company's funding structure to host Nathan Latka.
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“It's all bootstrapped.”
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