{"id":339746,"date":"2017-05-01T23:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techcrunch.com\/?p=1483029"},"modified":"2017-05-01T23:00:43","modified_gmt":"2017-05-01T15:00:43","slug":"mailbox-founder-gentry-underwood-on-productivity-collective-intelligence-and-building-a-100m-email-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/mailbox-founder-gentry-underwood-on-productivity-collective-intelligence-and-building-a-100m-email-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Mailbox founder Gentry Underwood on productivity, collective intelligence and building a $100M email app"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\"><span class=\"embed-youtube c5\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player c4\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"640\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qcYm5mdGWt0?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;autohide=2&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\">[embedded content]<\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gentry?lang=en\">Gentry Underwood<\/a> is the co-founder of Mailbox. In our 12th\u00a0episode, we talk on design being a \u201cwe\u201d vs an \u201cI\u201d issue, how to be your most productive self, and discuss what it took to turn Mailbox into a $100 million acquisition within 30 days of being launched.<\/p>\n<p>Design doesn\u2019t have to be approached as a \u201cwe,\u201d according to Underwood. However, when approached as a \u201cwe\u201d instead of an \u201cI\u201d the results can be much more impactful due to individual limitations. \u201cEach of us look through our own lens\u201d and the more lenses we look through, the better our overall outlook can be.<\/p>\n<p>Mailbox was created from the realization that people used their email as a terribly primitive form of a to-do list. Throughout our interview with Underwood, he explains how conversation and iteration within the team yielded the product we once knew as Mailbox, an email client that promised the most simple path to Inbox Zero.<\/p>\n<p><em><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/erondu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Jared Erondu<\/a> and <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ghoshal\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Bobby Ghoshal<\/a> are the hosts of High Resolution. This post and episode notes were put together by freelance writer,<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gannonburgett\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Gannon Burgett<\/em><\/a><em>. Watch for<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/highresolution.design\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>High Resolution<\/em><\/a> <em>episodes to drop every Monday on TechCrunch at 8 a.m. PT. You can also listen on<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-itunes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>iTunes<\/em><\/a> <em>and<\/em> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/tc-highres-overcastfm\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Overcast<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"680\" height=\"383\" src=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png?w=680\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png?w=680 680w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png?w=150 150w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png?w=300 300w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png?w=768 768w, https:\/\/tctechcrunch2011.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/04\/techcrunchimageep12.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 680px) 100vw, 680px\" \/>&nbsp;Gentry Underwood is the co-founder of Mailbox. In our 12th\u00a0episode, we talk on design being a &#8220;we&#8221; vs an &#8220;I&#8221; issue, how to be your most productive self, and discuss what it took to turn Mailbox into a $100 million acquisition within 30 days of being launched. Design doesn&#8217;t have to be approached as a &#8220;we,&#8221; according to Underwood. However, when&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2017\/05\/01\/mailbox-founder-gentry-underwood-on-productivity-collective-intelligence-and-building-a-100m-email-app\/?ncid=rss\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:2mJPEYqXBVI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=2mJPEYqXBVI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:-BTjWOF_DHI\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:-BTjWOF_DHI\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:D7DqB2pKExk\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?i=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:D7DqB2pKExk\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?a=OWhrhMMkgWI:CeL6NAMn8C0:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/Techcrunch?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/Techcrunch\/~4\/OWhrhMMkgWI\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5817,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[59,66,26],"class_list":["post-339746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technology","tag-media","tag-techcrunch","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5817"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/people.utm.my\/asmawisham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}