Comments on: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

By: Phil Yanov

Phil Yanov — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 10:44:00 +0000

It's kind of hard to figure out why anyone would use this service more than occasionally.

By: Sean OMalley

Sean OMalley — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 02:25:22 +0000

Congrats Michael and team!

@sample032…If you’re trying to make comparisons Cc:Betty is probably most similar in focus to Google Wave. Google Wave is a tool for group communication and collaboration and Cc:Betty’s ‘Mailspace’ concept focuses on many of the same use cases. Basically, email hasn’t innovated to accommodate these group interactions so it’s a big need to be filled.

By: Yuri Ammosov

Yuri Ammosov — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:06:29 +0000

Pardon me, but just stupid one should be to copy all his private email to some website just because he can?

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:42:46 +0000

“That said, competing with Xobni and Gmail will be a challenge; both are very good at what they do.”

Agreed.

By: Anthony Ha

Anthony Ha — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 02:41:54 +0000

Well for starters, isn't ClearContext just for Outlook?

By: sample032

sample032 — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:53:28 +0000

It seems like a cuter, online version of Xobni, and cuter than “it's inbox spelled backwards” is pretty damn impressive. That said, competing with Xobni and Gmail will be a challenge; both are very good at what they do.

By: Aaron Burcell

Aaron Burcell — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:58:57 +0000

Congrats on the raise fellas — agree with Jason, organizing all of the media, contacts and comms that flow through the inbox is a really big consumer need. Good luck!

By: stoyan

stoyan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 23:12:23 +0000

serious hurdle to adoption by business e-mail users will be user privacy concerns, sarbanes oxley regulations, not to mention that that kind of context analysis is a stone throw away in Outlook, Yahoo mail and Google, who are the three most widely used e-mail services.

Small idea – small future.

By: Rod

Rod — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:27:14 +0000

I use ClearContext and am pretty happy with it. How is this different and better?

By: Jason Spievak

Jason Spievak — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:12:13 +0000

Congratulations to Michael, Ben and the team. You've tackled a real problem, and Cc:Betty actually solves it. Your focus on usability will be the differentiator here. Congrats!