In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius built Mailchimp as a side project inside their Atlanta web-design agency and took no outside funding; 20 years later Intuit acquired the company for about $12 billion
- Pic: Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius/MailchimpMailchimp began not as a billion-dollar startup with venture backing, but as a practical tool created inside a struggling Atlanta web-design agency.
- In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius built the email-marketing service to help small-business clients stay in touch with their customers.
- Twenty years later, that side project had become one of the most recognisable software brands in the world and was acquired by Intuit for approximately $12 billion.
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- Pic: Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius/MailchimpMailchimp began not as a billion-dollar startup with venture backing, but as a practical tool created inside a struggling Atlanta web-design agency.
- In 2001, Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius built the email-marketing service to help small-business clients stay in touch with their customers.
- Twenty years later, that side project had become one of the most recognisable software brands in the world and was acquired by Intuit for approximately $12 billion.
Sources: Times of India