Congratulations! Together, we did it!

We could not be more thankful right now.

We are thankful for you, one of our 1,623 backers. You voted to say, “Yes, email is broken, but this idea looks like a game changer, and this is a project that I want to be a part of in 2012.”

We are thankful for Kickstarter. Without this crowd-sourced funding platform, our success would not have been possible.

We are thankful for our friends and family who put up with all of our Facebook and Twitter updates, obsessive rambling about Mail Pilot, and crazy schedules these past 6 weeks. Through all this, they have cheered us on every step of the way, passing each milestone with us.

But in a particular way, we are thankful for the fact that enough backers pre-ordered Mail Pilot that we now get to work on this exciting project full-time.

Of course, we’ve already started, and we’re making significant progress. We’ve chosen the technologies we want to use for our first release of Mail Pilot. We’ve collectively spent dozens of hours learning some of these newer technologies. And we’ve begun to implement deployment-ready versions of the Mail Pilot apps for the backer-only beta due for release no later than June. It’s beginning to take shape, and we can’t wait to get what we’ve got in to your hands.

And don’t worry about that “June” date, you’ll have some surprises coming your way before then, and you’ll be a part of every step of this journey on the supporter page, which will be through Kickstarter's backer-only update tool. (If you have email notifications enabled, these will come directly to your inbox!)

In the meantime, keep the questions, comments, and feedback coming on our new Google Moderator page! (And, of course, you can still use Kickstarter's messaging and comment features to reach us)

Cheers!

- Josh & Alex

This has been another big week for Mail Pilot.  With your support, we've passed our funding goal, and now have over 1,100 backers.  Surrounding your feedback and suggestions, we've created some exciting new Kickback Tiers, and we want you to be the first to know. 

• $35 and up: Iconic Backer: You'll get a vote to help us choose the Mail Pilot icon. Share your vision for Mail Pilot's first impression.
  
• $150 and up: Personal Chat: We want to thank you more personally. We'll video chat with you to personally share our gratitude, talk about the Mail Pilot project, answer your questions, and hear your valuable feedback (or talk about whatever else interests you).
  
• $5,000 and up: Charter your own flight: We'll work with you to design a custom theme for Mail Pilot for yourself or your company that will bring your own branding or personality (logo and colors) into Mail Pilot. Share it with your employees and your friends. (Includes 25 2-year subscriptions to Mail Pilot).
  

You can upgrade your pledge by selecting "Manage Your Pledge" on the Mail Pilot project page.

As always, each tier includes all the kickbacks from the previous tiers. You're automatically eligible for these new kickbacks if you've already selected a higher level. 

Development is well under way, and we get more excited everyday that you're allowing us make Mail Pilot a reality. 

Thanks again for your support! Help us make the most of our last 8 days by continuing to share Mail Pilot with your friends.

Yesterday, Tuesday, February 7, we hit the halfway milestone. We can’t believe it’s already here, but it is. And thanks to you, we’re already past 75% funding. Here’s what’s happened in the last 18.5 days:

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With this halfway point, we’ve taken the opportunity to update our project video. Before the campaign, we spent a lot of time on the video, but we weren’t totally pleased with how it turned out. Check out our project page now to see our refreshed video. We’re much more pleased with it.

Thank you for your support! We look forward to the rest of this journey with you, and while we've been enjoying this campaign, we are truly excited to get what we've been working on in to your hands soon!

-Josh & Alex

Wow! With your help, we've reached 26% of our goal in only 5 days. Your support has brought a level of attention to our campaign that we didn't think we'd see this soon. For this, we thank you! We've made a video for you highlighting the buzz you've created:

Watch the video on Vimeo.

Together, we've been making some serious waves in the last few days. Thank you, supporters, for making this happen! It is our shared vision for a more productive and organized future that got us tweeted by WIRED, Shawn Blanc, and others.

We attribute this early success to your help in getting the word out. You can continue your support of this campaign by sharing this project with your friends.  

• Post to Facebook
• Tweet
• Share on Google+
• Email this link: http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1380180715/mail-pilot-email-reimagined

We're back to burning the midnight oil to do our part to get Mail Pilot in your hands as soon as possible. We look forward to our continued journey together!