I can’t believe that it’s already been a year since a 45-minute trip in a rented Chevy Cobalt changed everything. On September 1, 2010, we had 50,000 Boomerang downloads. I had $4000 in the bank, $3000 in credit card bills, and needed to loan the company another $2000. We’d tried and tried again to raise a seed round in Boston, to no avail. Every east coast angel and VC we could reach passed on the deal. We had a shelf life of about...
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Gmail was built by Google, king of the web search, so it’s no surprise that the developers integrated some smart searching functionality. For those of you who aren’t familiar with them already, there are a few tricks that can save you time looking through your inbox—and arthritis from so much scrolling. Even if you already keep organized labels, these tips can help you get there faster and skip the search within...
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We decided it was time to put together a shirt for the team here at Baydin and a few of our special Boomerang users. I started the project as I usually do, with a Google search to get the juices flowing. I was lucky to stumble across an awesome blog post written by Adam Nash from LinkedIn written all about the value of a great company t-shirt for tech startups that was particularly inspiring. Just check out the introduction: The...
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We all know that email is a problem these days. We’ve been wading through our inboxes for years, and the flood of messages shows no signs of drying up any time soon. We are receiving more mail than ever, and spending unreasonable amounts of time on the replies and organization. Over the past decade, numerous companies have sprung up with the intent of developing a solution to make email more manageable. As a result, we now...
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Grab your smartphone, Boomerang Mobile is here! We’ve been working on it for months, and we’re thrilled to be able to bring message scheduling and email reminders to your phone. Boomerang now works on iPads, iPhones, anything Android, BlackBerries, and dozens of other web-enabled phones. The mobile version has all the Boomerang features that you’ve come to rely on in the Desktop version — Scheduled Sending,...
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