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What differentiates Outbox from https://www.earthclassmail.com/ https://www.earthclassmail.com/ or http://www.virtualpostmail.com/ http://www.virtualpostmail.co
by gaahrdner 13y ago
What differentiates Outbox from https://www.earthclassmail.com/ https://www.earthclassmail.com/ or http://www.virtualpostmail.com/ http://www.virtualpostmail.com/ (besides the price) that warrants a $5 million series A round?
- rolandm 13y agoEarth class mail had exactly the same idea 2004 and got 21.4M funding [1]. A documentary from 2008 about them: http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies http://www.hulu.com/start-up-junkies . They later fired the founder and changed from B2C to B2B [2]: “As many a tech startup has discovered, though, a great idea doesn't always make a good business. Digitizing all that paper proved hugely expensive, and Earth Class Mail couldn't make its business pay.” [1] http://www.crunchbase.com/company/earthclassmail http://www.crunchbase.com/company/earthclassmail [2] http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/earth_class_mail_attempts_rebo.html http://blog.oregonlive.com/siliconforest/2011/01/earth_class...