Robert Vis: MessageBird bootstrapped profitably for six years with 100% YoY growth
Robert Vis · "Early Gains, Early Pains: 5 Lessons for Surviving Hypergrowth" Harry Stebbings and Robert Vis · Aug 14, 2019 · at 9:21
MessageBird founder Robert Vis explains to Harry Stebbings why MessageBird delayed raising outside venture funding for six years.
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“We bootstrapped for six years, we were profitable we were still had, you know, a hundred, hundred percent growth rates year in year so we didn't really need the money, first of all”
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