Kagan: AppSumo is tracking at 25% growth in 2024
Noah Kagan · Noah Kagan: How to start a business today | Masters of Scale · Jun 24, 2024 · at 30:15
Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo, discusses his company's growth strategy with Jeff Berman on Masters of Scale.
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“And I just got a, you know, every day I get a pulse and like we're already at 25% growth this year because we're not stressing on how we 10 X our business so fast and try to prove to anybody else.”
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