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Brandon Foo

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
109 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

Absolutely.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So Polymail is a super powerful email client designed for business users.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So you can think of it as the ultimate email productivity platform for work.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

With one app, you get everything from message tracking that tells you when people have read your emails, follow-up reminders, contact enrichment, calendar integration, a bunch of really powerful features in one seamless interface across desktop and on mobile.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So we have an app on Mac and we have an app on iOS.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

You download that and that's the only app that you'll need for email.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So in addition to being a full email client, we give you all the features.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

You know, I mentioned that previously you would have to install multiple Gmail web plugins.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

We provide all those features like message tracking, contact enrichments.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

follow up reminders directly from our native interface.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

Thank you.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So in order to use Polymail, you actually keep using your Gmail accounts or your Outlook account.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

You just plug that into Polymail and we actually support multiple accounts.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So if you have multiple work accounts, personal account, you can plug them all into Polymail and you can get going like that.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

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.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

And then none of those features really translate over to mobile, even if you've installed them all onto your desktop and your web browser.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

So we found that people were really looking for a much better sort of product experience to help them manage their email, and we were able to build that and deliver it with Polymail.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

Yeah, well, there definitely have been challenges along the way.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

And you're right, email is a very ingrained kind of behavior.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
EP 480: YC Backed Polymail Raises $1M, hits 20k Users with CEO Brandon Foo

And so for our users, you know, a lot of them see the value prop they offer.

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