The Ledger

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Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mailinator handled up to 300 million daily emails on a single server
“You know, we ran until last November on a single server for 13 years, even when we got three hundred million emails in one day.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 18:30 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Insight
Acquired startup employees struggle without internal hiring champions
“Keep in mind when you come in through an acquisition, nobody hired you. Nobody championed you for this role and that sort of thing. So it is, and you come in as part of a big group of people. So it's a very different you know, situation.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 7:29 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Assertion Supported
Tyma: Mailinator was the first public disposable email service
“As far as I know, it was the first one that sort of did that. A lot of copycats came out later.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 9:22 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Disclosure
Tyma: Refresh had only 200,000 users when acquired by LinkedIn
“You know, it was only a couple 100,000 users at the end of the day.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 3:52 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Disclosure
Tyma: Mailinator has approximately 300 paying QA teams as customers
“About 300 QA teams.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 14:20 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Mailinator receives 45,000 daily visitors and 9 million daily emails
“Keep in mind the free site gets about 45,000 uniques a day. Interestingly, it gets about nine million emails a day which we've seen up to several hundred million emails a day.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 15:52 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Tyma: Mailinator spends just $400 a month on server costs
“Well, like I said, servers, I think are 400 bucks a month.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 18:58 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
Disclosure
Tyma: Mailinator earns several thousand dollars monthly from affiliate links
“So now Mailinator makes a couple thousand dollars it depends a month, just on affiliate revenue.”
Paul Tyma Jun 27, 2017 ▶ 11:31 703: The "Accidental" $10k/mo Side Project
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