VentureBeat - Latest Comments in Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Phil Yanov — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 01:44:00 -0000

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

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Sean OMalley — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 17:25:22 -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.

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Yuri Ammosov — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 20:06:29 -0000

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

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Anthony Ha — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:42:46 -0000

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

Agreed.

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Anthony Ha — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 17:41:54 -0000

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

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

sample032 — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:53:28 -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.

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Aaron Burcell — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:58:57 -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!

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

stoyan — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 14:12:23 -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.

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Rod — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 13:27:14 -0000

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

Re: Email assistant Cc:Betty raises $1.5M

Jason Spievak — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 12:12:13 -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!