EmailOctopus

On Creating An Email Marketing Tool With 10,000 Customers

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Thomas Evans

Founder, EmailOctopus

$250K

revenue/mo

Founders

Employees

EmailOctopus

emailoctopus.com

from London

started February 2014

$250,000

revenue/mo

Founders

Employees

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Want more updates on EmailOctopus? Check out these stories:

Hi! I’m Jonathan Bull, CEO, and co-founder of EmailOctopus.

We’re a platform that makes email marketing easier and more affordable for everyone. Lots of people use us, from artists to nonprofits to large corporations.

My brother and I started the business as a side project alongside our day’s jobs in 2014. Since then we’ve grown to a team of eight based in the UK, Canada, and Poland. We’re serving around 10,000 customers who’ve sent more than 12 billion emails.

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What's your backstory and how did you come up with the idea?

I’ve been obsessed with computers and programming for as long as I remember. When I was around ten I started building websites, and then I launched my first business when I was around fourteen. Entrepreneurialism runs in the family – my brother Gareth and I were always setting up little side projects and finding ways to make money when we were...

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