Mathilde Collin - https://twitter.com/collinmathilde - is the cofounder and CEO of Front. Front is a shared inbox for teams and they were part of the YC Summer 2014 batch.

You can check out Front at https://frontapp.com/

The YC podcast is hosted by Craig Cannon - https://twitter.com/craigcannon

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Topics

00:00 - Tuomas Grannas asks - What's your favorite LEGO theme?

1:00 - What is Front?

3:25 - Google Inbox shutting down

5:00 - Prioritizing features

7:25 - Features that have increased Front usage

9:25 - What Front looked like at launch

12:20 - Early user acquisition

15:15 - Starting Front and meeting her cofounder

18:45 - The idea for Front

20:00 - When her cofounder was diagnosed with cancer

22:55 - Hardest moments running Front

25:00 - Employee retention

30:30 - Transparency

32:15 - Front's office in France

33:05 - KP asks - What is the one unique insight about the problem you didn’t have at the start but only discovered later after your launch?

35:50 - Did she consider other ideas Front?

37:15- Jordan Jackson asks - Email at least for me - has taken on a different meaning in a life of messaging apps and chat platforms. It is more serious in a way. How do you see email evolving and the ecosystem that encompasses in peoples lives?

39:30 - If she could remove any email feature

40:55 - When did they hit product market fit?

44:40 - Meditation