Vimeo shifts strategy to reinvest heavily in its free product tier
Adam Gross · What It’s Like Running a Profitable $400M Public SaaS Company with Vimeo CEO Adam Gross · Mar 15, 2024 · at 14:54
Adam Gross, CEO of Vimeo, explains how Vimeo balances monetization and long-term user brand trust during a fireside chat with Jason Lemkin.
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“We made a very explicit strategy in the past couple months. To reemphasize and reinvest in free.”
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