Eve.com reached $10M in sales in its first year
Mariam Naficy · 20VC: The Right Way For Founders To Think About Capital Efficiency, How To Create A Culture of Continuous Learning & The Secret To Talent Assessment and Optimisation with Mariam Naficy, Founder & CEO @ Minted · Mar 2, 2018 · at 8:32
Mariam Naficy, founder of Eve.com and Minted, compares Eve.com's rapid initial sales momentum in 1999 to Minted's slow start in 2007.
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“We reached ten million dollars of sales in our first year in 1999.”
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