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Aug 10, 2022

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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Daley Ervin

@daleyervin

Jan 26

Gems. Great thread 👌

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Ryan Vaughn

@RyanHVaughn

Jan 25

I raised VC 5x and grew a 100+ employee, market leading company. And then I got fired from that company. If I were talking to myself 10 years ago, here's what I'd say, to spare me some hard ass lessons.

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Bruce Willis sells his likeness for a deepfake ad

Jan 20

Ouch! That’s some tough love there.

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Geshe Kelsang Gyatso

@Geshe_Kelsang

Jan 19

If everyone treated us with the kindness and respect our self-cherishing feels we deserve, this would only reinforce our delusions and deplete our merit.

Yippee-Ki-AI

Willis has stepped away from acting, but his “digital twin” can be hired for new projects.

You’re a great host,

! Had so much fun sharing stories and lessons with you for this

@20vcFund

podcast:

thetwentyminutevc.com

20VC: Mailchimp's Ben Chestnut on The Biggest Leadership Lessons Scaling to a $12Bn Acquisition and...

Ben Chestnut is Co-Founder of Mailchimp, the marketing platform for small businesses. Last year, Intuit acquired Mailchimp for $12BN.

City of Refuge marks 25 years with $25 million funding campaign

Dec 2, 2022

Teresa and I are so proud to help

@cityofrefuge

kick off their new funding campaign. If you've never heard of them, check out the work they do in our city, and consider donating:

bizjournals.com

Early backers of the City of Refuge include MailChimp founder Ben Chestnut, Chick-fil-A, NAPA Auto Parts, Peach State Health Plan, and Atlanta Beltline Inc.

Nov 24, 2022

And let us all give thanks, in particular, to

today. #Thanksgiving

Now that’s how you make lemons out of lemonade. Kudos to

@muntzen

and everyone involved with this win.

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Eric Muntz

@muntzen

Oct 19, 2022

Storytime! Last week, our engineering and customer teams rallied to help a customer in need. It took around the clock work and we lost some sleep, but it led to a solution that will improve performance for ALL of our customers by up to 400%....

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Eric Muntz

@muntzen

Oct 18, 2022

Just one of many great recent launches from our

@mailchimp

teams!

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@emilyryantweets

Oct 18, 2022

NEW @Mailchimp Feature! Another cool release- you can now take any “Classic Automation” and convert it to a Custom Journey. I tried one of mine and was seamless.

Find a tab under All Journeys then click the 3 dots on right. #emailgeeks

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Sheldon Cummings

@SheldonCumming5

Oct 17, 2022

It was great to meet with some incredible students from

@ClaytonState

who are part of the Launchpad program, our ongoing partnership to make sure students have access to the resources and mentorship they need to grow their careers in tech. The future is bright!

Why Is Rudy Giuliani Partying In Times Square Without Stephen Colbert?

Kate Kiefer Lee

@katekiefer

Oct 13, 2022

🤣 Such a fun moment for our brand! Our

@serial

sponsorship is the gift that keeps on giving

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The former mayor of New York City takes time out from busking in Times Square to catch up with Stephen about his many legal and financial problems. In unrela...

Thanks to

for the amazing honor last night. The highlight for me was

@AmbAndrewYoung

’s incredible stories and wise words. My favorite was that the secret to Atlanta’s success is that we’re a “gumbo” of folks from all walks of life. I couldn’t agree more.

Andrew Young and 3 others

How to Sell a Surprise: 3 Tips From Pack Up + Go | Mailchimp

Oct 11, 2022

I love reading about our customers who surprise and delight their customers.

@packupgo_travel

has a unique brand story, and they’re using segmentation and automations in some really interesting ways.

mailchimp.com

Find out how this surprise travel brand prepares their customers to head to unknown destinations.

On Listening from

, you’re eased into a simple premise worth being reminded about – everyone listens differently, through their own unique perspectives, largely informed by their lived experiences. #podcastdelivery podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1638

Small Businesses Get Creative as They Still Struggle With Hiring

Oct 7, 2022

Small business owners always find a way to survive the tough times and that’s why we’re so committed to helping them win.

wsj.com

The challenges of finding workers are prompting some entrepreneurs to seek more creative ways to fill labor shortages at a time they might have expected hiring to get easier.

emily ryan | Mailchimp Pro Partner

@emilyryantweets

Oct 6, 2022

NEW

Feature! Need help creating a more effective Header or sub-header for your email? Mailchimp will now generate this copy for you. Pretty amazing. Only in the "New" Builder.

Atlanta Is the Best Place to Live in the U.S.

Oct 6, 2022

This is so cool to see.

money.com

A booming economy and eye on equality make this our No. 1 spot.

Rania Succar and Intuit Mailchimp

Oct 4, 2022

We had a great kickoff to Marketing Success Season this morning, and there’s more to come all week long. I still can’t get used to this makeup thing, though. 😅

Oct 4, 2022

We’re getting started at 11am! The sessions will also be available via replay if you can’t make it.

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Oct 1, 2022

Marketing Success Season is back next week at @Mailchimp! @rsuccar and I are so excited to help you all win this holiday season. Sign up today. ndsellmore.registration.mailchimp.com/events/f15b815

Oct 2, 2022

Me not need that anyway

Oct 1, 2022

Marketing Success Season is back next week at

guesslessandsellmore.registration.mailchimp.com

@rsuccar

and I are so excited to help you all win this holiday season. Sign up today.

Marketing Success Season

We know you're about to head into your busiest time of year. Not sure what your strategy will be? We created Marketing Success Season–a free virtual conference series to help you make the most of the...

LaGuardia Airport Is No Longer the Worst. This Team Fixed It.

Oct 1, 2022

Great story about how one customer-focused team transformed LaGuardia’s notoriously awful Terminal B through lots of experimentation and testing.

wsj.com

An elite squad was tasked with making sure the gleaming Terminal B was ready to open. There are lessons from LaGuardia for every business.

Today we published Intuit’s annual Corporate Responsibility and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Report. This report captures so much of what makes me proud of Intuit that I wanted to take the...

Sasan Goodarzi

@sasan_goodarzi

Sep 26, 2022

Today we published our annual Corporate Responsibility and DEI report. I’m proud to share the work

@Intuit

is doing to create a better future for everyone to prosper.

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Building a better future

Last month,

spoke to a packed house at

@TractionConf_io

about how to develop and execute a winning product strategy. Congrats Sara! Check out her full talk here.

youtube.com

Sara Hicks, Mailchimp - The Ultimate Product Strategy to Deliver...

Developing a product strategy starts with understanding the customer problems that your business can solve well–which, in turn, create a durable competitive ...

Sep 23, 2022

Here’s some insight into our next big move at

Mailchimp’s New HQ: Summer 2022 Update

from

@dkurzius

linkedin.com

In September 2020, we announced that Mailchimp’s HQ would move from Ponce City Market to a new development across the Historic Fourth Ward park in Atlanta. Ben and I have been hearing lots of...

Sep 22, 2022

Thanks for having me, Justin! Great conversation. I love what y’all are doing with

@SquareOneSchool

to help founders.

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Justin McLeod

@JustMcLeod

Sep 21, 2022

Wow! Just wrapped up speaking with @benchestnut and it's official. He's definitely my favorite entrepreneur.

My favorite gems from our chat:

"Nobody knows anything" "Cash is king." "Stick to your mission... if it pays the bills" "Hire misfits"

Our

Presents team is on a roll this year! Check out

@Bjork

on Sonic Symbolism wherever you listen to podcasts.

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Sep 22, 2022

.@bjork describes her 6th album, Volta, with words like justice, flags, fire, boats, and electric blue. In the latest episode of Sonic Symbolism, hear her discuss the process of creating the album on a boat sailing across the Atlantic. Available wherever you get your podcasts.

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SaaStr

@saastr

Sep 21, 2022

🚨New episode!🎧 SaaStr 592: Everything that Breaks on the Way to $1B ARR with

Co-Founder

and

CEO

Jason and Ben chat about the highlights – and the challenges – of scaling a company like Mailchimp to $1B ARR. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/saa

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May 14, 2022

Shoutout to everyone who has “Mail kimp” living rent free in their mind

Sep 20, 2022

“Wearing a smile on your face is a sign that you are a master of yourself.” - Thich Nhat Hanh

Energy Management vs. Time Management: Why Energy Should Come First | Mailchimp

Sep 19, 2022

We talk about the importance of protecting your time a lot, but in this article our team argues for more focus on protecting your energy.

mailchimp.com

Coping with workplace stress? Learn how to manage your work around your energy levels, not your time, using these energy management tips for agencies and freelancers.

Thanks to

and the team at

for a great time in the Bay. I met some amazing folks from all over the world, including many Atlanta-based startup founders! It feels so good to be doing in-person events again.

Intuit Mailchimp and SaaStr Annual

Going to

? Don’t miss my fireside chat alongside

@jasonlk

tomorrow. And come say “hi” to the Mailchimp team, too! More info here. mailchimp.com/SaaStr_2022/

Intuit Mailchimp and SaaStr

Intuit Mailchimp and Ponce City Market

Sep 12, 2022

I love speaking to fellow founders because they get how difficult it is to try and grow a business, especially in those early days when it feels like disaster after disaster, failure after failure. There were definitely some future success stories in that room!

Last week, I spoke with a group of impressive founders at

@Techstars

(our neighbors upstairs at PCM!) about building and growing Mailchimp—the ups, downs, lessons learned, and breakthrough moments.

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Sep 10, 2022

We’ve collaborated with Black in Fashion Council for an exclusive New York Fashion Week capsule collection from five breakthrough designers. Sign up for a chance to claim your free piece today: nyfw.com/mailchimp

I’m heading to

next week to chat about our journey at

Mailchimp Goes to Absurd Lengths to Take the Guesswork Out of Marketing

and what we’re cooking up for our customers this holiday season. For more info, visit mailchimp.com/SaaStr_2022/.

The diversity and creativity of Atlanta helped make Mailchimp so special, and I agree it’s a great place to start a company…

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Ross Kimbel

@rosskimbel

Sep 9, 2022

Founders! If you are building or thinking about starting a company, do it in Atlanta. The tech ecosystem is on fire and poised to win the next decade. Here's why. (1/11) #Atlanta #startups #vc

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It wouldn’t be

if it wasn’t weird! Congrats to the team for launching our new campaign, “Guess Less, Sell More”.

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