Mathilde Collin – https://twitter.com/collinmathilde – is the cofounder and CEO of Front. Front is a shared inbox for teams and they were part of the YC Summer 2014 batch.
You can check out Front at https://frontapp.com/
The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon – https://twitter.com/craigcannon
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Topics
00:00 – Tuomas Grannas asks – What’s your favorite LEGO theme?
1:00 – What is Front?
3:25 – Google Inbox shutting down
5:00 – Prioritizing features
7:25 – Features that have increased Front usage
9:25 – What Front looked like at launch
12:20 – Early user acquisition
15:15 – Starting Front and meeting her cofounder
18:45 – The idea for Front
20:00 – When her cofounder was diagnosed with cancer
22:55 – Hardest moments running Front
25:00 – Employee retention
30:30 – Transparency
32:15 – Front’s office in France
33:05 – KP asks – What is the one unique insight about the problem you didn’t have at the start but only discovered later after your launch?
35:50 – Did she consider other ideas Front?
37:15- Jordan Jackson asks – Email at least for me – has taken on a different meaning in a life of messaging apps and chat platforms. It is more serious in a way. How do you see email evolving and the ecosystem that encompasses in peoples lives?
39:30 – If she could remove any email feature
40:55 – When did they hit product market fit?
44:40 – Meditation