Matt and I have hired a new CEO to help us build Xobni. As those close to Xobni know, we were not actively looking for a CEO. Nevertheless, when we met Jeff Bonforte several months ago we said We’ve got to get this guy on our team. We knew he had the chops to help us make Xobni into a lasting and valuable company.

Jeff was most recently the VP of Yahoo Messenger where he beat out AOL IM and took the #1 spot in the US. He increased Messenger revenue by 7x. Jeff understands both messaging and consumer desktop software. This experience is invaluable to Xobni.

Jeff also founded and ran i-drive.com during the late 90’s. It was the leading online storage company of its time. Jeff understands startups: building teams, building the business, and building products that people use every day.

So you can see why we are so excited about Jeff joining Xobni! Today is a big day. Today we make another step towards reaching tens of millions of users. Today we make another step towards bringing email happiness to the world.

We have huge challenges ahead of us and great accomplishments behind us. We wouldn’t want to have it any other way.

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