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EP 40 - How Paul Buchheit Revolutionized Email with Gmail

Apr 01, 20231 hr 8 minEp 40Transcript available on Metacast
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Episode description

0:00 Intro to Paul Buccheit

8:14 History of different emails

13:03 Building in public, 100 happy users

19:43 Gmail, over the years

27:35 Platforms built on open APIs

33:00 Iterate internally, User Experience

36:00 Advice for founders and startups, YC culture

50:00 Founders: Keep trying! Learn from failures

53:00 The state of Artificial Intelligence

1:00:00 I am nothing - identity, imposter syndrome, ego

 

Paul Buchheit is a computer engineer and entrepreneur who is best known as the creator of Gmail. He worked at a number of Silicon Valley companies, including Intel and Compaq, before joining Google in 1999. At Google, he played a key role in the development of a number of products, including AdSense and Google's search infrastructure.