Pure Possibility

So here we are then.

I am rob, and I am starting work on a new company. This blog is a companion to that endeavor.

The business idea in a sentence is to add back all of the innovation that has been missing over the last ten years in consumer webmail and make the product relevant for a younger audience. I think these pictures present today’s state of affairs better than any words could.

1998	2008

On the left is Eudora 3.2 released in 1998. On the right is Yahoo Mail, the number one product today in 2008 with almost 50% of the market. Essentially no change in a decade. I think we can do better.

It’s still pre-funding but I’ve made the decision to spend the next several years of my life working on it, so I am getting pulling this place together as a venue for thoughts on the company, the industry the competition and where things are headed.

I expect that this will be one of the more exciting parts of the journey. With so few decisions made, almost all paths are open.

We are at the point of pure possibility.