About this episode
Mathilde Collin 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 . *** Topics 00:25 - Tuomas Grannas asks - What's your favorite LEGO theme? 1:25 - What is Front? 3:50 - Google Inbox shutting down 5:25 - Prioritizing features 7:50 - Features that have increased Front usage 9:50 - What Front looked like at launch 12:45 - Early user acquisition 15:40 - Starting Front and meeting her cofounder 19:10 - The idea for Front 20:25 - When her cofounder was diagnosed with cancer 23:20 - Hardest moments running Front 25:25 - Employee retention 30:55 - Transparency 32:40 - Front's office in France 33:30 - 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? 36:15 - Did she consider other ideas Front? 37:40- 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? 39:55 - If she could remove any email feature 41:20 - When did they hit product market fit? 45:05 - Meditation