Reportive generated only 14 cents in total revenue despite millions of users
Rahul Vohra · 20VC: Superhuman's Rahul Vohra on How To Measure Product Market Fit, How To Construct A Process To Increase It & How To Implement A Strong Feedback and Reporting Cycle To Sustain It · Feb 22, 2019 · at 37:50
Rahul Vohra, founder of Superhuman and former founder of Reportive (acquired by LinkedIn in 2012), discloses Reportive's total lifetime revenue.
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“A report of was used by many millions of users, but we made 14 cents of revenue in our entire history as an organization.”
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