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I remember being fascinated by it as a child.
We’re bootstrapped and have been profitable from day one. We’ve been around for just over 4 years and have about 1500 paying customers.
I’m a massive fan of mailing lists and despite all the other alternatives I think for the right group of people they’re the perfect solution.
* Here comes the shameless plug *
I’m the founder of Gaggle Mail (https://gaggle.email/) which provides dead simple group email. Our customers are as far from the HN crowd as you can get; non-technical, generally elderly but they’re desperate for something simple, with few features that does just what they need - and they’re willing to pay!
There’s a real market for taking what appears as a simple technology to most techies and dumbing it down to make it accessible to a wide and willing market.
I run Gaggle Mail (https://gaggle.email) which does paid group email (free for groups of less than 20).
It’s really aimed at non-technical folk so not really the HN crowd but thought I’d mention it.
I’d never heard of Bill Campbell before, seems like he was a huge influence around Silicon Valley.
Can anyone recommend an alternative?
Does anyone recommend an alternative?
Group Email SaaS
More details here: https://gaggle.email/how-emails-are-addressed-and-sent
I've really enjoyed the experience watching something I have sole responsibility over grow and be appreciated by the people who use it.
I set out to build something I could be proud of and other people would find useful - in those terms it has been successful. And with another year or so of growth it could provide the majority of my income.
I'd be interested to hear what you'd use it for.
I've been very happy with http://materializecss.com/. Really simple to use with some very slick touches.
Disclosure: I'm a dev on this.
Let's just say it's not aged well.
For sure there are loads of alternatives, this hopefully strips it down to the basics. Think a semi-private, shared calendar amoungst friends.