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Ben Chestnut

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Co-founder and former CEO of @Mailchimp . Father, husband, designerd, and cyclist 🚴. Empowering underdog entrepreneurs since 2001. 🇺🇸

Atlanta

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Ben Chestnut

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After 21 years as Mailchimp’s Co-founder and CEO, I’m stepping down as CEO and moving into a founder-advisor role. Rania Succar, who leads the QuickBooks Money team, will be Mailchimp’s new CEO. Welcome, Rania, and thanks to Mailchimp’s peeps for two amazing decades as your CEO.

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

The past 17 years were just a warm-up. @Mailchimp has grown beyond email into an always-on marketing platform for small business. It hasn’t always been easy, and there’s hard work ahead. We’ll succeed by staying focused on our customers and creativity.

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6 years

I designed @Mailchimp ’s first Freddie mascot back in 2001. We’ve come a long way since then, growing beyond email to a leading marketing platform for small business. Later today, we’re launching an updated brand and website, designed to tell that story. Here’s a sneak peek!

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3 years

Today marks the beginning of @Mailchimp ’s next chapter of growth and success. We plan to join forces with @Intuit , accelerating our mission to empower small businesses around the world.

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Intuit to acquire Mailchimp - Intuit Blog

Intuit is acquiring Mailchimp, a world-class, global customer engagement and marketing platform for growing small and mid-market businesses.

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@Rainmaker1973 The Rockchain

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4 years

We’re making Election Day a paid holiday for all @Mailchimp employees. Get out and vote!

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

This is where my mother ran her hair salon when I was a kid. I always wanted my mom to open a professional salon, but she never could. I grew up and built @MailChimp to give small businesses powerful marketing tools so they can grow, scale, and make it out of the kitchen.

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6 years

👀 ✉️🐵 💛

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6 years

MailChimp started small, 18 years ago. We’ve never forgotten our roots, and we’re still passionate about empowering the underdog. #SmallBusinessWeek

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

I’ve been trying to find the right words, but silence isn’t an option. Black Lives Matter. I stand with our Black employees, customers, and community in the fight against racism and violence, and I urge us all to do the same.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

Today we're marking a special milestone: @Mailchimp has more than 1,000 employees! We couldn’t have come this far without our customers, so we’re celebrating by giving every employee some of their coolest products. Onward to 10,000!

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

One year ago, @MailChimp made automations free for all users. This year alone more than 1.5M automations have been created, driving new growth and revenue for small businesses across the globe. (1/2)

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As a lifelong Georgian, I’m disappointed that our state is one of the few in the nation without a hate crimes law. Passing HB426 is important to me, it’s important to my employees, and it should be important to every Georgian. It’s the right thing to do, and it’s long overdue.

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

Had a great all hands meeting and Q&A with employees today. Lots of important questions. We talked more about QuickBooks integration down the road, and how every employee will receive a cash transaction bonus from Mailchimp in addition to RSUs granted by Intuit when we close.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

Today at our last all-hands meeting of 2019, we celebrated big wins and @dkurzius announced our annual 401k profit sharing bonus for employees - we’re contributing 19% in addition to our 6% match of total comp! Love being able to recognize and reward our people. 😊

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

I almost forgot what “presidential” sounds like. What amazing speeches by @KamalaHarris and @JoeBiden 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

Today we celebrated our first employee to reach 10 years with @Mailchimp . Liza is our Privacy & Data Protection Manager. She’s known for staying calm under pressure and her infectious laugh. One of my favorite things about her is that she’s never afraid to say no. Congrats, Liza!

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6 years

WOW: @Mailchimp sent over 2 billion emails on Black Friday alone. We're expecting the same kind of volume for Cyber Monday. Our small biz customers are sending more email than ever - and by combining email with our other channels, they're reaching their holiday goals faster.

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

Conference calls all day.

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

We were so lucky to have @ArlanWasHere and her crew from @Backstage_Cap visit our HQ today. The first VC to ever speak at @Mailchimp ! Inspired by their game-changing approach to investment.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

I’m not going to lie, it’s pretty fun to be featured on the NASDAQ screen in Times Square. But don’t worry. Still no plans to go public!

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5 years

Over the last few weeks, we’ve been listening hard to our small business customers to learn how we can support them. Many are closed temporarily and shifting business online. We’re giving $10M in Mailchimp service to customers impacted by COVID-19.

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Mailchimp Announces $10M Price Relief Fund to Support Small Business Customers | Mailchimp

Mailchimp is investing $100M to fuel small business growth in response to the COVID-19 crisis

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

Today marks @Mailchimp ’s 20th anniversary. Here’s a pic of @dkurzius and I (far left) the Friday we got laid off. That whole night, I was focused on Monday and how it would be the start of our web design agency, and eventually Mailchimp. Thanks for all the support.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

Dan and I started @Mailchimp as a second act after we were laid off from our corporate jobs. So excited about this new Mailchimp Presents series.

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In this unscripted series co-produced with @Vice , we follow five people who decided to change everything about their careers and try something new. It’s Second Act—only on Mailchimp Presents. 📺:

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

So cool that Mailchimp made it on the #Cloud100 list again. Any chance you can put "Self(!)" in that "funding" column?

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

What a year. *Launched our marketing platform + websites *Opened our first international office *Recorded biggest Thanksgiving weekend ever *Launched Mailchimp Presents *Helped millions of small businesses grow Thanks to all who made 2019 special. Happy New Year!

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

Our customers have been asking us for years to go beyond email, and we did! Now @Mailchimp is an all-in-one Marketing Platform, with features and packages to help our customers launch and grow their businesses. I wrote about what’s new and what’s next.

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Bringing It All Together: Introducing Our All-in-One Marketing Platform | Mailchimp

Ben Chestnut, Mailchimp’s CEO and co-founder, introduces our all-in-one Marketing Platform and explains how it will help customers market smarter, grow faster, and get the most out of Mailchimp.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

We’re joining other companies in recognizing Juneteenth as an official company holiday at @Mailchimp .

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

We’re thrilled to be featured by @Forbes magazine. We built our business on email, but now we’re ready for Act Two: we’ve launched more channels like landing pages and Postcards, and added CRM functionality. I hope you’re as excited as we are.

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Ben Chestnut and Dan Kurzius have built billion-dollar fortunes by helping save small businesses the old-fashioned way: email #Forbes400

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“You can’t build a successful tech company in Atlanta” 🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩🚩

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Ben Chestnut

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2019 was a transformative year for @Mailchimp . We launched our all-in-one marketing platform while staying true to our core business: Email. I’m so excited to be bringing back our Annual Report. We’ll share more from 2019 soon, but here's a 👀 at a stat I'm especially proud of.

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

We’ve long had a profit sharing program, contributing the max 25% into our employees’ 401Ks annually since 2012. As a private company without plans to sell for many years, we opted for immediate payouts. With this transaction, employees will receive both equity and cash bonuses.

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

I had a great time getting to know @alexrkonrad and telling him about how @Mailchimp has grown beyond email and evolved to serve our customers. My co-founder, Dan, and I invested every dollar back into @Mailchimp because that’s what small businesses do.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

The COVID-19 crisis has left small businesses in a difficult place. Many brick and mortar stores need to move online quickly to stay afloat. We’re here to help by offering custom domains free for 5 years along with our free website builder.

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Mailchimp is Giving Away Free Small Business Domains for 5 Years | Mailchimp

Mailchimp is helping small businesses get online quickly during the COVID‑19 crisis with custom domains free for 5 years along with our free website builder.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

. @repjohnlewis came to @Mailchimp to talk about his graphic novel, March, for Bring Your Child to Work Day in 2016. He was humble, kind, and generous with his time. His joy was infectious. I’m so thankful for that experience, for myself, our team, and their families.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

These problems aren’t new, but they are urgent. As a first step, we’re offering price relief for organizations working to end social injustice in the U.S. If you’re fighting racism and you use @Mailchimp , let us know so we can help. More details to come.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

In addition to the $1.6M we’ve already given in 2020, we’re announcing $500K in new, unrestricted grants to support 5 organizations spearheading COVID-19 response and recovery efforts and addressing immediate needs in the communities @Mailchimp calls home.

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Mailchimp’s Statement on COVID-19 | Mailchimp

Mailchimp is committed to supporting our employees and their families, customers, and the greater community as we all work to navigate the COVID-19 crisis together.

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

And to our Atlanta friends, our HQ is not going anywhere. Mailchimp is proud to be Intuit’s new hub in ATL, and we look forward to continuing to invest in the communities we call home. Exciting things to come!

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

Last week, we announced summer Fridays and a paid week off in July for all @Mailchimp employees. It’s nice to be able to give our people a chance to catch their breath after a tough year.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

Just seconds before video turned on, he looked up at me as if to thank me for my heroic Dad IT work. He lovingly whispered, “Dad?” “Yes, son?” (My heart opening wide to receive his love and admiration) “Can you get out before they see you?” 😳

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

We’re partnering with @collab_capital on an early stage investment fund focused on Black founders. With @Mailchimp being Atlanta-based, this was especially important for us to be a part of. More info here:

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Collab Capital closes $50 million debut fund to back Black founders | TechCrunch

A decade before investing outside of San Francisco and New York became trendy, entrepreneurs Jewel Burks, Justin Dawkins and Barry Givens were betting on

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

With SXSW cancelled, independent artists missed the chance for their work to be seen. So, we built a home for their short films on the Mailchimp Presents platform. I ❤️ that the team found a creative way to empower creatives through #SupportTheShorts .

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Ben Chestnut

8 years

He tells it like it is.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

It’s been a year since @Mailchimp acquired Atlanta @TechStars startup, Sawa, to help us solve one of our users’ biggest roadblocks: content creation. We can’t wait to share more around our content engine later this year.

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We built Mailchimp our way, privately, by staying true to ourselves and remaining laser-focused on small businesses. It’s not the right path for everyone, but I’m proud of our story and how we got to this point. The future is bright for the next wave of entrepreneurs.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

In the early days of Mailchimp, our company culture was born inside the Westside @octanecoffee . When the entire team could still fit inside, it was a second office, a happy hour spot, and where we’d welcome new hires. A special place we’ll miss dearly.

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'A special place for us.' Atlanta entrepreneurs remember Octane Coffee as the 'original startup hub'

Over the course of 17 years, Octane Coffee hosted untold numbers of entrepreneurs as they built new businesses.

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

Now let's BUILD!

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3 years

Moments ago we announced that we plan to bring @Mailchimp into the @Intuit QuickBooks family!! We could not be more excited for @benchestnut and his incredible team to join our mission to fuel the growth and success of small businesses around the world!!

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6 years

It's been a good week: @Mailchimp is one of the Top 50 Best Workplaces for Parents, @dkurzius and I recognized three leaders at Mailchimp with our Founders Award, and we sent another 2B emails on Cyber Monday and more than 1B on Giving Tuesday. Congrats to all.

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Meet Inc.'s 2017 Company of the Year--and the proudly weird, ambitious and patient founders who built it @mariaaspan

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I’ve been listening to @HowIBuiltThis for years and have learned a lot about how to build and grow a business from fellow founders. Thanks for letting me share my story @guyraz .

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NEW EPISODE ALERT! This week, on #HowIBuiltThis , the man behind the winking monkey, Co-Founder of Mailchimp, @benchestnut . 🐵 📧 Listen to how Ben’s once afterthought email marketing project turned into $800 million company. LISTEN NOW:

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4 years

I signed on behalf of @Mailchimp . There’s no place for hate in Georgia. Pass HB426.

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MAC joined 60+ companies across Georgia urging the General Assembly to support, approve and sign into law a comprehensive, specific and clear bill against hate crimes. We stand strong and united against targeted violence and bigotry. #PassHateCrimesGA

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At @Mailchimp , we’re on a mission to empower all small businesses to grow, whether it’s with our marketing software or Mailchimp Presents content. I’m excited to welcome @couriermedia to the family to inspire our customers with more modern entrepreneurial stories.

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News from me: Mailchimp has acquired Courier, the British bimonthly magazine with print and digital media products focused on small business.

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And then there was one 🥲

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SurveyMonkey rebrands as Momentive to fuel its growing enterprise business

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This scholarship meant the world to me. Now I’m glad to share the same opportunity for students from my hometown while honoring my father, Henry. His military career helped inspire my love of technology and industrial design. Thanks for everything, Dad.

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In 1996, @Mailchimp CEO @benchestnut entered his high school science fair & won an #AFCEA scholarship. Now, he's started another AFCEA scholarship in his father's name. "Pretty lucky break for a C student! I'm forever grateful." (Repost: @TechTalkAugusta )

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4 years

Watching the news with my family. Selfish, unhinged leadership has put our democracy at risk. It’s shameful. How do I explain what’s happening to my boys?

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8 years

When you try to take a serious looking photo for the NYT, but you're standing next to @LaurenLCoon 's desk. This is so MailChimp.

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6 years

While we’re reminiscing, I drew this version of our beloved Freddie on a Post-It Note in 2008. It marked a new chapter in Mailchimp’s design story. I’m excited to start another new chapter today.

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5 years

At @Mailchimp , we’re prioritizing the health of our employees, and working on ways to help our customers and community. To start, we’re offering free Standard accounts to eligible groups sending critical, public health information responding to COVID-19.

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Mailchimp’s Statement on COVID-19 | Mailchimp

Mailchimp is committed to supporting our employees and their families, customers, and the greater community as we all work to navigate the COVID-19 crisis together.

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4 years

Exercising your right to vote is something we take seriously at @Mailchimp . Election Day is a paid company holiday, and we’re encouraging our employees to volunteer as poll workers. Is your business #VoteReady ?

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7 years

Looks like Freddie had a cameo in last night's episode of Silicon Valley. But which startup uses @MailChimp ? 🤷‍♀️🐒

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Last week @Mailchimp held our 2019 kickoff party—the theme was "Freddie’s Prom." Teresa and I are high school sweethearts, so the events team took our old prom photo and recreated the background.

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In 2001, @dkurzius and I launched a delightful email tool. We wanted to call it ChimpMail but the domain was taken, so we bought @Mailchimp . Now, we offer domains and websites, so other future world-changing companies can start with Mailchimp, too. 😉

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What’s Next for Mailchimp’s New Website Builder? | Mailchimp

Get your domain, launch your website, and promote it with powerful marketing tools—all without ever leaving Mailchimp.

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4 years

My iPhone’s “memories” feature gives me a chuckle just about every morning. This is 2007, so I’m guessing my wife came home from the night shift at the hospital one morning to find us conked out.

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5 years

Week 1 with my new office mates has gone well. 😊 Hope everyone is staying safe out there.

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We hit a lot of milestones at @Mailchimp in 2019, including 10 employees who celebrated their 10-year anniversaries. On their first day, some of them had to put together their own computer 🙈. Thankfully, a lot has changed since then. Cheers to the next 10!

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Small businesses have created 2 out of every 3 new jobs in the US since 2000. They’re an essential part of what makes our economy function. That’s why it’s so important to shop small and local this #SmallBusinessSaturday , especially if they’re a @Mailchimp customer. 😉

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Proud to call Atlanta home.

How a New Generation of Black Entrepreneurs Built Atlanta's Hot Startup Scene

With Georgia Tech, three black universities, and the $4.2 billion email marketing company Mailchimp, Atlanta has become one of the most dynamic startup cities in the U.S.

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5 years

Mailchimp’s small business customers sent over 2 billion emails and generated over 1 billion dollars in orders on Black Friday! That’s twice our weekday average. On track for a big #CyberMonday today.

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4 years

I want to give a shout-out to our 56 employees who signed up to be poll workers and poll watchers today. Stay safe out there, and thank you. #Vote2020

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Reminder: Mailchimp is closed for Election Day in the U.S. Please allow extra time for responses to support emails, chats, and questions. We’ll see you tomorrow—don’t forget to vote!

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4 years

Mailchimp’s spiffy new website builder is live, with @Stripe payment button and beautiful @Unsplash photography.

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4 years

I am once again asking you to listen hard, change fast.

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4 years

Voting should be safe, accessible, and easy for everyone. SB202 undermines free and fair elections in our home state of Georgia, and will make it harder for people to exercise their right to vote, especially people of color. Georgians deserve better.

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3 years

The Saturday @nytimes crosswords are so hard. At _least_ I got this one…

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5 years

Here's what I shared with our employees this morning.

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6 years

I was honored to accept the @naaap 100 Award this weekend. I dedicated the award to my late mother, a Thai immigrant who taught me so much of what I know about business. Thank you, NAAAP for the recognition and opportunity to honor my Mom.

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4 years

It’s important to us that our employees and neighbors across Georgia have what they need to get out to vote! We’ve already made Election Day a company holiday at @Mailchimp , and today we’re launching a tool to help Georgia voters vote early. #VoteEarly

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Vote early. Vote now. Be heard.

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5 years

Congrats to @tristanwalker , @pauljudge , @JewelMarie and all the founders in this article. I’m thrilled by your success and the impact you’re having in Atlanta. There’s nowhere I’d rather be.

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4 years

I've shared my feelings on this with the whole company. I support our Black employees, and want everyone to know that there's no place for racism and hatred at Mailchimp.

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Last all-hands meeting of 2018! We checked in on our strategic plan, celebrated some big wins, and @dkurzius announced our annual 401k profit sharing for employees. Don’t you just love this time of year?

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Had so much fun on @MastersOfScale talking with @reidhoffman about bootstrapping and scaling @Mailchimp . I also got some great, free advice! (Reid, you should charge your guests.) Listen here:

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Our ecomm customers sold nearly 5 million orders and earned over $500 million through @Mailchimp on Black Friday. That’s 30% more orders and a 35% increase in revenue this year. Can’t wait to see their performance through Cyber Monday!

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Halloween is always one of my favorite times of year at @Mailchimp . Love seeing our employees' kiddos trick-or-treat at the office!

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Added my name to the list. Thank you @LeviStraussCo for your leadership on this issue, and to the other CEOs and founders for speaking up.

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Levi Strauss & Co.

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Together, we can save lives from gun violence. We join 140+ CEOs calling on the U.S. Senate to pass proven, lifesaving gun safety policies like background checks on all gun sales and a strong Red Flag law. #BackgroundChecksNow

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3 years

We’ve got something big in store at @mailchimp today 👀

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4 years

History made. Feeling hopeful.

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Relieved. Inspired. 🇺🇸

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Today is my kids’ first day of school. I’m basically the WFH IT team, switching them from Zoom to Google Meet and back all morning. Hang in there, parents!

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

Walked the Beltline at lunch and snapped these pics of our new HQ - it’s really making good progress!

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

Last week @dkurzius and I accepted an award from @AtlantaMagazine honoring @Mailchimp ’s community action work. Over the past five years, we’ve partnered with more than 140 different groups in Atlanta, and invested more than $6M. We’re just getting started.

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

We're officially part of the @Intuit family and we're ready to get to work! Our goal is to combine @Mailchimp and @QuickBooks to give our users better insights about how to market to their customers so they can grow. This is going to be a game changer.

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Intuit Completes Acquisition of Mailchimp | Mailchimp

Together Intuit and Mailchimp will provide an AI-driven, end-to-end customer growth platform for small and mid-market businesses

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

. @Mailchimp users see 93% higher open rates and 174% higher click rates with automated email. Our new Customer Journey Builder features an updated interface and if/then branching for more flexibility and adaptability. This is just the beginning of our big plans for automations!

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

Excited about what this means for the marketing platform we’re building: Sawa's technology instantly turns brand assets into beautiful designs. Our brand-savvy and busy small business customers will love it. And welcome to Mailchimp, Francis!

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Mailchimp Acquires Techstars Atlanta Startup Sawa

Mailchimp, an email marketing platform for small business based in Atlanta, has acquired local startup Sawa, an automated graphic design platform.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

I’m trying to focus on the camera, and not the screens in Zoom. Asked my kid to paint a creepy 👁️ on the lens flap. He charged me $5 in Robux. Now I can’t stop staring at it.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

Honored to be on the @Forbes #Cloud100 list again (5 years straight!). And we’re the only self-funded company in the top 30.

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Ben Chestnut

5 years

I’m excited to kick off the new year by launching Mailchimp’s 2019 Annual Report, Business Unusual: Mailchimp’s Year in Review. It’s a fun way to share highlights from 2019 with our customers, partners, and community.

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

Anti-Asian racism has been a familiar, ugly refrain throughout much of my life. This year’s spike in violent attacks, and last night’s murder of Asian American women here in Atlanta, is heartbreaking and scary. We must stand together to #StopAsianHate now.

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Ben Chestnut

6 years

Each quarter at an all-hands meeting, we present the Founders Award to people who drive innovation and add value to our culture. What I love about this group is that they all empower others to be independent thinkers. Congrats to Bronda, Dustin, and Jay. You’ve earned it!

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Ben Chestnut

4 years

Lordy Lordy look who’s down to 40!

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Ben Chestnut

3 years

So, so proud of this team and excited for what’s to come. 💛

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Ben Chestnut

9 years

Our creative team collaborated w/local artists to make billboards around ATL less–billboardy: http://t.co/4aG6MYyUlC http://t.co/4c88xHqIo2

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