🏍️ @canaryride serves 3,000 riders/year—and replies to every inquiry in the rider's own language. Missive's AI sharpens the reply. A human still hits send. That's how they turn email into bookings.
missiveapp.com/customers/can…
Right-click any attachment to copy it. Set a default meeting length. Go emoji-only for your status 🌴 Smarter AI model selection for rules, CommonMark markdown in comments, and 12 bug fixes. See everything: missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
Weekly Accounting scaled from 80 to 200 clients—by giving every CFO their own Missive team inbox. Clients notice nothing. The team gains full visibility. 🧩
Full story: missiveapp.com/customers/wee…
Calendar events now load instantly when you reopen Missive. Rules can be duplicated across orgs in one click. MCP integrations load on demand instead of all at once. Plus 15 bug fixes. missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
Two big ones in our latest Missive update: search now jumps directly to matching messages (no more thread-hunting), and the AI assistant can manage labels and calendar events for you. 🔍 missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
New in Missive: AI Credits (no external API setup needed), drag-to-move calendar events, time series charts in Analytics, and right-click context menus on tasks and attachments. 🎉 All paid orgs get $5 free credit to try it out. missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
Ever lost an attachment in a massive thread? Our latest update lets you jump straight to the message it came from. Also new: Todoist MCP integration, AI tool call details, Gmail/Outlook auto-reconnect, and more. missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
Missive just got an Activity feed. 🎉 See your mentions, reactions & reminders in one place—jump straight to that moment in any conversation. Plus AI inbox analysis, ClickUp integration, and faster AI search. missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
11 email accounts. 1 inbox. 🙌 @freedomjdoran of @ITS22IMPACT cycled through Apple Mail, Gmail, Superhuman, and more—nothing stuck until Missive.
"Overall the design and functionality is way better than everything else." missiveapp.com/customers/22-…
Missive AI now connects to your other tools via MCP 🔌
Ask it to fetch churned Stripe customers, create Linear issues, or search Notion, straight from your inbox.
Plus smarter AI, translation memory, and more. missiveapp.com/changelog/11-…
@Missiveapp grew to $1M ARR by harnessing the buzz of VC-funded competitors with smart ‘Alternative To’ pages.
@plehoux chats with @robwalling about how they bootstrapped their horizontal SaaS to over $8M ARR.
Listen to ep 806 👇 startupsfortherestofus.com/e…
My conversation with @plehoux, the CEO of @missiveapp.
Missive is a shared inbox & team chat solution used by thousands of businesses worldwide and is doing $7M ARR completely bootstrapped.
Timestamps
02:45 - Bootstrapping
07:39 - Customer-First Approach
09:58 - Scaling and Remote Work
12:19 - AI in Productivity
14:57 - Innovating Email
17:35 - Collaboration vs. Noise
20:03 - Selling ConferenceBadge to Tiny/@awilkinson
22:17 - Zero to One: Building from Scratch
24:35 - Founder Growth: Learning to Delegate
27:06 - Scaling Strategies
29:25 - The Email Landscape: Trends and Challenges
31:55 - Product Development: Balancing Feedback and Intuition
34:15 - Global Reach: Navigating Different Markets
36:59 - Sustaining Motivation: The Long Haul
39:01 - Pricing Strategy: Balancing Value and Affordability