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Assertion Contradicted
Chestnut: Mailchimp hit 1M users within one year of freemium
“So you're talking about having, you know, a few 100,000 customers at the time after six years of business. And then within one year of launching freemium, we ballooned to a million users and it just kept growing exponentially after that.”
Ben Chestnut Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 44:38 (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
Assertion Contradicted
Mailchimp Hit One Million Users Just One Year After Launching Freemium
“So you're talking about having, you know, a few 100,000 customers at the time after six years of business. And then within one year of launching freemium, we ballooned to a million users and it just kept growing exponentially after that.”
Ben Chestnut Jul 12, 2021 ▶ 44:12 Mailchimp: Ben Chestnut
Assertion Contradicted
Chestnut: Mailchimp's first podcast advertising buy was Joe Rogan's podcast
“I mean, I still remember the day when someone told, one of our employees said, I listened to this thing called podcasts on my drive to work, and I think we should sponsor a podcast. And I thought it was, you know, just a weird idea. I'd never heard a podcast, …”
Ben Chestnut Aug 25, 2025 ▶ 52:11 (July 2021) Ben Chestnut: From Side Business to $12 Billion – The Accidental Triumph of Mailchimp
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