Mathilde Collin on Feature Prioritization and Employee Retention at Front
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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
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Chapters (19)
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
35:50
Did she consider other ideas Front?
39:30
If she could remove any email feature
40:55
When did they hit product market fit?
44:40
Meditation
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