Bandwidth bootstrapped for 17 years before 2017 NASDAQ IPO
Noreen Allen · How Marketing Can Be Your Secret Sauce to Fundraising and Growth | Bandwidth CMO Noreen Allen · May 26, 2022 · at 1:38
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Noreen Allen, CMO of communications software firm Bandwidth, discusses the company's operating history and path to going public during a SaaStr presentation.
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“We were bootstrapped for the first 17 years of the company. And in 2017, we took the company public on NASDAQ.”
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