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Product strategy
Mailchimp added everything, then Intuit stopped counting it
A product that won by doing one job now has its numbers stripped out of its parent's growth rate. The roadmap decision that got it there was made in 2019.
№ 128 · 23 August 2026
Founder stories
Mailchimp sold for $12bn without raising a round
Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius built an email tool as a side project inside their web design agency. Twenty years later Intuit bought it for about $12 billion.
№ 30 · 9 August 2026