Our Story
In January 2008, Bryan was sitting in a tough spot: He had tried using Yahoo Mail, but quit after only a week, since his inbox was full of Spam; After using Gmail for the past year he left because he wanted to keep his emails private; And after testing out Hotmail, he was tired of having advertising everywhere.  He set out to create his own email service, including the features that he felt where missing from the “Big Three.”  In February the domain Bryzo.com was purchased and the server was ready to go, so Bryan spent an afternoon setting up the server and coding up the website, allowing only Chai and Tootsie Rolls to keep him running.  He privately opened up his service to a select group of friends who were interested in trying out the email service.

In the Fall of 2008, Bryan moved to Alma College, taking the idea of Bryzo along with him.  Before long, friends on campus wanted email accounts through the service, causing the transition to becoming a public email service.  In the month of August, Pat joined the team to assist with Marketing, and in September Ryan M. and Ryan Y. joined the team to assist with User Support.  Before the end of August, Ryan L. had joined the team to take over the website development, so Bryzo could focus on administering the email system.