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Boomerang Mobile is Here!

Boomerang Mobile is Here!

Alex Moore August 9, 2011 3

Grab your smartphone, Boomerang Mobile is here! We’ve been working on it for months, and we’re thrilled to be able to bring message scheduling and email reminders to your phone. Boomerang now works on

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How to follow up with everyone you met at a conference

How to follow up with everyone you met at a conference

Alex Moore May 18, 2011 5

If you’re anything like me, you have a giant stack of business cards you’ve accumulated at conferences and events somewhere in your office.  I have two such stacks, and I never contacted the majority of the people

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Boomerang is Ready for Firefox 4

Boomerang is Ready for Firefox 4

Alex Moore March 22, 2011 2

Firefox 4 is here and Boomerang is ready to work with it! Just download Firefox, visit http://www.boomeranggmail.com/download.html in your new browser (Firefox 4 to be precise), and you’ll get a Firefox 4 compatible version

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Issues signing in if you use both Gmail and Google Apps at the same time

Issues signing in if you use both Gmail and Google Apps at the same time

Alex Moore March 15, 2011 4

Update: March 15, 2011, 4:53 PM: This issue is now (mostly) resolved! Google has pushed an update to their OAuth signin flow. When you are presented your account selection screen, choose your Gmail account,

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5 Tips for a Silicon Valley Fundraising Trip

5 Tips for a Silicon Valley Fundraising Trip

Alex Moore November 6, 2010 4

I took my first trip to San Francisco as an entrepreneur in July, and I wish I’d gone to visit the west coast a lot sooner. If you are a Boston area first-time entrepreneur

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The $100k Taxi Ride

The $100k Taxi Ride

Alex Moore October 15, 2010 23

Landing your first “professional” investor usually doesn’t start with Twitter and a #pitchvctaxi hashtag. Of course, most investors aren’t quite as accessible, or as crazy, as Dave McClure. At 9:15 AM on September 1st,

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The Boomerang for Gmail Launch: 0-70,000 Downloads in 30 Days

The Boomerang for Gmail Launch: 0-70,000 Downloads in 30 Days

Alex Moore September 21, 2010 12

We launched Boomerang for Gmail on Wednesday, August 11 at 10:30 PM. After 30 days, we went from a total of 55 downloads to over 70,000. Here’s what happened and some of the lessons

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What’s new in Boomerang 0.5

What’s new in Boomerang 0.5

Alex Moore August 26, 2010 7

We released a major update to Boomerang for Gmail tonight and hope you will find Boomerang more stable, more usable, and even more helpful than before. Your browser will automatically update the extension to

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Welcome New Users of Boomerang!

Welcome New Users of Boomerang!

Alex Moore August 13, 2010 8

We launched Boomerang for Gmail into a much more open beta last night. The folks at TheNextWeb wrote this review and it just kind of took off from there. We’ve now been featured with

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