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Re: Building the next Xobni

Matt Brezina — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 20:20:14 -0000

Very thoughtful post. I appreciate the time you put into your analysis. I'm also happy to have you as a Xobni user.

Best,

Matt Brezina

Co-founder, Xobni

Re: Xobni

Matt Brezina — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:48:16 -0000

Fred,

Thanks for the very kind post. The response has been truly amazing. Just to clarify, we did a 12 hour early beta period yesterday for people following TechCrunch40 conference. We are now in invite-only beta. We have a very small team and we need to limit the install base to handle feedback and still have time to iterate on the product. We will be rolling out more invites soon. If you are interested, sign-up at www.xobni.com/download

Cheers,
Matt
Xobni Founder

Re: Twitter and Posterous

Matt Brezina — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 14:01:51 -0000

I love posterous. Funny, that you didn't submit this blog post via posterous tho.

Twitter is amazing for real time search - it is a great way to find out what people are thinking about you product. Or to find out why there are helicopters flying over LA. I hope twitter doesn't die, because i love consuming the content through search, but as a content creator on twitter, i feel kind of blah about it.

Re: Want some of that Skype cash? Call Atomico

Matt Brezina — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 21:06:03 -0000

That is a pretty fantastic group to be involved with. Niklas has been very helpful to us, and Mattias has been very accessible despite being a continent and an ocean away from San Francisco. Atomico is doing good things.

Matt
co-founder, Xobni

Re: James Siminoff

Matt Brezina — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:07:47 -0000

Jamie,

I would go crazy if I couldn't take my Yamaha FZ6 up highway 1 at least once a weekend. Entrepreneurs are natural risk takers, but additionally for me the focus required to take a windy road at 65 mph, avoid potholes and always be ready for a cager that doesn't see you, forces me to forget about my startup for a while and focus on not killing myself. Riding is one of the only ways I've found to truly unwind. This past weekend I rode 750 miles to santa barbara and back in 36 hours.

Re: Where Are My Email Analytics? | Charles Hudson's Weblog

Matt Brezina — Wed, 08 Aug 2007 03:02:19 -0000

Hi Charles,

Thanks for checking out what we are doing at Xobni. I'm looking forward to taking the lid off the whole application very soon.

We'll give you your analytics and hopefully a lot of other things you will find useful.

Looking forward to hearing your feedback.

Re: Buxfer is giving Mint, other personal finance sites, a run for their money

Matt Brezina — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 19:08:24 -0000

The Buxfer guys are wicked smart and hard working. I like their product because it allows me to do one simple thing very well. It allows me and my roommate to split up our bills.

Re: Justin.tv integrates with Twitter, Facebook, MySpace

Matt Brezina — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 13:12:17 -0000

This is a really smart move by the Justin.tv folks. Now we're all going to start seeing the most interesting content on Justin.tv right as it happens thanks to our Facebook and Twitter networks. Somebody capturing a robbery live? I'll know about it. Sweet!

Re: 12seconds crowd-sources commercials for a business model on top of Twitter

Matt Brezina — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:39:33 -0000

To me, this feels very much like Hulu's model, which I think is a great one. Show short commercials interlaced with great content optimized for an ADD world. We're excited that Xobni is part of 12seconds.tv's success.

Matt Brezina
Founder, Xobni

Re: Microsoft says Google tool breaks Outlook

Matt Brezina — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 15:29:42 -0000

You should really try Xobni again Haggie. Xobni launched their first product quickly, before all the bugs were fixed - it was in beta until only 4 months ago, so it is understandable that there were some issues. However, the new version is incredibly fast, and it is easily the best way to search outlook

Re: What’s next: a Mint for your physical location?

Matt Brezina — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:53:20 -0000

Hey Mark - this implicit web stuff gets me so excited. That is one of the reasons I was really excited to bring Josh on as an investor in Xobni - he really gets it. At Xobni we have so many more plans for that data exhaust in email - can you imagine what your email client knows about your purchase history (all of your receipts go there) or your travel history (all of your flight confirmations go there)? It is nuts.

I think you've nailed it when you say location is next. I think a lot of people have been calling that web 3.0

I just installed CitySense on my iphone to see what they are doing with location data. They'll tell you what area of your city has the most activity (based on active cell phones) and what areas are "hotter" than normal. I'm hoping to find out about all kinds of events and gatherings I otherwise would never have known about.

very cool stuff. good article.

Re: Meebo launches toolbar ads today, ramping up revenue

Matt Brezina — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:55:17 -0000

would love to know what the going rates are for these ads. I guess i'll just have to head over to meebo and find out.

thanks eric.

Re: A Crash Course In Startup Assumptions and Lessons Learned

Matt Brezina — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 14:38:42 -0000

Ben,

I'm glad you found our post helpful. I fought some of these changes, like hiring an office manager, because I thought, "I can do it myself, I'll just work harder." I've learned it is more productive to work smarter instead.

speak soon,
Matt

Re: What’s your viral loop? Understanding the engine of adoption

Matt Brezina — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 15:57:34 -0000

Good stuff Andrew. You mentioned Tagged.com's funnel - I got "tricked" into registering for YouNoodle the same way. I just wanted to see why people were talking about me. After I was in the site I immediately sent out an email to a couple investor dudes and said, "keep an eye on this one."

Re: http://adam.blog.heroku.com/past/2008/3/26/y_combinator/

Matt Brezina — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 15:25:04 -0000

Adam, this is a really well written post. Who'd a thunk you could write killer software and killer prose.

At this point (2 years after starting a YC funded company) I can easily say that the YC network is the most valuable thing I've gained from the experience. And, I'm not talking about all the angels, VCs, and other valley dwellers, i'm talking about the other YC founders. It is so fantastic to have a group of smart entrepreneurs surrounding you as we each run this marathon.

Re: Take back your Inbox!

Matt Brezina — Mon, 02 Jul 2007 18:57:05 -0000

Ashish,

I'm glad our work at Xobni inspired you and your friends to discuss fixing email over dinner. You've come up with a really great list of features. We've thought about a lot of these same ideas. We are really looking forward to showing you and the rest of the web what we have spent the last 14 months developing.

btw, you should update your about page. I had to use the whois to find out who you are!

Best,
Matt

www.xobni.com

Re: 12omercials: 12 Second Video for Brands

Matt Brezina — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 13:37:25 -0000

Very excited to be a part of 12seconds.tv's success. Web video is still such an unsaturated and exciting marketing channel.

Matt Brezina
Founder, Xobni

Re: Foundry Group, Allen's Vulcan inject $6.75 million into Gist

Matt Brezina — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:22:00 -0000

Thanks for mentioning Xobni John. Anyone can download Xobni for free at http://www.xobni.com and see why employees within 80% of the Fortune 500 are using Xobni to search email and manage email relationships inside Outlook. We agree there is a huge opportunity emerging between email, CRM, and social networks, which has led us to partner with companies like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Hoovers to give users valuable information about their contacts exactly when and where they need it. It will be exciting to see the advances that come from this huge space at the intersection of email, CRM and the social web.

Matt Brezina
Co-founder, Xobni