The Top Entrepreneurs In Money, Marketing, Business And Life

Lars Steiger, the co-founder of Mailplane. Nathan found Lars when he was searching in the Gmail space. Listen as Lars shares how he ended up managing Mailplane solo and the reason why he would never sell is company. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – N/A What CEO do you follow? –  Jason Fried Favorite online tool? — Basecamp Do you get 8 hours of sleep?— Yes If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “Stay calm”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 01:38 – Nathan introduces Lars to the show 02:05 – Mailplane started as GmailSender in 2006, which was then an iPhoto plugin 02:28 – Mailplane was founded by Ruben, Lars joined in 2007 02:53 – Lars has an equity now with Mailplane 03:15 – Customers are more important for Mailplane 03:33 – Mailplane has an average of 10,000 customers 03:52 – Mailplane offers a 15 day free trial 04:17 – 5,000 users a month try the free trial 04:40 – Mailplane relies mostly on organic traffic 05:00 – Mailplane is a one-time purchase business model 05:30 – 10