Maelchimp was the first advertiser with serial. Cerial is what i consider to be the creator of pod castings renaissance over the last five years. This advertisement became notorious because the person who did the adred mispronounced mal chimp as mail kimp. It ended up getting a ton of press on late night t v shows. And chip ended up literally registering mail kimp dot com to re direct to mael chimp dot com.
Mailchimp recently sold for $12 billion to Intuit, the small business powerhouse that owns Quickbooks, Turbotax, Credit Karma, and Mint. This deal is the largest ever acquisition of a privately-held bootstrapped business. In this episode, I walk you through the history of the company and lessons we can all learn from its meteoric rise.
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