Hotmail

Growth with Alex Schultz (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 6)

Y Combinator

A canonical example of viral marketing, which added a 'Sent from Hotmail' signature to emails, leading to high frequency and conversion rates.

E111: Microsoft to invest $10B in OpenAI, generative AI hype, America's over-classification problem

All-In Podcast

Microsoft's email service mentioned as a source of reinforcement learning data for Microsoft.

Steve Jurvetson Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

An early web-based email service in which Steve Jurvetson was an early investor. It was initially turned down by 21 VCs.

He Built a $1M Business in 12 Months - Every Step Explained (Case Study)

Ali Abdaal

An email service mentioned as an early example of product-led growth through inherent network effects (links in email signatures).

Theranos – Silicon Valley’s Greatest Disaster

ColdFusion

Shay Carl Interview (Full Episode) | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)

Tim Ferriss

Shay Carl's first email account, 'shaycarlhotmail.com', which later inspired his YouTube channel name.

Picking sharp problems, increasing virality, and unique product frameworks | Oji Udezue (Typeform)

Lenny's Podcast

Historically, it had a viral tag at the bottom of emails, but its virality was also driven by being one of the first revolutionary webmail services that solved significant problems for users.

0.4 | Faris Abubaker | TEDxUniversity of Birmingham Dubai

TEDx Talks

An email service mentioned in the context of traditional job searching methods.