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Kagan: AppSumo no longer optimizes for revenue and profit

Noah Kagan · #1001 The 1,000 interview celebration · Apr 9, 2014 · at 1:18:58

Noah Kagan, founder of AppSumo, explains his hesitation around publicly sharing revenue figures during an interview with Andrew Warner.

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“I don't mind sharing AppSumo revenue and stuff, but I think it basically makes people think that we're more focused on just revenue and profit, which we don't optimize at all anymore.”

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