Fierce independence with Philippe-Antoine Lehoux, CEO @ Missive App

Philippe Lehoux

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Updated: May 26th, 2023

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Philippe-Antoine Lehoux and Etienne Lemay co-founded Missive, a business application aimed at teamwork and collaboration via email.
Launched in 2015, the globally recognized collaborative communication application started as a self-funded firm to establish and develop a cloud-based collaborative email platform.
Missive shared team inbox and chat system enables thousands of corporate teams worldwide to interact through email, SMS, WhatsApp, Twitter, and other communication channels. The inbox delivers a collaborative experience for businesses.
Philippe, the company’s CEO, earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration and management from the Université Laval in 2008. He has over 24 years of experience in bootstrapping businesses and was the CEO of many firms before creating this one, including LeanTicket.com, ConferenceBadge.com, and Heliom.
Etienne is Missive’s co-founder and developer. He graduated from Techniques d'intégration Multimédia in 2010. He worked as a web developer at Hatem + D, Medalist, and Djinix. Etienne employs his vast understanding of web technologies to provide a quick and secure HTML/JS experience on Missive.

Key Notes On How They Built Missive

Missive is a fully bootstrapped company.
The two co-founders met at a co-working space.
Before launching Missive, Philippe and Etienne had applied at Y-combinator but failed to secure a slot.
Missive is a $ 2 million ARR business.
Word of Mouth & SEO are some of their effective marketing strategies.
They currently have 2000+ companies using their product.
The focus has been creating a centralized communication platform.