An Interview with Mark Fletcher, Founder of Bloglines and ONEList — TechDrawl

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Joel bookmarked on 2009-07-11 Entrepreneurship Startups lesson

The most interesting part of the interview was when Mark described how his first startup took off very quickly, once he arrived at a solid concept. Mark created ONEList and it took off overnight because it solved a fundamental pain many people were experiencing. Making mailing lists at the time was a painful process, and ONEList made it easy. Bloglines was another good idea because it solved a problem Mark personally was experiencing, how to keep up with the many blogs he read. Furthermore, Mark leveraged the marketing and PR relationships he had built at ONEList to get press for Bloglines which spurred their growth.

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11 Jul 09

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Entrepreneurship Startups lesson
- The most interesting part of the interview was when Mark described how his first startup took off very quickly, once he arrived at a solid concept. Mark created ONEList and it took off overnight because it solved a fundamental pain many people were experiencing. Making mailing lists at the time was a painful process, and ONEList made it easy. Bloglines was another good idea because it solved a problem Mark personally was experiencing, how to keep up with the many blogs he read. Furthermore, Mark leveraged the marketing and PR relationships he had built at ONEList to get press for Bloglines which spurred their growth.