On: MailChimp: A side project that turned into a $700m/year revenue business

[sschueller]

Save you the click. MailChimp was a web agencie's internal project. It wasn't abandoned, it was just not the focus of their business. The pivoted from an agency to full time launching mailchip.

[superultra → sschueller]

Thanks for mentioning this. Wish I'd read your comment before the article.

This article seems like a for-pay puff piece when it was originally published in December 2020, but the posting here and now when this company is going through a bit of negative PR is a bit suspect.

https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-...

[capableweb → sschueller]

Thanks, absolutely ridiculous that the name of the main subject is not in the title. I already knew the story of MailChimp but this could have been about anything...

[sidpatil → sschueller]

If I recall correctly, Twitter progressed in a similar way—it started as an internal project and eventually grew into the main offering.

[follower → sschueller]

Kinda makes you wonder why that company in particular might want to have a positive story about them in the current news cycle, doesn't it?

[corobo → follower]

No, but I appear to have missed whatever news you're winking and nudging about

[follower → corobo]

For example, this:

https://www.theverge.com/22300931/mailchimp-company-culture-...

(via https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26316847)

And, not so much a "wink & nudge" as a reminder to question why any particular company on any particular topic is getting coverage at any particular time. (And an awareness than many on HN care little about the issue.)

[thedz → follower]

(this was published back in dec)

[boringg → follower]

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