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Anirudh Singla · How A 23 year Old Created A $8M Yearly Revenue Content Marketplace Business ft. Anirudh Singla · May 23, 2022 · at 19:49
Anirudh Singla, CEO of Pepper Content, cites talent marketplace benchmarks to illustrate the potential scale for his business model.
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“Top tile, which does four, fifty million ARR where they're basically peppers model, but for product engineering folks.”
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