Big fan of email-first startups, which is how Product Hunt actually began. We should do a collection of startups that began as a simple email list. Off the top of my head, it would include AngelList, Sunrise, iDoneThis, Craiglist, and Timehop.
Ben Scofield@bscofield · Developer, founder of @moodprintapp
@rrhoover Absolutely! Email is massively underappreciated (my guess would be because it's omnipresent -- it's like water or air at this point, which we only really notice when it's messed up). Using email, especially for an MVP, is a great option.
Chad Fowler@chadfowler · GM, Wunderlist; Venture Partner BlueYard
@rrhoover that would be a cool collection. I forgot that a couple of these were email-first. Pretty inspiring.
People (myself included) tend to forget how pervasive email still is as the killer app of the internet.
