How Harry Zhang left a secure job to launch Lob

Harry Zhang, Lob, B2B

Harry Zhang is my guest today. He is the Founder of Lob, which is building a suite of APIs for enterprise companies.

We’re going to talk about physical mail versus email in this interview and you’ll be surprised what you’ll find out.

We’ll also talk about how Harry left Microsoft to launch his own company and what that experience was like.

Harry Zhang

Lob

Harry Zhang is a Co-Founder of Lob which is building a suite of APIs for enterprise companies.

Andrew: Hey there, Freedom Fighters. Andrew Warner, Mixergy. I want to just find a better intro, I think, than that. So I’m just going to jump right into it. Harry Zhang is my guest today. He is the Founder of Lob. Here’s what I’ve got in my notes, Harry for how to describe Lob, a company that is building a suite of API’s for enterprise. I don’t like that one sentence. What do you think of that?

Harry: Yeah, no. I mean that’s fair. I think to the average person you don’t know what that means. So let me clarify that a little bit for you. What we’re really offering is a suite of API’s around print and mail. How we think about ourselves is not just a mail company. But really it’s about building tools and resources that companies can use to really streamline their mail process.

Andrew: See, I don’t even love that, and I don’t even love the fact that you guys don’t call yourselves a mail...

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