Tucker: Still the largest shareholder in BlackLine
Therese Tucker · Going Long: The 20-year Journey of Being a CEO + Founder with BlackLine | SaaStr Software Community · Jan 9, 2021 · at 23:33
BlackLine founder Therese Tucker discusses the benefits of bootstrapping the enterprise software company before taking outside capital.
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“To this day, I'm still the largest shareholder.”
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