Svane: Zendesk has close to 100,000 business customers globally
Mikkel Svane · Zendesk From Day 0 to Today: The Lessons Learned · Aug 23, 2017 · at 1:40
Zendesk founder and CEO Mikkel Svane introduces his company's scale during a fireside chat with CRV investor Devdutt Yellurkar at SaaStr.
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“Been on this journey for almost 10 years now and have close to a 100,000 businesses around the world using our software for providing great customer service, great customer engagement.”
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